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Cash for clunkers brought an end to the "beater truck" era. All of the cheap used trucks vanished, used truck prices shot up and therefore manufacturers figur
by shiftpgdn 10y ago
Cash for clunkers brought an end to the "beater truck" era. All of the cheap used trucks vanished, used truck prices shot up and therefore manufacturers figured out they could raise the price of new trucks.
- stinkytaco 10y agoI still see plenty of large beater trucks on the road. However, the midsized and low frills pickups (read: cheaper) were largely killed by CAFE standards: http://jalopnik.com/5948172/how-the-government-killed-fuel-efficient-cars-and-trucks http://jalopnik.com/5948172/how-the-government-killed-fuel-e...