Vehicles we should be allowed to buy. (not EVs)

[swampbadger]

I didn't want to hijack the EV truck thread. I don't want an EV. I want better options to better vehicles that should be allowed to be imported here. There are tons of options in other countries that our EPA and government restrict us from getting access to.

EPA claims that these vehicles aren't fuel efficient. They are way more fuel efficient than comparable vehicles sold by our local manufacturers. Could it be if imports were affordable and available they would severely impact the american made companies? I say great! The competition would increase the performance and longevity nationwide. We might actually get back into high quality 4 wheel drive trucks that last if this was possible.

I'm not into EVs and if I really wanted a dream car here's a handful I'd love to have access to.
Feel free to add any trucks or comments or opinions!!!

check out this brazilian beauty! burns diesel at a comparable rate as a tacomas burn gas. also has capability to have level 3 ballistic armor…

 

[swampbadger]

2024 Mitsubishi Triton price and specs

The 2024 Mitsubishi Triton is up to $7600 more expensive than before, though it's larger, more capable, more powerful and packs more tech.

www.carexpert.com.au

here's a mitsubishi diesel making 30 mpg

 

[swampbadger]

gotta mention the toyota hilux we can't own these cause gubment says no.

Toyota Hilux 2021 Double-Cab 2.4 D-4D 4WD Specs, Performance, Comparisons

Explore the Toyota Hilux 2021 Double-Cab 2.4 D-4D 4WD 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 detailed specs, including 0-60 mph times, horsepower, and handling data. Get all the Info.

www.ultimatespecs.com

 

[Antler Daddy]

My 2010 Mercedes GL350 gets 24 on highway. My 2008 Mazda CX9 barely gets 17 on highway....it is terrible and basically a Ford.

 

[swampbadger]

The unimog would be atop my list. it's a camper, it's a beast, it has countless implements and is used as a farm tractor overseas. The possibilities are endless with these.

Extreme off-road Unimog - Mercedes-Benz Trucks - Trucks you can trust

Extreme off-road Unimog: Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks: The all-terrain Unimog. Find out more about the consistent further development of the two variants Unimog U 4023 and Unimog U 5023.

www.mercedes-benz-trucks.com

 

[swampbadger]

My 2010 Mercedes GL350 gets 24 on highway. My Mazda CX9 barely gets 17 on highway....it is terrible and basically a Ford.

My point exactly, why are we stuck with poor performance and poor choices when if we look outside of our box there are so much bigger and better things going on with vehicles!

 

[lafn96]

My 2020 Tacoma (manual trans 4x4) doesn't get anywhere near 30 mpg; more like 18-19 with 33's on it. Stock it would get 20-21 if I babied it.

 

[swampbadger]

My 2020 Tacoma (manual trans 4x4) doesn't get anywhere near 30 mpg; more like 18-19 with 33's on it. Stock it would get 20-21 if I babied it.

I know, man my 2004 sequoia gets 13 mpg, it's pitiful.

when you look at stats on the diesel hilux, you say wow! You've gotta admit the EPAs claims of saving us from fuel consumption are a crock of lies.

Are we purposely being steered towards accepting EVs?

 

[TNGunsmoke]

If those vehicles had the emissions control stuff on them that is required in the US, they would not be any more fuel efficient than ours currently are.

 

[MoonBuzzard]

Our gvt doesn't want better for us. 1 look at overseas vehicles will tell you that

 

[TnKen]

Like this.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Hilux- the choice of jihadis everywhere because they just keep going and going.

 

[lol]

My 2010 Mercedes GL350 gets 24 on highway. My 2008 Mazda CX9 barely gets 17 on highway....it is terrible and basically a Ford.

Those MB engines are awesome.

 

[Savage]

Hilux- the choice of jihadis everywhere because they just keep going and going.

I always thought we could end terrorism is we could find the body shot that kept mounting the machine guns on the back of the little Toyota pickups…


I would be in line for a Hilux before I would a high end side by side…

 

[Omega]

Put this one through some stuff, I wish we would have brought it back.

 

[4Low]

Suzuki Jimny

 

[swampbadger]

Suzuki Jimny

I looked it up, It looks awesome. I know those suzuki samaris were incredible off road

 

[Laserman1]

Landrover stopped the Defender 90 here in 1996 because our government wanted air bags and Landrover said " we will just stop selling them to you instead of changing them ". They have that poor excuse for a defender here now.

 

[swampbadger]

We puff our chests out as Americans because we have overall, on most terms, the best nation to live in. It truly is a blessing to be here, I'm not saying it isn't.

However our choices of dependable vehicles have left us. We had vehicles in the 1990s- mid 2000s that were really good and are still on the road today. As technologies have advanced the quality and durability of vehicles we have available here in the US have diminished greatly over the last 10-20 years.

The technology is there to build long lasting fuel efficient vehicles. It's being withheld by policies that work against us.

We are blatantly being steered towards buying EVs that 46 percent of current owners have remorse for buying.

 

[axeforce6]

The Land Cruiser 70 would be great to have.