Why Americans Are Obsessed With Huge Cars (It Isn’t Toxic Masculinity)
<p><em>A deep, authoritative voice booms, “In a world where adventure begins where the road ends…you need options.” A truck barrels through a dirt road. Its all-terrain tires grip the ground and splash the mud away.</em></p>
<p><em>Cut to a shot of the truck’s bold grille and muscular lines. Cut to a shot of the Ford logo. Cut to a shot of Brett Favre in jeans smirking at the camera. Cut to a shot of the exhaust pipe blowing black smoke rings at the sun.</em></p>
<p><em>“Built to conquer any terrain, the Ford XXXL² EcoTrash will trigger them alarmist hippies.”</em></p>
<p>But seriously. I finished researching this article and groaned, “Have we learned nothing?”</p>
<p>American vehicles are only getting bigger. The top three selling vehicles in the US in <a href="https://www.caranddriver.com/news/g43553191/bestselling-cars-2023/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">2023 are all</a> enormous pickup trucks.</p>
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<li>Ford F-Series (382,893 units sold)</li>
<li>Chevy Silverado (264,070 units sold)</li>
<li>Ram Pickup (223,049 units sold)</li>
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<p>Even more alarming: of the top 15 vehicles sold, only 3 were sedans. The remainder were either an SUV or a truck.</p>
<p>I was initially skeptical of this data so I did a quick eyeball check while running errands yesterday. I was shocked: Tampa has turned into a monster truck rally.</p>
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