The poultry sales in the 1950's was responsible for us not getting these trucks in the 70's and 80's, but I'll bet it's Ford and GM lobbyists that has kept this tariff in place since that time.
Car enthusiasts and libertarians think so, while "made in America" enthusiasts and certain environmentalist movements might appreciate the tax holding back even more trucks being imported into America
@@HSstudio.YtchnnlUsually afaik most of the American trucks that are coming into Mexico to basically stay there forever, are usually trucks and suvs that got all their catalytic converters stolen in a strict US emissions state. Often reported stolen vehicles will have their new life in Mexico. And nearby the border people tend to steal some usually heavy duty trucks and sending them down south for cartel duty, so if there’s a surge of American 🛻 in Mexico, those 3 points above make up that reason 😅 cartels love them high trim model Fords I also heard if someone lives in a heavily nacro controlled state and in a certain region in Mexico, a newer nice truck will likely get stolen by force with fully automatic rifles pointed at them by the local cartel gunmen ruling in that area they patrol
Is because they want that the pollution of trucks has to be proportional to its size because for them is no Sense in a ford ranger polluting the same as a f350 dual tires or a sedan impala polluting the same as a suburban
@@vexedpixels for that reason I say that usa is a third world country because they are the only country where car manufacturers can make SUVs and pickups that are dangerous and no one will do anything about it and also because is the only country that allows the use or harmful chemicals in food that are banned in the EU.
i miss small trucks - i hate these giant monstrosities they call trucks these days. they're not only not practical for actual trades work, they are significantly more likely to kill a pedestrian or other motorist in the event of a collision. the only purpose such giant vehicles serve is to enhance the ego of the driver and make profit for the automaker.
That's literally all they are now.. grandiose expressions of their owners' mediocrity, drivers who roll coal to own the weak woke crywank libtards and demonstrate their superiority complex to everyone on the road. (I'm the Main Character) Certain trucks will always sell to a certain demographic, but they still have to market them aggressively beyond their target buyers. A good work truck is something old and reliable that you can repair yourself using plentiful junkyard parts. I knew a family who had three of the same van, it was a cinch to keep them all on the road because all the repairs and parts were the same.
Regarding your last sentence, that's not a bad thing. Drivers deserve to feel good and companies are in business to make money. Trucks are very practical for actual trade work as they get more capable every year. A 1500 can carry or tow what you used to need a 2500 to tow. Pedestrians should stay out of the road. Yes, I would buy a car that's more likely to keep me safe. The other driver can do the same if they think they're worth it.
@@bwofficial1776 I just mean, some of the people who mod trucks just to roll coal at bicyclists are kind of just inherently assholes and everyone in their club owns something similar. A work vehicle is one thing, being a douchenozzle on purpose because you need attention is another thing.
Just completed a nine hour road trip in Utah and Idaho in my D21. It’s 30 years old, has nearly 200k miles on it. Ran the 80mph speed limit or a little over for 9 hours like it was new.
Very interesting. I've always wondered about the jump seats and why they were so small. We had a Subaru Brat growing up and loved the rear facing seats but never understood why they were in there. I was going to mention the Transit 2010 - 2013 how they were imported as a passenger van and changed to a contractor van here but you covered it.
I had a Ranger from the early 90s that also had those tiny jump seats, and it was American made (in MN) and wasn't subject to the tax. The setup worked well for people who only rarely had to carry more than one passenger somewhere, and then only for a short time. The rest of the time, it was a place to put groceries and what not you may be carrying without having to have it out in the bed where it could be rained on/roasted in the heat/blown away.
As of about late 2020, Tacomas are no longer assembled in San Antonio, TX. Since then, they are made in two plants: Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (near Tijuana) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Guanajuato (near Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato). This change was done to accommodate the new generation Sequoia being built alongside the 22+ Tundra since they share the drivetrain and overall design.
