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>Commercial needs that used to be served by these small vehicles are being solved by F150s and Transits. Commuters who used to commute in hatches and wagons whi
by cycomanic 5y ago
>Commercial needs that used to be served by these small vehicles are being solved by F150s and Transits. Commuters who used to commute in hatches and wagons which could sufficiently perform their weekend duties as well are buying crossovers and SUVs which have nearly identical interior dimensions. This vehicle inflation has been largely driven by fuel economy and safety regulations.
I don't understand what you're saying here. Are you implying SUVs have better fuel economy? Because they don't? Also generally safety regulations are tougher in Europe, but cars are smaller, so I don't believe that SUVs comply better with safety regulations either.
- benjohnson 5y agoThe federal fuel economy standards have a weird calculation that incentives vehicles with a large footprint. It's the ratio of footprint to MPG that's important to the feds.
- zip1234 5y agoThey tried to make exceptions for work vehicles which seems to have spectacularly backfired.
- blacktriangle 5y agoIf only people would learn that regulation backfiring is the expected outcome.
- cycomanic 5y agoOk, thanks for clarifying. I'm European where I don't think calculations like this exist.
- cvak 5y agoHaha, they do, and they are the same bullshit, and basically killed small hatchbacks. In EU car makers are paying for extra g of CO2/km on every vehicle. And that g/km is calculated based on weight of the vehicle. I don't have exact numbers, but basically 2 ton SUV can have something like 140g/km without penalty, while 1.3 ton hatch has to have 70g/km which is impossible.