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Move over, Ford and Chevy: Kei trucks are pulling up as customers opt for smaller, cheaper vehicles(www.nbcnews.com)

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chiliedogg@lemmy.world
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It was a backlash to auto manufacturers classifying everything as a truck to get around emissions and fuel economy standards. The fucking PT Cruiser was a “truck” according to Chrysler.

So they started classifying standards based on vehicle footprint with the idiotic hope that would make the manufacturers act better, but the manufacturers realized they could just make cars bigger every refresh cycle to stay ahead of CAFE.

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Station wagons are classed as trucks, is why the PT Cruiser fell in there.

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