Might as well mention this while I am at it: NAFTA exempts the 25% duty imposed on light duty pickup trucks that are made in Canada or Mexico. As of today, your choices for buying an American-made Foreign-branded pickup include: Nissan Frontier, Nissan Titan, Hyundai Santa Cruz, Toyota Tundra & Honda Ridgeline. Of those, Nissan has been doing it the longest since mid-1983 and was the 2nd Japanese maker to construct a plant here in the US in Smyrna, TN originally for those Datsun 720, Nissan D21 Hardbody and first generation D22 Frontier trucks. Frontier production has since moved to Canton, MS since 2012.
The 2000's were hard on those poor Nissan D21s because teenagers would turn their dads' old pickups into shitty lowriders. They were everywhere in Canada, and because we had a 15-year import law instead of 25 (for Japanese Domestic), you still see many around. Lifted Hiluxes, Mazda B2200-B3000's, and a few old Datsuns too.
Because US and Canadian regulations are mostly similar, plus they got the USMCA trade deal, meaning they get tax exemptions on US and Mexican made trucks.
@jaysun3149 Mexico follows both ECE and FMVSS regulations. However, they passed legislation to lean more towards FMVSS so there's a chance that the Hilux days are numbered in Mexico and they fill the spot it leaves with low trim Tacomas, which are built locally.
Regarding the loopholes, it's your duty as an American to exploit loopholes. On the other hand, US-market trucks tend to be bigger and safer and more capable. Midsize trucks like the Hilux and Amarok would be nice but kei trucks aren't very safe and would likely run afoul of many other regulations. While we're at it, repealing the 25-year import ban would be nice. Even rolling it back to 15 years like Canada would be an improvement.
Big pickup trucks are not safer. Crashing against a smaller vehicle you'll be fine, but crash with another equally sized truck or bigger? You're toast. Or if you hit a smaller vehicle, cyclist or pedestrian, they're toast.
The biggest and best thing we can do to increase road safety, is to ‘reteach’ driving. There’s a lot of campaigns and advertisements that go to pushing something - and catches on - so why not do that for better driving habits? Staying out of the left-lane (passing-lane) unless you’re passing, using your turn signals before you make actual lane switches, teach zipper-merging for better traffic flow, etc. Things like that will work-out - lot of the tailgating and swerving through traffic, so that goes without saying. Better crash-safety is good for the passenger, but preventing crashes entirely (or at least greatly reducing points of encounter) is a lot better.
@@LouisSubearthit’s going to be and endless cycle of insecurity, marketing, and cars getting bigger for “safety” sadly. For pedestrians, this is horrible.
In europe Kinda stopped in the 2010s Volkswagen golf ute Opel corsa ute Seat i think.... Now There is the fiat doblo ute And the usual kei truck Mostly daihatsu Sometimes a jimny Daihatsu taft single cab ute would look cool
It's funny that this kind of pettiness still exists today.. I remember when Republicans retaliated to France's unwillingness to join the Iraq invasion in 2003 by trying to force the rebranding of anything 'French', such as Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.
When did Republicans do this? Absolutely zero evidence of this happening on the internet and zero clips to be found lmao. I'm not American so maybe I'm wrong but that's pretty hard to believe. Maybe 1% or less did it and you took it personally
Have you done a video essay on the Big 3 government bailouts from the mid to late 2000's? I think it would make a great topic, getting into how automotive companies operate is not only interesting but super important. I work with some personally and, well, I believe more people should know where a lot of decisions made come from and this kind of essay is fantastic!
I think you need a follow up to this covering the Kei trucks. I read certain states refuse to register them after the owner painstakingly has imported one
Honda seemed to be the only Japanese manufacturer in the late 70s without its own truck line, until the Ridgeline's debut in February 2005. Shortly after the chicken tax was imposed in December 1963, Congress passed the Automotive Trade Act of 1965 which was ratified by the Canadian government, establishing a tariff-free trade zone in the United States and Canada for vehicles and automotive equipment. Ford began truck production at its new Oakville assembly plant in response to the trade agreement, allowing for truck exports to the states.
