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Re:Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback by bluGill on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:14PM (#45163845)
Not much when the big trucks outsell the small luxury cars. The most I could get a bmw m3 configured for was $86000, it wasn't hard to get a f150 over $100k.

If money mattered you can look at the toyota corolla for much less than the cheapest f150.

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Re:Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback by pixl97 on Sunday September 07, 2025 @09:16PM (#45163864)
The issue is you cant buy a small truck in the US. Even 'small' trucks these days are huge.
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Re:Detroit's Carmakers to Save Billions in Emissions Rollback by seabird on Sunday September 07, 2025 @10:13PM (#45164118)
Enthusiasts want small trucks. Americans don't want small trucks. They don't want a single-cab S10. They wouldn't even want a double cab S10. What they actually want is a minivan but they're too far into not-cool territory to be a consideration so they look to the mid/full-size SUV and/or truck segment. It is true that you can't really make a small truck in the US any more, and that automakers do like it that way, but it wouldn't change anything even if you changed the CAFE requirements.
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