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The lefties at The New Republic publish the rare "Oops. We were dumb and there were unintended consequences that everyone with a brain predicted would happen."
1 posted on 03/23/2024 11:10:00 AM PDT by Drew68
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I pinged the mods to attach the link. Until they do, here it is:

Remember That Time the EPA Killed the Sedan?

2 posted on 03/23/2024 11:11:26 AM PDT by Drew68
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Just for the recent EV pushing regs to become law.


3 posted on 03/23/2024 11:13:24 AM PDT by Paladin2
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Just wait for the recent EV pushing regs to become law.


4 posted on 03/23/2024 11:13:56 AM PDT by Paladin2
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The EPA is not a power the federal government was ceded by the constitution. It needs to be shut down. If everybody thinks it is such a great idea, use the amendment process to give the federal government that authority. Otherwise, it’s null and void.


5 posted on 03/23/2024 11:24:09 AM PDT by curious7
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I’m at the point where getting in and out of a low slung sedan is a challenge. Sedans can be a relative bargain compared to SUVs, and there are a bunch I’d like to own, but age has ruled most of them out.


9 posted on 03/23/2024 11:30:43 AM PDT by Roadrunner383 (m)
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Most modern SUVs are about the same size and stature as 1930’s and 1940’s sedans.


11 posted on 03/23/2024 11:36:22 AM PDT by MeganC ("Russians are subhuman" - posted by Kazan 8 March 2024)
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Oh boy am I glad I don’t know what the ‘New Republic’ is. Some news paper or magazine I am unaware of.

Btw your post title reminded me of this song:

https://youtu.be/W8r-tXRLazs


12 posted on 03/23/2024 11:37:41 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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EPA rules killed off small light truck sales in the U.S. Imagine the nerve of American citizens not doing what the EPA wants them to! Imagine car companies trying to sell vehicles their customers are willing to buy instead of what the government thinks they should buy! Americans are the worst!
/s


14 posted on 03/23/2024 11:46:08 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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"Oops. We were dumb and there were unintended consequences that everyone with a brain predicted would happen."

If you are an old timer, then you would remember when station wagons were everywhere, alongside sedans. Then the government intervened with exorbitant fees on station wagons. Then all of a sudden, station wagons disappeared in favor of vans and light trucks that were not subject to the extra taxation. Boom! No more station wagons. Notice now the prevalence of hatchback sedans, and how they resemble the old station wagon? But don't call them that! More government interference and now our builders are pushing trucks on us, and no longer make sedans here.

17 posted on 03/23/2024 12:06:13 PM PDT by roadcat
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Don’t blame the car manufacturers on this. The Democrats knew EXACTLY what would happen; this is how they killed the station wagon off.


18 posted on 03/23/2024 12:08:09 PM PDT by dangus
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Yes. The only vehicle you can get is Truck or SUV.
E.G GM makes only one normal car - the Chevy Malibu.
There are also Corvette and some Cadillac(s).

Other carmakers lots are similar - Trucks, SUVs.


20 posted on 03/23/2024 12:19:23 PM PDT by AZJeep
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naaa, it all started when they killed off the stationwagon, for our own good of course...


25 posted on 03/23/2024 12:58:51 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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Our last three vehicles have been SUV’s, and EPA rules had nothing to do with why we bought them. In fact, two of them were bought before 2012.


30 posted on 03/23/2024 2:20:46 PM PDT by rwa265
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The Lefties at the New Repuclic (which 30-40 years ago was not so far Left) just can’t believe that automakers were simply responding to changes in what people wanted.


32 posted on 03/23/2024 2:30:26 PM PDT by Wuli (ena)
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Everything the feral government touches turns to poop.


33 posted on 03/23/2024 2:38:01 PM PDT by Iron Munro
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Women in particular feel safer in an SUV where they have a higher line of sight behind the wheel.

Women also find the AWD function reassuring.

Since many cars are leased first, the dealer can sell a previously leased SUV.

34 posted on 03/23/2024 2:53:38 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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Out here in the great
expanses of west Texas/
eastern New Mexico,
there could be as much
as 200 miles between
services. EV’s simply
won’t work for ranchers,
or those in the oilfield
industries. You’re going
to spend more time
charging your EV than
working. And things get
much worse during the
cold weather months.


40 posted on 03/23/2024 7:54:23 PM PDT by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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