Chickens are not flightless birds. I have a barn with a 35 foot tall roof. They don't teleport to the top of the barn roof. Every spring I cut the wings to prevent flight.
The best pick up truck (and the most reliable vehicle ever) in the history is toyota hilux which Americans are so unfortunate to not know about them (of course some does)
Do you watch many videos like this about vehicles? I’ve heard it decently often. Especially car history videos that always talk about the gas crisis in the 70’s
As always I enjoyed watching. But to be honest there have never been real European trucks. Yes there was the VW Caddy and the Amarok for a while but that is about it. The Mercedes truck you showed is not a real Mercedes but a rebadged Nissan. The US is fat better off with trucks.
I think it's simply that they convinced Americans that "bigger is better." Not a difficult thing to do in the pickup world, if you take into account the immaturity of a large portion of the guys who drive pickups.
The chicken tax is not the reason trucks are big but EPA rules. Smaller trucks which is less fuel efficient than comparatively sized sedans get hit with a big penalty, but large trucks get an exemption. This video is misinformation.
Those who wish it to remain in place are against the idea of imported light pickups and kei trucks because of their perception that competition (poorer consumers / fleets who would buy alternatives) would hurt their domestic truck sales.
The major US manufacturers have very big deals with vehicular-oriented companies and services who are contractually obligated to purchase their fleets from those manufacturers.
@@brandonblanco8379 Yes. The tax hasn't been repealed because it favors domestic monopoly. Diversity and competition would help the lower and middle class get ahead, but not in the way that the monopolizing manufacturers want because they would stand to lose profit on new vehicle sales.
The European pickups are not important other than the Amarock there aren't many. You do miss the importation of European vans and trucks. Most importantly you miss the importation of global pickups, usually powered by a turbodiesel that would have been prohibited by the US emissions laws, which amounts to another trade barrier. These pickups include the Ford Rangers with turbodiesels; the Toyota Hilux, 79 series Land Cruiser, Lite Ace, Hi Ace; Nissan Navara, Atlas; Isuzu D-Max, the Mazda BT-50, the Mitsubishi Strada or Triton. Other than the Land Cruiser, The base model pickups are priced much lower than the US pickups, even when you compare the global Ford Ranger to the US. Another consequence is the non importation of pickup derived SUVs such as the Toyota Fortuner, the Isuzu Mu-X, the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and the Nissan Terra. A Hilux with a 2.8 Turbodiesel will cost much less than a Tacoma but will out torque it and still deliver better fuel economy.
- the US also have turbodiesel-powered trucks that are BIGGER & more POWERFUL such as Ford's Powerstroke & GM's Duramax. In fact, most of the world's pickups have engines that are 3L or below in size unlike in the US or Canada that has 6+ liters of diesel engine displacement so it's not because of "US emission laws" that prohibits those Hiluxes or Navaras but rather it's the price of diesel as well as EPA corruption. - the US also has it's own SUVs that are BIGGER than kost of the world's SUVs, just look at the Cadillac Escalade or the Jeep Grand Wagoneer & they're also more advanced and packed with more tech
It´s just crazy yeah. All these "economic" wars and other wars. 🤦♂ Like the 25 years rule. Only things that always work here in Germany and in the US as well are: Lobbyism and capitalism.
In the Japanese domestic market! The one in the video was imported from Japan. I have a full video on my channel: th-cam.com/video/21s0RQ3ZdCI/w-d-xo.html
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The poultry sales in the 1950's was responsible for us not getting these trucks in the 70's and 80's, but I'll bet it's Ford and GM lobbyists that has kept this tariff in place since that time.
And why they have the size loophole for the cafe laws. My 2010 Tacoma is one of the last small pickups made
Should the chicken tax be removed?
Car enthusiasts and libertarians think so, while "made in America" enthusiasts and certain environmentalist movements might appreciate the tax holding back even more trucks being imported into America
Hell yeah, it’s anti consumerism
Yes, dumbest law that still exists for some reason
Better off balancing CAFE to punish bigger vehicles instead of smaller
Yeah its always been pointless
it's always neat to see these little european pickups down in mexico.
how common are they? Are American trucks taking over?
