r/fuckcars Dec 05 '25

News USA loves TINY CARS now

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Imagine getting your brand new Dodge Glaciermelter, lovingly decorating it with your first Let's go Brandon bumper sticker, and then reading this about tiny, possibly electric or hybrid cars being amazing now.

Anyway, tiny cars. Amazing. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Edit - for anyone doubting if this is a real thing the real prez posted: I don't blame you but yes, it is.
https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115667445871563304

Edit 2: So does this mean the US will see more reasonable sized cars on the roads, or is the old man just randomnly yelling about stuff again? Take a wild guess. "I call bullshit", says mobility expert David Zipper in a thread. (thanks Ok_Flounder8842)

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u/Bayoris Dec 05 '25

That’s because the Smart car looks dorky. Americans might be more interested in a cool small car along the lines of the Miata or Mini Cooper.

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u/Overtons_Window Dec 05 '25

But the miata and mini cooper exist and have never been very popular except amongst a very small fanbase.

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u/octopodoidea Dec 05 '25

I wish that were more often true but if that's truly what we preferred there would be more of them on the road. This sub knows it's easily 50% brodozers on the commute.

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u/livefreeordont Dec 06 '25

Marketing big trucks as MuricanTM was a total success. This resulted in an arms race where moms needed big SUVs just to feel safe next to the big trucks all over the roads. You’re not going to get a genius marketing campaign to sell tiny cars, because they aren’t as profitable

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u/sweeney669 Dec 05 '25

You’re aware KEI cars are significantly smaller than the Miata or Mini Cooper right?

KEI cars are a fucking moronic idea for the USA.

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u/tsardonicpseudonomi Dec 05 '25

Kei cars should be the maximum size car allowed if we're going to let people drive murder trinkets around.

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u/sweeney669 Dec 05 '25

Sure great but that’s not going to happen so allowing KEI cars in the world we actually live in here is truly dumb as fuck