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The Autotrader article in that link genuinely makes me feel very sad.
Suggesting that those pickups are good for families because they are rugged, and great for outdoors lovers because they have off-road capability is absurd.
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This para is a particularly depressing one:
For example, compare a high-spec Nissan Navara with a low-spec Land Rover Discovery Sport, and they cost around the same on list price. However, despite the fact the Navara kicks out way more CO2, your tax bills will be less than half of what you’ll pay on the Land Rover. If you’re a 40% taxpayer, that’s a saving of thousands, rather than hundreds.
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It's a terrible irony that these trucks and SUVs are marketed as adventure vehicles for healthy outdoor type people - yet its these machines that do the most damage to the outdoors that these people are aspiring to go to.
Must be some fascinating psychology studies on this, about why people buy these machines. "I live in town, but I have an SUV/pickup because at heart I'm a fun, healthy, outdoorsy adventurous type person and want to show that in the Tesco car park... etc etc
honk
Jameo
Do you mean pick up trucks? Apparently that's due to successful lobbying to get them favourable tax status.
https://www.lfgss.com/comments/16325097/