You can't buy a small pickup in the US because of the "Chicken Tax" and CAFE. The chicken tax dates from the early 1960s and imposes a 25% duty on non-NAFTA tru

You can't buy a small pickup in the US because of the "Chicken Tax" and CAFE. The chicken tax dates from the early 1960s and imposes a 25% duty on non-NAFTA trucks. The CAFE formula includes both a vehicle's "footprint" & it's weight, and light trucks get penalized. I agree with you, btw. Honda had a V6 diesel motor under development that would have been used in the Ridgeline (and Odyssey & Pilot), but Chairman Ito stopped work on it. The V6 diesel and 8-speed transmission in the Jeep Grand Cherokee is very impressive and should be a good fit for the RAM 1500 pickup.