I’m not just talking about pickup trucks that have gotten huge, but rather cars in general. Take a look at the 5th generation Honda Civic hatchback and compare it to the newest Honda Civic Hatchback model. Not only did the car gain approximately 1,000lbs/453Kg, but its length, height, and space drastically changed. Sure it’s a 30 year difference but even other car models from the early 2010s compared to their same models today are way bigger and heavier in just under a decade Why is this?
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Because in certain countries you CAN, countries like yankee land likes to promote bigger is better… so thats what you get
Yanks roads are sufficiently big enough for big cars
Many parts of Europe would be inaccessible
Australia’s heading the way of big SUVs, due to tax benefits making them feasible, but theres a lot of backlash. Despite Australia being very big, our infrastructure/park lots are too small for them
Because in certain countries you CAN, countries like yankee land likes to promote bigger is better… so thats what you get
Yanks roads are sufficiently big enough for big cars
Many parts of Europe would be inaccessible
Australia’s heading the way of big SUVs, due to tax benefits making them feasible, but theres a lot of backlash. Despite Australia being very big, our infrastructure/park lots are too small for them
Mostly an American phenomenon as the cars in Europe and Asia are much much smaller comparatively. It’s almost comical the size of US cars and trucks compared to other parts of the world. I used to work in marketing for a major car manufacturer and simply put Americans continue to buy bigger and bigger cars – smaller models sell worse and worse over the last several decades.
Mostly an American phenomenon as the cars in Europe and Asia are much much smaller comparatively. It’s almost comical the size of US cars and trucks compared to other parts of the world. I used to work in marketing for a major car manufacturer and simply put Americans continue to buy bigger and bigger cars – smaller models sell worse and worse over the last several decades.
Being on the road is one of the single most dangerous things you can do today. You can reduce this danger by encasing yourself in a heavy shell of metal – The heavier it is, the safer you are.
However, the heavier your shell of metal, the more dangerous it is to the people around you. This means that they’re also trying to encase themselves in increasingly heavy shells of metal, increasing their own safety, to the detriment of the safety of everyone around them, including you.
So now, to increase your own safety, you need to make your own shell heavier, making everyone else want to make their shells heavier, making you want to make your shell heavier.
In short, it’s an arms race by people trying not to die on the way to work, inadvertently making everyone else more likely to die, ad infinitum.
There’s also specific factors that others have mentioned, including the tax and regulatory disincentives for lighter pick-up trucks and so on, which don’t help, but are also restricted to their specific jurisdictions. At the heart of it, around the world, this is the game that everyone is playing.
Being on the road is one of the single most dangerous things you can do today. You can reduce this danger by encasing yourself in a heavy shell of metal – The heavier it is, the safer you are.
However, the heavier your shell of metal, the more dangerous it is to the people around you. This means that they’re also trying to encase themselves in increasingly heavy shells of metal, increasing their own safety, to the detriment of the safety of everyone around them, including you.
So now, to increase your own safety, you need to make your own shell heavier, making everyone else want to make their shells heavier, making you want to make your shell heavier.
In short, it’s an arms race by people trying not to die on the way to work, inadvertently making everyone else more likely to die, ad infinitum.
There’s also specific factors that others have mentioned, including the tax and regulatory disincentives for lighter pick-up trucks and so on, which don’t help, but are also restricted to their specific jurisdictions. At the heart of it, around the world, this is the game that everyone is playing.
To add to what others have said, people also seem to think that their car should be as roomy and comfortable as their easy chair at home. Like I have a small car, a subaru BRZ. Most of the population can fit in my car, and be mostly comfortable. But unless you’re Shaq or very VERY large, anyone can fit in my boyfriends civic. It just won’t be as huge or wide or roomy inside as my dad’s ram 1500. But most people don’t need 4 feet of head and legroom, cars don’t need vaulted ceilings, nor do they need seats as wide as the great plains. It’s excess that people think they need which makes them a danger on the road to others and to themselves.
To add to what others have said, people also seem to think that their car should be as roomy and comfortable as their easy chair at home. Like I have a small car, a subaru BRZ. Most of the population can fit in my car, and be mostly comfortable. But unless you’re Shaq or very VERY large, anyone can fit in my boyfriends civic. It just won’t be as huge or wide or roomy inside as my dad’s ram 1500. But most people don’t need 4 feet of head and legroom, cars don’t need vaulted ceilings, nor do they need seats as wide as the great plains. It’s excess that people think they need which makes them a danger on the road to others and to themselves.
In not-the-US-land at least it’s to some extent safety. In a lot of old cars you are basically sat in the crumple zone.
In not-the-US-land at least it’s to some extent safety. In a lot of old cars you are basically sat in the crumple zone.
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