Re:Japan's Mini Kei-Truck Sales Surge in US Despite Safety C...
by mytailorisrich on Sunday June 30, 2024 @04:07AM
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Your comment repeats what I wrote before but does not explain the key point, which that trucks get bigger and bigger, especially since cars are also getting bigger and bigger (at least here in Europe).
That does not happen because of regulations but because, again, that what consumers freely choose when given the choice.
So so one buys small trucks because there aren't any so people that just need a truck buy are large one as there are no new small truck in the market so sales numbers of large truck go up so more are made because large truck sales are up and viscous cycle continues untilled it gets so bad people who just want a small truck start importing used decades old kie trucks from Japan because regulations have distorted the local market. If it was functioning properly no one would go to all the effort as that is a signal of high unmet demand.