@@HSstudio.YtchnnlUsually afaik most of the American trucks that are coming into Mexico to basically stay there forever, are usually trucks and suvs that got all their catalytic converters stolen in a strict US emissions state. Often reported stolen vehicles will have their new life in Mexico. And nearby the border people tend to steal some usually heavy duty trucks and sending them down south for cartel duty, so if there’s a surge of American 🛻 in Mexico, those 3 points above make up that reason 😅 cartels love them high trim model Fords
I also heard if someone lives in a heavily nacro controlled state and in a certain region in Mexico, a newer nice truck will likely get stolen by force with fully automatic rifles pointed at them by the local cartel gunmen ruling in that area they patrol
@@HSstudio.Ytchnnl in Mexico dodge still mades small pickup trucks
You should do a video essay on CAFE fuel standards and how that is making modern American trucks giant.
Is because they want that the pollution of trucks has to be proportional to its size because for them is no Sense in a ford ranger polluting the same as a f350 dual tires or a sedan impala polluting the same as a suburban
@@josem588but in a practical sense it doesn’t change the actual output of pollution, and only decreases road safety
@@vexedpixels for that reason I say that usa is a third world country because they are the only country where car manufacturers can make SUVs and pickups that are dangerous and no one will do anything about it and also because is the only country that allows the use or harmful chemicals in food that are banned in the EU.
Yeah the cafe laws combined with chicken tax has made it hard to just have a simple reliable pickup to do work.
@@josem588 That is not the definition of a third world country.
You might have noticed we no longer have small trucks in America
How about the Maverik?
@@EnthusiastCarHangar that's not available in the United states
@@1996FordCrownVictoria it sure is. Worked on one yesterday.
@@tynewlin Oh they finally brought them over here?
but there's the Maverick & the Hyundai Santa Cruz
And now we have 100k trucks because of it!
We have 100k pickups, because some Americans are so caught up in the arms race of "Mine's bigger and fancier than yours."
@@Incomudro1963 yep just plain dumb
i miss small trucks - i hate these giant monstrosities they call trucks these days. they're not only not practical for actual trades work, they are significantly more likely to kill a pedestrian or other motorist in the event of a collision. the only purpose such giant vehicles serve is to enhance the ego of the driver and make profit for the automaker.
That's literally all they are now.. grandiose expressions of their owners' mediocrity, drivers who roll coal to own the weak woke crywank libtards and demonstrate their superiority complex to everyone on the road. (I'm the Main Character)
Certain trucks will always sell to a certain demographic, but they still have to market them aggressively beyond their target buyers. A good work truck is something old and reliable that you can repair yourself using plentiful junkyard parts. I knew a family who had three of the same van, it was a cinch to keep them all on the road because all the repairs and parts were the same.
Regarding your last sentence, that's not a bad thing. Drivers deserve to feel good and companies are in business to make money. Trucks are very practical for actual trade work as they get more capable every year. A 1500 can carry or tow what you used to need a 2500 to tow. Pedestrians should stay out of the road. Yes, I would buy a car that's more likely to keep me safe. The other driver can do the same if they think they're worth it.
@@bwofficial1776 I just mean, some of the people who mod trucks just to roll coal at bicyclists are kind of just inherently assholes and everyone in their club owns something similar. A work vehicle is one thing, being a douchenozzle on purpose because you need attention is another thing.
Biker episode of South Park
@bwofficial1776 but you always see pickups that tow or carry nothing
Just completed a nine hour road trip in Utah and Idaho in my D21. It’s 30 years old, has nearly 200k miles on it. Ran the 80mph speed limit or a little over for 9 hours like it was new.
Very interesting. I've always wondered about the jump seats and why they were so small. We had a Subaru Brat growing up and loved the rear facing seats but never understood why they were in there. I was going to mention the Transit 2010 - 2013 how they were imported as a passenger van and changed to a contractor van here but you covered it.
