• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Yes, somehow the American car buyer has been bamboozled into thinking that a bigger car is “luxury” and a smaller car is somehow “lower end,” so automakers price their larger cars higher even though the physical size has very little to do with the actual manufacturing cost.

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      4 months ago

      Americans have almost always equated bigger with better. Look at cars back in early 70s. I drove a 73’ Impala, that thing was huge, even by today’s standards