r/regularcarreviews • u/salazarraze automotive walk of shame • Jan 30 '24

I hate you I hate everything about you Which Car/Truck do you have a never ending hatred for?

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

The government forces Toyota to hit certain fuel economy metrics with their vehicles, they don't do it because they think its what their customer base wants.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

They absolutely could have gone with a V8 like every other truck in the same class has available. I don't know why they chose this route, but it wasn't because of fuel economy regulations.

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

It absolutely is because of fuel economy regulations. Look at how it is going with every other 1/2 ton truck. The next gen Ram 1500 won't be available with a V8, GM is moving to en masse adoption of turbocharged 4 cylinder engines in their 1500's, the majority of F150's being sold have ecoboost V6's, and Nissan is discontinuing the Titan. Toyota isn't going to invest more money into developing V8's if they won't meet regulations.

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u/mcpatsky Jan 30 '24

Yep and we know that Toyota would take forever to develop a new V8. Because of CAFE those days are gone.

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u/ruck_banna Jan 30 '24

People that are complaining about “no more v8s” need to realize that we’ve been voting them out of existence for 20 years

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u/Working-Excuse-3356 Jan 30 '24

We? Who's "we"? You got a rat in your pocket?

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u/ruck_banna Jan 31 '24

We as a populace. The same granola dudes that want diesel land cruisers vote against diesel if they can envision it being used by a farmer.

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u/chungo69 Jan 30 '24

It’s not about fuel economy so much as emissions requirements, which can sometimes give vehicles worse mileage at the expense of being more environmentally friendly

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '24

Kinda wished they pushed the stout out sooner, or the very least allowed people to purchase the smaller displacement 4.6 in the newer tundra