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Because the United States EPA designed fuel efficiency regulations in a fucked-up way that incentivizes manufacturers to produce larger and larger trucks.
https://youtu.be/azI3nqrHEXM
Generally speaking, true. But specifically hood height and forward visibility is purely aesthetics. They are marketing "tough" as that big grill, and they want that "chopped" look where the windows are very short relative to the rest of the body.
This may be true about the US. What's the UK's excuse?
Tories wanting to copy American “culture” design without thought.