• @TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    2210 months ago

    A lot of people who buy trucks these days just need something that can tow a travel trailer or a boat to their favorite camp site a few times a year. It’s not that they need a truck on a day to day basis, but they might need the towing capability on occasion. That’s why these trucks are a weird combination of luxury sedan (with their leather seats and high end interiors) and pickup truck. Most of the time they use it like a regular car, but sometimes they might need the towing capability.

      • @TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world
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        1110 months ago

        Part of the issue there is that for a large number of people the ‘few times a year’ are major holidays when everybody else wants to tow their house-sized RV and boat to the lake for a day or two. The rental fleet just isn’t big enough to service the surge demand.

      • @MarjorineFailureGroan@lemmy.world
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        1010 months ago

        Rental companies, at least in America, have policies against using their vehicles to tow things.

        In addition the truck in front has to be imported to the US and there’s weird regulations about purchasing them so you can only buy used. As far as I know you can’t import a new model. If a car is newer than 25 years old it can not be imported unless it meets the requirements of US Office of Vehicle Safety Compliance.

        https://www.nhtsa.gov/importing-vehicle/importation-and-certification-faqs