Turns out not everyone can afford a Brand New $150k SUPER TANK. Maybe if American car companies made or sold small cheap practical cars they’d be doing better.
I’m a big car guy (I just think they’re neat, not that everyone should be using them for transportation) and it absolutely infuriates me every single time I see some new small practical car announced it’s always unavailable in the US market.
Everyone I know refuses to buy new. Not because they can’t afford it (although that certainly is part of it) but because in the US nobody is selling any new cars worth anything. They’re all overpriced giant child murdermobiles that somehow don’t even have space for things
Medium sedan. Same as the last one but a marginally bigger engine. $15k more.
3-7: Increasingly large SUVs. Maybe some are hybrids or EVs with laughable range. Despite occupying the volume of two sedans they have less passenger space.
8+: Road Dominators, Child Obliterators, and the all-new 2026 Canyonero. Get one gallon per mile fuel efficiency, and what they gain in tow capacity they lose in durability. But it’s fine, not a single car in this lineup will ever see a speck of dirt. Also, the truck beds are smaller than the rusted out Ford your great grandpa drove for fifty years on the racism farm.
For years I just wanted a second gen Nissan LEAF that didn’t suck and they couldn’t do it. Same price as any other new EV except it’s a fucking 62kwh LEAF, lol no. VW id3 never came to America but I had my eye on that wishing something like it would. Eventually I just gave up waiting, my only options are performance EVs that straddle the line between small SUV, large hatchback, and a full size sedan. Fun and practical but expensive as an MFer
They retired the line after driver complaints that they weren’t occupying enough lanes, but reintroduced them in 2026 in a new median-to-median configuration.
I just bought a manual 1992 Chevy S10 Tahoe for my wife and the thing is completely unlike modern trucks, I mean it’s basically only a size up from a kei truck. They can make it so small and affordable because it lacks basic safety features like airbags. With modern trucks they force an entire extra vehicles worth of technology and safety features, practically doubles the size of the car
But how I wish they would sell modern trucks with the same form factor as the '92 S10, car is beautiful
Turns out not everyone can afford a Brand New $150k SUPER TANK. Maybe if American car companies made or sold small cheap practical cars they’d be doing better.
I’m a big car guy (I just think they’re neat, not that everyone should be using them for transportation) and it absolutely infuriates me every single time I see some new small practical car announced it’s always unavailable in the US market.
Everyone I know refuses to buy new. Not because they can’t afford it (although that certainly is part of it) but because in the US nobody is selling any new cars worth anything. They’re all overpriced giant child murdermobiles that somehow don’t even have space for things
New car lineup be like:
Small sedan, practical for most.
Medium sedan. Same as the last one but a marginally bigger engine. $15k more.
3-7: Increasingly large SUVs. Maybe some are hybrids or EVs with laughable range. Despite occupying the volume of two sedans they have less passenger space.
8+: Road Dominators, Child Obliterators, and the all-new 2026 Canyonero. Get one gallon per mile fuel efficiency, and what they gain in tow capacity they lose in durability. But it’s fine, not a single car in this lineup will ever see a speck of dirt. Also, the truck beds are smaller than the rusted out Ford your great grandpa drove for fifty years on the racism farm.
I literally just want a fun and practical electric hatchback why is this so hard for car companies to understand
In North America at least, EVs are built to satisfy carbon credit rebates, not to be sold to consumers.
For years I just wanted a second gen Nissan LEAF that didn’t suck and they couldn’t do it. Same price as any other new EV except it’s a fucking 62kwh LEAF, lol no. VW id3 never came to America but I had my eye on that wishing something like it would. Eventually I just gave up waiting, my only options are performance EVs that straddle the line between small SUV, large hatchback, and a full size sedan. Fun and practical but expensive as an MFer
They still make Canyoneros? Everyone I know is driving Zaibatsu Monstrositys
They retired the line after driver complaints that they weren’t occupying enough lanes, but reintroduced them in 2026 in a new median-to-median configuration.
Do they even make small sedans anymore?
Yeah most brands will have one to two Econoline Shitmobiles with an optional hybrid upgrade at the highest trim.
Toyota Corolla
I just bought a manual 1992 Chevy S10 Tahoe for my wife and the thing is completely unlike modern trucks, I mean it’s basically only a size up from a kei truck. They can make it so small and affordable because it lacks basic safety features like airbags. With modern trucks they force an entire extra vehicles worth of technology and safety features, practically doubles the size of the car
But how I wish they would sell modern trucks with the same form factor as the '92 S10, car is beautiful