Eli5: Why cant trucks accelerate as fast as cars?

Question

For example:
Model 3:
Weight: 3,000lbs
0->60mph: 3.2 sec
Torque: 376lbft

Ram 3500:
Weight: 7,000 lbs
0->60mph: 10 sec
Torque: 660 lbft

I see that the weight doubles, but so does the torque. And the acceleration is roughly 3x’s as slow.

In: Engineering

Answer 1

Torque matters not. Power makes for acceleration. Sure, a car’s engine may give less torque, but it can rev five times as high, and gears can turn that lower torque into sufficient torque at the cost of RPM, putting the car’s engine at higher power/final torque at the wheels with respect to its weight.