I had a Ranger from the early 90s that also had those tiny jump seats, and it was American made (in MN) and wasn't subject to the tax. The setup worked well for people who only rarely had to carry more than one passenger somewhere, and then only for a short time. The rest of the time, it was a place to put groceries and what not you may be carrying without having to have it out in the bed where it could be rained on/roasted in the heat/blown away.
As of about late 2020, Tacomas are no longer assembled in San Antonio, TX. Since then, they are made in two plants: Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (near Tijuana) and Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Guanajuato (near Apaseo el Grande, Guanajuato). This change was done to accommodate the new generation Sequoia being built alongside the 22+ Tundra since they share the drivetrain and overall design.
Might as well mention this while I am at it: NAFTA exempts the 25% duty imposed on light duty pickup trucks that are made in Canada or Mexico. As of today, your choices for buying an American-made Foreign-branded pickup include: Nissan Frontier, Nissan Titan, Hyundai Santa Cruz, Toyota Tundra & Honda Ridgeline. Of those, Nissan has been doing it the longest since mid-1983 and was the 2nd Japanese maker to construct a plant here in the US in Smyrna, TN originally for those Datsun 720, Nissan D21 Hardbody and first generation D22 Frontier trucks. Frontier production has since moved to Canton, MS since 2012.
The 2000's were hard on those poor Nissan D21s because teenagers would turn their dads' old pickups into shitty lowriders. They were everywhere in Canada, and because we had a 15-year import law instead of 25 (for Japanese Domestic), you still see many around. Lifted Hiluxes, Mazda B2200-B3000's, and a few old Datsuns too.
Also is normal to see (in usa) old pickup trucks (example Silverado 2003-2006) converted into low ride trucks
Now I understand why the us market doesn't have any import pickup trucks, but why our Canadian market also doesn't have import pickup trucks?
Because US and Canadian regulations are mostly similar, plus they got the USMCA trade deal, meaning they get tax exemptions on US and Mexican made trucks.
but why does the Mexico market have Toyota Hilux？@@LouisSubearth
@jaysun3149 Mexico follows both ECE and FMVSS regulations. However, they passed legislation to lean more towards FMVSS so there's a chance that the Hilux days are numbered in Mexico and they fill the spot it leaves with low trim Tacomas, which are built locally.
@@LouisSubearthwhat is ECE??
@@HSstudio.Ytchnnl They're the European standards.
AND this is why i cant have cool small trucks now what a time to be alive
Regarding the loopholes, it's your duty as an American to exploit loopholes. On the other hand, US-market trucks tend to be bigger and safer and more capable. Midsize trucks like the Hilux and Amarok would be nice but kei trucks aren't very safe and would likely run afoul of many other regulations. While we're at it, repealing the 25-year import ban would be nice. Even rolling it back to 15 years like Canada would be an improvement.
Big pickup trucks are not safer. Crashing against a smaller vehicle you'll be fine, but crash with another equally sized truck or bigger? You're toast. Or if you hit a smaller vehicle, cyclist or pedestrian, they're toast.
Big is not safe. the bigger and higher you are, the blinder you are.
The biggest and best thing we can do to increase road safety, is to ‘reteach’ driving.
There’s a lot of campaigns and advertisements that go to pushing something - and catches on - so why not do that for better driving habits?
Staying out of the left-lane (passing-lane) unless you’re passing, using your turn signals before you make actual lane switches, teach zipper-merging for better traffic flow, etc.
Things like that will work-out - lot of the tailgating and swerving through traffic, so that goes without saying.
Better crash-safety is good for the passenger, but preventing crashes entirely (or at least greatly reducing points of encounter) is a lot better.
@@LouisSubearthit’s going to be and endless cycle of insecurity, marketing, and cars getting bigger for “safety” sadly. For pedestrians, this is horrible.
This is misinformation and extremely misleading.
Lane Motor Museum had the first US built Nissan pickup off the line on display several years ago. Fun to see.
