I'd be happy enough with a Smart Fortwo style vehicle. I'd be more than happy with good public transportation and non-car dominated urban planning. I'd be over the moon for high speed rail lines covering the country.
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Great, but they don't sell them here.
And no ones gonna go get a fiat or smart
My husbands 2009 Corolla finally needed replacing (couldn't pass inspection due to rusted frame) and he had the WORST time finding a car anywhere at the nearby dealerships. Everything was trucks and SUVs, finally he found one that had 3 cars and 1 mostly fit the price/criteria he wanted.
We're in the rural north east and the number of big ass trucks is insane, it's getting harder and harder to park between them all and I hate trying to get out of parking spaces when I can't see for shit around them.
I'm with Americans on this one, they are too morbidly obese to fit in regular cars. Leave the fatfucks alone.
I love my lil 2002 subie hatchback.
Americans don't want small cars, and honestly, I don't think its a problem.
Super insightful thoughts from exactly the problem with the US.
They are only bad for business if gasoline is unreasonably cheap
If the government stops subsidizing the oil industry with free taxes, EVs will become a much more appealing option.
There still exist cars in 2023. It's not just SUV's available on the lot.
People just want them, because of grocery trips or a kid in school sports or whatever.
Whether most of them actually need that SUV space is something up for debate, but it's gonna be hard to convince the average American (already in love with full SUV's) to just switch away.
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