I'm not the biggest fan of trucks, nor am I American. However it's kind of ironic a German posting about another nation bombing others to rubble....

As silly as this thing is, it's not even remotely common. Pointlessly oversized trucks, sure, those are everywhere, but something this extreme is probably about as common as people driving an actual monster truck around on the road (I mean that's basically what it is, just with an oversized body instead of oversized tires)

Wasn't it a German company that cheated American emissions tests?

Also, didn't your country do some pretty egregious stuff like 80 years ago? I'm pretty certain it's why my family is in America right now.

And ya know what, you're as responsible for that as the average American is for stupid things like this truck.

As a German I dont get trucks at all.

If you need a lot of loading capacity, a van is almost always the better choice.

Especially when you sometimes need to carry a lot of people and other times a lot of material. You can just take the back seats out or fold them down, now you can use the same space for two different purposes.

And you can even install shelves for your tools and material, they are also protected from the weather and some thieves.

I have a Nissan NV-200 (which is almost too small to be considered a van) and I can seat 7 people or I can remove/fold away the backseats and I can suddenly carry more than I almost always need.

It is Diesel and right now I get 7l/100km (33mpg) even though I dont have a fuel saving driving style. I did some experiments when I was on vacation, if I drive a constant 120kph (74mph) I get 6l/100km (39mpg). If I drive around 90kph (56mph) behind commercial trucks, not hugging them but following them so I dont hold up traffic anymore than they do, I get between 4 and 5l/100km (59-47mpg).

Try doing that with a truck, especially when its got a big V8 engine that basically just burns fuel for nothing.

German here

A German complaining about American wars?

No, that is its mind. There's gonna be a bunch of apologists on here trying to emphasize the diversity of their culture and denying the significance of that horrific abomination you've pointed out, but they're American, which means they're in denial, and their brains short circuit a bit when you poke them in their cognitive dissonance. The fact remains that there is enough of a market for that vehicle for Ford to produce it, which in itself is sufficiently appalling to justify everything you said, which was really quite mild.

That truck is literally a picture of the American mind. Doesn't matter the morality of it, that went out the window after ww2 anyway - if there's money to be made, they're gonna go for it, consequences for everyone else being by definition Somebody Else's Problem. Even though they might as well be shitting into their own lungs. More dissonance!

As though "yeah, but look at me!" is any sort of a response to this shit anyway. It's a country that venerates ego, what are you gonna do

"Is the end goal really to drive a Monster Truck to McDs to get a McFlurry? Americas bloodiest wars have been fought in the middle east to secure oil, bombing nations to rubble."

You really think America is actually like the satirical shit they show on TV? How ignorant.

That car would terrify me to drive. My wife has a Rav4 which is a "small" SUV and it's too big for me to drive. My Prius is really too big for me. America doesn't do small cars anymore and it sucks.

I saw the picture and initially thought this was a Newcommunities post about a radio controlled car community 😭 not about an ACTUAL car omg

I look at that and see a Lamborghini. An overpriced, impractical, toy/hobby/show vehicle. There's nothing wrong with them existing.

I've only seen one of these at a car show. Just once.

I've seen a lot of trucks but never one of these IRL.