Kei-class trucks and minivans from Japan are finding US buyers who want pickups that fit the urban environment. Some DMVs and safety regulators have other ideas.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pub
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    9 months ago

    You’re going to drive a half-ton, lifted, child-killing machine and you’re gonna like it!

    And make payments for 108 months.

    A proper small car would sell like hot cakes, but they just don’t have the profit margins and is a regulatory problem asking too much from their small and simple frames/engines.

    • birne@feddit.org
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      9 months ago

      For a moment I was confused, because a lifted child-killing machine should weigh at least 2 tons. Everything below that is embarrassing.

      But according to a quick search “half-ton” describes the max payload of the vehicle, not the weight.