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Well maybe it's time for you to change then.
Stop making trucks and bring back hatchbacks.
Or make some little trucks again, with more bed than cabin.
Nope. The 80s chicken tax is still in effect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
Anything stupid usually comes down to some government tariff.
Chicken rax only applies to imports.
Stupid laws can be replaced or repealed, well the could if the government actually did its job
Like the ford ranger? I hated driving one of thoses little shits. My leg room felt as small as the bed, granted i was working for a construction company that needed trucks. Well not really, i would take the e150 if i could but id had preferred to use the transit all every time.
As i was typing that i realized all we had were fords.
I had a Mazda B2200 and it was fantastic. 8' bed, regular cab and a 2.2L 4 cylinder engine. Perfect. All of the long time brands had such offerings for a good long time. Toyota of course, Isuzu, Chevy had the S-10, and yes the Ford Ranger. Some things you just can't fit in a hatchback civic, or don't want inside your car, but you don't need a whole F-150( which now seems to only even be available as a crew cab with a pissy little 5' bed. Light pickups were a useful category of vehicle.
Excuse me? F150s have a smaller bed? Wtf. I mean our f250 was more comfortable but it felt more bulky then it needed to be.
Now all the other cars you listed i have no idea about. Im no car dude, i just so happened to work at a place that had a lot of ford vehicles that i had to drive.
All the trucks now seem to come with the dinky short beds and a whole SUV worth of interior. The pickup truck as a utility vehicle has all but died.
Thats so stupid though. I mean dont short the cab like the ranger i drove, but a bed helps so much whem you need it. Thats why i liked the e150 because that shit was bareboned but still had some comfrey seats with leg room.
God i know its been like a decade since i worked in those types of vehicles, but have trucks just become a dick swinging contest over the usability of them? I know everything else going on is so stupid, i didnt want to know this was another one.
Yeah, it's pretty bad.
I would like an affordable electric sedan thank you
Stop buying trucks and calling hatchbacks loser cars.