Mike McCaffrey 
This 1987 #Volkswagen truck is simply gorgeous. I wish the #ChickenTax hadn't made these things so incredibly rare in the US.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-volkswagen-t3-doka-transporter-10
Kevin Karhan 
@MadeyeTheCarnaptious +9001%
- #Cars from the #USA are so horribly #phat, #unsafe and #inefficjent that noone wants to buy them!
(The only exceptions are nieche cases and statistically nonexistent!)
- #EU #FoodSafety standards ban so many #addivites and #treatments becaise they make food evidently unhealthy and worse (i.e. washing eggs, artificial food colouring and aroma)...
Given #Protectionism like the #ChickenTax #Tarriffs on actually reasonably sized #MiniTrucks the #US has no right to complain.
- If they actually made good cars, people would actually want to buy them.
Sadly, the last good car from the USA (that isn't a road-legal Dragstrip Suicide Machine or 4x4 Solid Axle Outdoor Toy) was the #Ford #CVPI / #P71 & #P72a models that got axed in 2012.
Ford Crown Victoria - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed
@tk #Eeyupp!" basically the whole "#ChickenTax" #retaliation bs.
Also #Lobbyism without restraint because in the 1920-1950s, #BigCar was allowed to buy up #PublicTransport networks solely for the purpose of #destroying & #dismantlibg said #PublicInfrastructure which was viable against #cars...
Kevin Karhan 
@fluffy @charliejane that's almost as absurd as a (luckily only German, not EU standard) that takes fuel consumption and divides it minimum gross weight:
Resulting in the Leopard 2 being the most efficient domestic made vehicle in spite of guzzling 200l/100km of B7 Diesel, but at a weight of 62.000kg it's fuel coefficency is <0,0033 compared to an Audi A4 @ 10l/100km ROZ95E5 Gasoline & 2.000kg's = 0,0050...
In the end it's only #LyingWithNumbers and #Lobbyism (see #ChickenTax)...
@threetails @douglasvb @GreenFire @fuchsiii So yeah, #ChickenTax and #CAFE are being used as shitty ways to commit #Protectionism whilst also skirting regulations.
Gladly the latter one doesn't work in #Europe...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN7mSXMruEo
These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
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speedmasterThis is fantastic, if frustrating.
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: The ‘#ChickenTax’ That Makes Pickup #Trucks More Expensive — Why We Can't Have Nice Things https://overcast.fm/+BCzEsDZqt8 #trade #economics #hilux
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: The ‘Chicken Tax’ That Makes Pickup Trucks More Expensive — Why We Can't Have Nice Things
The brief trade war between the U.S. and Europe in the early 1960s might seem hardly worth remembering—and it pales…
@IchMeine @germanbooktrans @SheDrivesMobility Ja, das nennt sich "#CAFE" und ist die Schuld der #EPA, jener U.S. - Umweltbehörde.
Hizu kommt die #ChickenTax als #Strafzoll auf #MiniTrucks!
Mike D@darylcognito @jonkeegan
There's a reason, the chicken tax.
#cars #autos #chickentax
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
