Dear Santa,
I have been ever so good this year....
Posted on 12/04/2025 7:01:03 PM PST by CtBigPat
For years now, manufacturers have been beholden to "CAFE" fuel standards that force them to increase the average fuel efficiency of their fleets. This has forced automakers to make engines needlessly complex (ie, expensive to fix). Ironically, to avoid regulations imposed on smaller vehicles, it has also led automakers to make their trucks larger and larger, and/or abandoning entire production lines, like Ford did with its sedans.
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There’s a market for them
People will buy them.
You have no idea. Mitsubishi, Daihatsu, Isuzu, all their industry would explode overnight. I really would love this too as most of those keitora are stick shift and very fun to drive. There’s no reason not to let them in, either. They’re very gas efficient and can barely make it down a highway.
Dear Santa,
I have been ever so good this year....
Not my cup o’tea. I’ve had nothing but F250s and F350 4x4s since the 70s
But I can see others wanted one
bout time Trumper, keep it going housing is next.
To the liberal mind, which is usually simple and ignorant, there’s only benefits but no costs to a policy.
Reason Magazine in the early 90s published a study on the true cost of the CAFE standards. One of the first things that was done to meet the standards was to reduce the mass of the car.
From the reduced mass, injuries and deaths increased and it was found the costs from these were 5 times the cost of the fuel savings.
The CAFE standards should be abolished and let the owner of the vehicle decide what tradeoff they’d like to make between the safety and efficacy of the vehicle in meeting their needs and fuel efficiency.
So in other words, going too far with this resulted in the opposite occurring. Larger vehicles using more gas and fewer fuel efficient, smaller sedan cars.
Bring back Mazda B2200 and similar Ford Rangers.
My Jeep has this idiotic Auto Start-Stop.
This needs to use a secondary battery, which they buried somewhere behind engine.
It cost me $400 to replace this battery.
Even if this feature saved me few $ on gas, it definitely not saved me $400 worth of gas!
And how much did this feature raised the price of the vehicle?
All to fulfill some guv idiot stupid regulation.
Anyway, people do not buy Jeeps for fuel savings!
Or pickup trucks
Cheap Trucks sell themselves. They want you to want them.
Plus you’ll be replacing the starter more frequently.
Put vehicle in neutral at traffic lights
The truck’s OK, but I really like the option package!
This is the way to win elections and make life easier for the average Joe.
"The Toyota Hilux Champ, a compact pickup truck based on a kei car platform, has not undergone official crash testing by major global safety organizations such as Euro NCAP, Latin NCAP, or the NHTSA. While the full-size Toyota Hilux has received safety ratings in various regions, including a 5-star rating from Latin NCAP for adult and child occupant protection , and a 4-star rating from ASEAN NCAP , these results do not apply to the Hilux Champ variant.
Also
The Hilux Champ is distinct from the full-size Hilux and is not currently available in the United States market. Importing it would be highly impractical due to the U.S. "chicken tax" on imported light trucks, which would significantly increase its cost, and the necessity of meeting stringent U.S. safety and emissions regulations, including mandatory crash testing by the NHTSA, which would be prohibitively expensive. There is no evidence that the Hilux Champ has been tested in any formal crash test program, and its safety performance remains unverified by independent safety assessment programs.
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