You think you want huge trucks and gigantic engines, because you've been indoctrinated by decades of focused marketing. "It's MANLY to drive a big truck. Aren'

You think you want huge trucks and gigantic engines, because you've been indoctrinated by decades of focused marketing. "It's MANLY to drive a big truck. Aren't you a MAN? Shouldn't you be driving a truck to show how MANLY you are?" The Big 3 deliberately soul this up, because their profit margins on truck sales are huge, and because of CAFE exemptions that let them ignore fuel efficiency requirements. Add to this a general misconception of "bigger is better", which pervades the American mindset, and there you are. Pointlessly big and inefficient vehicles, that really have no business in general traffic.