They need to remove this and the 25 year import ban
Those 2 things are the reasons why I dislike being an automotive enthusiast
In europe
Kinda stopped in the 2010s
Volkswagen golf ute
Opel corsa ute
Seat i think....
Now
There is the fiat doblo ute
And the usual kei truck
Mostly daihatsu
Sometimes a jimny
Daihatsu taft single cab ute would look cool
It's funny that this kind of pettiness still exists today.. I remember when Republicans retaliated to France's unwillingness to join the Iraq invasion in 2003 by trying to force the rebranding of anything 'French', such as Freedom Fries and Freedom Toast.
That I didn't know
When did Republicans do this? Absolutely zero evidence of this happening on the internet and zero clips to be found lmao.
I'm not American so maybe I'm wrong but that's pretty hard to believe. Maybe 1% or less did it and you took it personally
Imagine if they returned the statue 🗽
@@stevaloo5544 It used to be a golden brown before it rusted XD
That was so moronic. I always thought rebranding French fries was weird.
Nice work Zack.
Have you done a video essay on the Big 3 government bailouts from the mid to late 2000's? I think it would make a great topic, getting into how automotive companies operate is not only interesting but super important. I work with some personally and, well, I believe more people should know where a lot of decisions made come from and this kind of essay is fantastic!
Have a Red 97 sl500 with them. they still work too
Some of that I never knew; just the part form 0:00 to time stamp 6:23.
I did enjoy your video 👍
I think you need a follow up to this covering the Kei trucks. I read certain states refuse to register them after the owner painstakingly has imported one
exceptional content
Yup, I’ve got a D22 Frontier with useless little jump seats, although it was made in the US so I’m assuming it was just a style choice
Honda seemed to be the only Japanese manufacturer in the late 70s without its own truck line, until the Ridgeline's debut in February 2005.
Shortly after the chicken tax was imposed in December 1963, Congress passed the Automotive Trade Act of 1965 which was ratified by the Canadian government, establishing a tariff-free trade zone in the United States and Canada for vehicles and automotive equipment. Ford began truck production at its new Oakville assembly plant in response to the trade agreement, allowing for truck exports to the states.
Extremely interesting!
5:22 Shouldn’t these pickup trucks be exempt from the chicken tax because they have two rows of seating?
i saw a k truck on my drive home yesterday, it threw me off so hard
Chickens are not flightless birds.
I have a barn with a 35 foot tall roof. They don't teleport to the top of the barn roof. Every spring I cut the wings to prevent flight.
I say let's get rid of the tax and let them send us some nice little trucks that our domestic automakers refuse to make for us.
a video essay on the suzuki samurai and how it was kicked from the us market? that would be cool
The Consumer Reports slander killed Suzuki's car division in the States, as their sales never recovered after that.
Yeah. I don't remember Ford getting kicked out even though their Ford bronco II was so dangerous people were told to not even drive it
The best pick up truck (and the most reliable vehicle ever) in the history is toyota hilux which Americans are so unfortunate to not know about them (of course some does)
Well I’ve never heard of a chicken tax before…
Right? 🤔
It's an old term, heard it for years ;)
Do you watch many videos like this about vehicles? I’ve heard it decently often. Especially car history videos that always talk about the gas crisis in the 70’s
0:32 KILROY WAS HERE
OG meme
Dayum i didn't know tacoma tundra were also made in the USA
As always I enjoyed watching. But to be honest there have never been real European trucks. Yes there was the VW Caddy and the Amarok for a while but that is about it. The Mercedes truck you showed is not a real Mercedes but a rebadged Nissan. The US is fat better off with trucks.
Intresting
So they removed everything from the tax except one thing that doesn't involve food?
They should of remove the tax then at that point 😅
Hahaha parang sa pilippinas noon auv 10 seater honda crv gen 2 2002 classified auv 10 seater.
Interesting
Imagine having a hilux or Suzuki Jimny
Than GM had to rename the gmc blazer.
@@WilliamHollinger2019 The GMC Jimmy is a different vehicle. The Blazer is made by Chevrolet.
maybe the Tacoma should have a diesel option instead
wow a very new video
Can't compete with them? Why not tax them out of existence?
