There’s still a 25% tax on imported trucks. As long as people buy higher-profit big ones, there will be no more small ones.
The smaller VW Amarok pickup with a small diesel is sold over most of the world.
tricky words. My Tahoe is very efficient.
Yes, it consumes more fuel - but it simply does more with that fuel.
Compared to my Mustang V6, lets say on the highway. I get 19 with the Tahoe, 29 with the Mustang. The mustang is a bit more fun, but the Tahoe is carrying the troops, dual airconditioners, radios and gear. Not to mention whoever I put in it - with no effect on it’s mileage. When I did this sort of thing with my Honda Civic hatchback (1991.. I LOVED that car) it would go from 40 mpg to 28 mpg and barely kept up with traffic.
All things being equal 19 MPG is certainly less than 40mpg - But things aren’t equal. My vehicles do more than a modern econo car.