This week, Trump signed an EO removing the CAFE standards from vehicles. These are the standards that were requiring smaller cars with smaller engines in an attempt to get more than 50 MPG across the entire fleet of vehicles offered.
My first experience with this was when the TransAm I ordered while at University was delayed because I couldn’t have the fancy seats and the lower range gearing package because the gas mileage would be too low with the heavier seats.
Are there any vehicles that you would like to see imported or made in the USA that were prohibited under the former CAFE standards?
Anything with an engine size starting with the number 4. No… not 4 liter. 400+ cu in.
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And, I want steel. Not this “steel” that is more like heavy duty aluminum foil, actual steel. When you needed two to three people to lift a car door off the hinges level of steel. A runaway shopping cart should not cause $1500 of damage. In fact, I want the cart damaged because the steel is overbuilt.
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What I really want is it to be my choice to spend money on gas. It should not be up to smug leftist control freaks insisting the only way to live is they way the think I should live. If I want to spend $500 a week on fuel, that is my choice.
how about we just get gubmint the fuk out of EVERY aspect of our lives??
id like to see trucks that are trucks.. not luxobarges with a trunk
even the “mis size” trucks were pretty useful back in the day.
in 2006 I think it was Jeep had a diesel motor for the wrangler available. it went good, had plenty of torque. then our wonderful gubmint changed emissions laws and Jeep couldn’t sell that motor because it didn’t meet emissions..
all this bs nowadays on new vehicles is why Im never buying new again. my 2015 Tundra is it. I luv that truck but it has quirks that are stupid- have to remove the grill and fender extension unbolt headlights to change a fukkin bulb, has a cartridge filter in stead of a spin on filter…chrome caps on lug nuts that rust up and swell, bought new one piece ones..
my next dailt is a 1991 Jeep Wagoneer, with 2001 5.3 GM LS and 4l60 trans.
Get the gov the F out? I totally agree.
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The market for better mileage cars is out there, and the manufacturers are responding. They would have even without the CAFE standards. If it works, at a price the consumer wants, it will sell.
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I remember when you had to buy a very large, very powerful work truck to get four doors and seating for five. (Chevy 3500, Ford 350 level) Now, try buying a small truck without a full back seat. They do not exist. Or they are so underequipped, it is just a big car.
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And, I agree with you re: the new stuff. Granted, the Tundra is a solid pickup, but even with good, generally well running vehicles, you have that kind of BS. Heck, the higher end vehicles require all service and repairs at the dealership any more. Even if it is just swapping out a battery… gotta have the special tool to unlock the battery compartment, and it is only available at dealerships.
I’d like to see light pickups again. Think like the Chevy S10, Ford Ranger, and Toyota SR5 (or early Tacoma) models from the late 80s and early 90s, that could operate fine with a 4-cyl engine but a V6 was available if you needed extra power — a V8 was too much.
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(You know the Toyotas I’m talking about; the ones you see EVERYWHERE in third-world countries, usually stock-white, and sometimes converted to a “technical” by mounting a .30-cal or .50-cal in the bed. 40 years old and still running fine because that’s just what those old Toyotas do with a bit of maintenance.)
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The Leftists always complain about how pickups are so big that they’ve become impractical (and “deadlier” in pedestrian collisions), but they don’t realize that eco-weenie CAFE standards are why they’ve gotten so big; the standards are based on a vehicle’s “footprint” and smaller pickups would have to average 50 mpg to be imported without hefty taxes, and that’s just not feasibly possible.
Chevrolet has the Colorado, Ford brought back the Ranger and brought out the Maverick.
The Maverick is not a truck. It is a soccer mom SUV suffering an identity crisis.
And, I am not kidding about that. There is nothing truck like about the Maverick except the profile. Korean crossover vehicles are more capable. Subarus are more capable.
to me ALL the new vehicles have no identity and zero soul. every car has the same profile, every suv same .
and the all electric shiite is laughable.
auto manufacturers maybe will come to thier senses but I doubt it. meanwhile Im gonna stay with my 91 Jeep and my 66 Mercury Colony Park..
Agreed. A few have a distinctive feature or two, but for the most part all new vehicles are the same.
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It’s near-impossible to tell one car from another without looking at logos and nameplates. It doesn’t help that the major American manufacturers are huge conglomerates that recycle designs among their subsidiaries, but even foreign imports look the same as domestic cars these days.
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(Props to BMW on this; they at least have kept their distinctive snouts. Jeep, too, albeit to a lesser extent.)
True, but compare the modern Colorado and Ranger (both “mid-size” trucks) vs. the Silverado 2500 and F250 (“full-size” trucks) from 1995 — 30 years ago.
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They’re about the same size and weight (between the Chevy models, the wheelbase difference is 0.1 inch). And the modern 2500s and F250s are just that much bigger and heavier.
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My point is: Today’s “mid-size” trucks are yesteryear’s “full-size” — today’s Toyota Tacomas are about the same size as Tundras from 25-30 years ago — today’s “full-size” used to be “super-duty” … and modern small/light trucks are non-existent.
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I’d like to see the small/light trucks make a comeback, without having to somehow average 45-50 mpg running on rainbows and unicorn farts.