Wow, Thanks US government, this helped so fucking much...
We need some 20, 30 min essays.
then why did the us makers stop making affordable small trucks?
I think it's simply that they convinced Americans that "bigger is better."
Not a difficult thing to do in the pickup world, if you take into account the immaturity of a large portion of the guys who drive pickups.
The chicken tax is not the reason trucks are big but EPA rules. Smaller trucks which is less fuel efficient than comparatively sized sedans get hit with a big penalty, but large trucks get an exemption. This video is misinformation.
If the US just made better quality trucks then the chicken tax wouldn't be needed.
Best cars Datsun /Nissan D21 4x4
Imagine if lobbying was illegal?
Chickens are not flightless. They can fly
They're not that small as birds go either.
100th like!
Hope this tax insanity does not affect the much needed Telo e-truck.
It doesn’t make any sense that the Chicken Tax exists. It’s anti consumerism and limits consumer choice.
Those who wish it to remain in place are against the idea of imported light pickups and kei trucks because of their perception that competition (poorer consumers / fleets who would buy alternatives) would hurt their domestic truck sales.
The major US manufacturers have very big deals with vehicular-oriented companies and services who are contractually obligated to purchase their fleets from those manufacturers.
@@kiraleaf isn’t competition a good thing? Isn’t that the essence of free market capitalism?
@@brandonblanco8379 Yes. The tax hasn't been repealed because it favors domestic monopoly. Diversity and competition would help the lower and middle class get ahead, but not in the way that the monopolizing manufacturers want because they would stand to lose profit on new vehicle sales.
@@kiraleaf well so be it to the manufactures, if they disappear. They have to learn to make reliable vehicles and meet the clients needs.
The European pickups are not important other than the Amarock there aren't many. You do miss the importation of European vans and trucks. Most importantly you miss the importation of global pickups, usually powered by a turbodiesel that would have been prohibited by the US emissions laws, which amounts to another trade barrier. These pickups include the Ford Rangers with turbodiesels; the Toyota Hilux, 79 series Land Cruiser, Lite Ace, Hi Ace; Nissan Navara, Atlas; Isuzu D-Max, the Mazda BT-50, the Mitsubishi Strada or Triton. Other than the Land Cruiser, The base model pickups are priced much lower than the US pickups, even when you compare the global Ford Ranger to the US. Another consequence is the non importation of pickup derived SUVs such as the Toyota Fortuner, the Isuzu Mu-X, the Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and the Nissan Terra. A Hilux with a 2.8 Turbodiesel will cost much less than a Tacoma but will out torque it and still deliver better fuel economy.
- the US also have turbodiesel-powered trucks that are BIGGER & more POWERFUL such as Ford's Powerstroke & GM's Duramax. In fact, most of the world's pickups have engines that are 3L or below in size unlike in the US or Canada that has 6+ liters of diesel engine displacement so it's not because of "US emission laws" that prohibits those Hiluxes or Navaras but rather it's the price of diesel as well as EPA corruption.
- the US also has it's own SUVs that are BIGGER than kost of the world's SUVs, just look at the Cadillac Escalade or the Jeep Grand Wagoneer & they're also more advanced and packed with more tech
How it screwed the public should be the title.
It´s just crazy yeah. All these "economic" wars and other wars. 🤦♂ Like the 25 years rule. Only things that always work here in Germany and in the US as well are: Lobbyism and capitalism.
Abolish it!
You can keep the Mercedes & VW pickups.
Those brands are Crap!
Am I the only one who thought that the Chicken Tax would be a metaphor and have nothing to do with chickens? 😅
shut up there is a quad cab datsun?1!?!?!?!?!?!
In the Japanese domestic market! The one in the video was imported from Japan. I have a full video on my channel:
th-cam.com/video/21s0RQ3ZdCI/w-d-xo.html
Same ,,bs,, in Australia ..tax tax tax ..40+% of Australia are on fat fat welfare payments.. mostly woman