That probably has something to do with the fact that the M1 Abrams was not intended as an overpriced status object designed purely to make spoilt and privileged suburbanites make themselves feel superior to anyone walking in the street.
Its still objectively true the reason suvs and trucks are so common isn’t how good they are or anything its marketing from manufacturers to make more money from selling cars that avoid emissions standards aka SUVS and “light” trucks
That probably has something to do with the fact that the M1 Abrams was not intended as an overpriced status object designed purely to make spoilt and privileged suburbanites make themselves feel superior to anyone walking in the street.
To be fair, giant trucks are also designed to be exempted from emissions standards
That is a crazy sentence.
Its still objectively true the reason suvs and trucks are so common isn’t how good they are or anything its marketing from manufacturers to make more money from selling cars that avoid emissions standards aka SUVS and “light” trucks
It is, but under the CAFE standards, it ends up being true.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/corporate-average-fuel-economy