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How CAFE Killed Compact Trucks And Station Wagons
- rdtwo 5y agoSeems not true anymore. Ranger is back and the Tacoma still only does 22mpg a decade later. They must have found a work around
- knowmad 5y agoMy 2015 Tacoma is the same size as a 2005 Tundra, and significantly larger than my dad's 2001 Ranger. The Ranger looks like a toy when I park next to it, despite them both being in the same class of pickup trucks.
- toast0 5y agoThe 3rd generation Ranger (1998–2011) was 70.3 inches wide and 188.5 to 202.9 inches long (depending on cab and bed options) The new 4th gen Ranger (2019-?) is 72.8–79.8 inches wide, and 201.2–212.5 inches long and you can't get a regular cab or any two door version in the US. It's simply no longer a compact truck. The Tacoma isn't a compact truck anymore either. Edit to add: maybe electricification can get us actually small trucks again.
- frosted-flakes 5y agoYou forgot height. The new Ranger is far taller.
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- sidewndr46 5y agoThe modern Ford Ranger is just an overpriced regular size truck that does nothing well.
- klyrs 5y agoI was a Ranger fan for decades, but the 4th generation only shares a nameplate with the truck I love. As others have pointed out, the footprint is huge and the cab is egregious. But also it's so ridiculously tall. The nice thing about a pickup truck is that you can load it from the sides, right? Not anymore... unless you're a pro basketball player, I guess. But what I really want is an electrified el camino.
- jleyank 5y agoStation wagons still exist outside the US and inside the US they're called Crossovers and SUV's. The latter, remember, was bending the sheet metal a little differently so that men would buy vans. And, to be honest, compact trucks are also SUV's. I assume they mean compact pickups...
- frosted-flakes 5y agoCrossovers and SUVs are not station wagons.
- Tagbert 5y agoCrossovers and CUVs are vehicles built on a passenger car platform with an extended cargo area accessible via a hatch or door. Some station wagons are 4WD and some are jacked up higher than their sedan brethren. In what way that is not arbitrary are these not similar?
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago> When examined side by side with European emissions standards, the economics of CAFE become more transparent. EU are relatively straight forward by comparison. Tailpipe CO2 emissions are measured and a de facto consumption tax is levied based on a vehicle’s output. One downside of this is that it encourages diesel. While diesel has a less CO2 emissions, it tends to have a lot of other very harmful emissions. These can be regulated but companies do cheat (see VW).