• RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      American Auto Manufacturers are run by ancient douche bags that are desperately holding on to the past.

      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
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        No, they’re run by ancient douche bags that are constantly finding loopholes in the current laws that allow (if not encourage) them to make bigger vehicles.

        If they were desperately trying to hold onto the past, the new Ford Ranger reboot wouldn’t be nearly the same size as an F-150.

    • Mike D.@lemm.ee
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      23 hours ago

      They don’t have as much profit as large trucks. Capitalism strikes again.

    • gradual
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      Capitalists don’t like to compete fairly.

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      that requires a shift in design and engineering, not to mention retooling the actual manufacturing process

      less expensive to just keep selling shit in the status quo. change is effort, effort is waste, waste is less profit margins

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        they retool for every single model anyway. there’s really no excuse