Honestly this is absurd. These death machines shouldn’t be legal in europe. That thing doesn’t even fit in the parking space, even though the parking lot has the biggest spaces in the whole city. The Golf Polo is so small in comparison, it could even hide in front of the engine hood of the truck.

EDIT: It’s a Polo and not a Golf, I don’t know my cars, sorry for that!

  • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The economies between the two regions just aren’t fully comparable at the trade and industrial scale. Wholly agree that pollution is a problem. Wholly agree there are idiots with lifted trucks and mall crawlers for no reason. But 8’ truck beds are standard for tradespeople in America because they are extremely functional, and versatile. Making 2 specialized vehicles is more costly than making one versatile one.

    The thing designed for that purpose is, indeed, a work truck.

    Let’s keep in mind that the EU’s stringent environmental standards didn’t stop the disastrous reality of just how bad diesel has been as a pollutant for Europe, leading to worse air quality than most places in America.