Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030
by merb on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @06:24PM
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basically in europe there are not a lot of pickups to none out there.
in europe there is a trend for SUVs at the moment, but besides that we mostly buy limousines.
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Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030
by p1mrx on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:54PM
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This is a "limousine" in the US:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limousine#/media/File:98-02_Li...
So I assume you were using the "sedan" interpretation.
Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030
by KozmoNau7 on Thursday October 04, 2018 @03:34AM
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There are plenty of pickups in Europe. It's just that they're based on vans, with a tray on the back instead of a box. And very few people are silly enough to buy one as their personal vehicle.
If we need to move mulch or the like, we rent/buy trailers.
Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030
by teekert on Thursday October 04, 2018 @01:45AM
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Indeed but it's funny that most SUVs are (what I'd call) fake SUVs. They look beefy and big but they have a 1.6 liter engine and can still only pull 1200-1400 kg (like the Hyundai ix35). And then there are the real ones that may at first glance look the same but easily pull up to or over 2400 kg (Volvo xc90 versions).
Re:Denmark to ban petrol and diesel car sales by 2030
by dsfyu404ed on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:34AM
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>and big but they have a 1.6 liter engine and can still only pull 1200-1400 kg
This is a reflection of the vehicle platforms they're built on. You take a Civic or a Dart slap on AWD, a lift kit and extra 500-1000lb of body/interior and call it a CRV or a Cherokee and there's not much spare capacity left to haul cargo or tow trailers.