Why There Are So Few Pickup Trucks In Europe - Cheddar Examines 

Exactly, either vans or station wagons. The latter being a body style that is all but dead in the US. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-euPi2qIOHYo.html

No mention of vans even when they show a street in London and its full of vans.

In Germany, a lot of market vendors use old diesel Mercedes sedans to pull trailers.

People rarely use vans as personal transportation, not very practical. Maybe someone with his own business but no family might have it as it's only vehicle. They are almost exclusivly business vehicles. But yeah, they are the working mans vehicle. They are everywhere. People drive people cariers he. Ford cmax and vw touran. That kind of suff. And lots and lots of small hatchbacks.

Also arent vans literally just better pickups with a roof? There is no drawbacks to pickups as far as i can see.

The answer is pretty complex. How many pickup trucks do you find in the city? Not nearly as many SUVs, cars, or cargo vans. Because other vehicles serve their purposes better. Why do I own a large truck? I haul trash. I haul soil. I haul mulch. I haul building supplies. I've even hauled queen size beds. I pretty much haul everything in my truck that the wife has absolutely no desire hauling in her small SUV. Even grocery pickup is more convenient in the truck than it is the SUV. So if I'm doing all of this in a truck? How is it Europeans aren't? Because they found ways around this using other vehicles. Instead of hauling their trash, they either have somebody pick it up or they burn it. You need supplies for the home remodel? You either get somebody to deliver it for you or you get it in pre-package small units you can put in your car. You need to move? You got every family and friend helping you in Europe. Me, I just load up the truck and make 1/3 the trips. The irony though is although you won't see the fancy North American trucks in these more rural areas. Their options are more practical and smaller. But you know what? If you are in a European style car and you roll up on a vehicle accident can you do anything the help other than make a phone call? Probably not because your vehicle is designed to carry people and not much else. Me on the other hand? If your car is on fire I have a fire extinguisher in the truck. You need to fix something? I might have the tool(s) you need. A tree fall down blocking your path? I do have an axe. You get stuck in the mud? I have a shovel and pull straps. You lost in the middle of no where? I have signal flares and even road flares. All have all of this and more inside my truck and still have room for four full size adults to ride. And this is just the stuff in my truck. It doesn't even count whatever I might have in the bed. So while some European driving some Mini Cooper is filming an accident with their cell phone, I can actually used what is in my truck to help in the rescue. Say what you will about Americans and their trucks, but at the end of the day I can drop the tail gate on my truck, pull out a sleeping bag, and go to sleep in the truck bed. Can you say that about your car?

@@superdave8248 Yeah but you actually use your truck for hauling, the vast majority of truck owners could do everything they need with a van or even an estate car. Consider a person buying a large truck in Europe compared to a normal car, it would: - Burn 2x the fuel which remember costs twice as much here. - Higher emmissions, Europe is has higher taxes on that kind of thing. - Cause uneccessary congestion on the typically narrower roads as other road users have to pull to the side to let the truck through. - If it crashes into a smaller hatchback, it would be more likely to kill the occupants of said hatchback in certain scenarios instead of just two broken cars. - Less responsive and greater breaking distance due to weight, on busy motorways this will cause more of these crashes. - Good luck finding anywhere to park in the city with something that large. - Can't drive through a dodgy area with a bed full of tools without them getting pinched by youths on mopeds. - Get taken the micky of by everyone's daughter's neighbour's cat for compensating. On to your other points, if you roll up to an accident you should call the professionals - I know the police have a pretty bad rep in the USA, so you probs don't trust the fire brigade also. In europe taxes are higher, which means better public services - nobody needs to play the hero beacuse the services are much better at responding to these kind of incidents. Since when do people ever drive in mud with a normal car? You won't have to pull any1 out. Tree blocking the road? GPS probs already knows about it and has sent you another way. Even with an axe it'll still take plenty of time to chop it down enough to pass - in that time you could have just found another route. Though a normal car could also fit an axe the boot no prob. Signal flares and tools? Well you can fit those in a car too but why would you carry around extra things with you the fire or breakdown service will already have? If someone is broken down - not your problem the services will be with them swiftly. Say what you like about Europeans and their cars, but at the end of the day I can put the rear seats down in my small hatchback and lie flat to sleep and even have roof over my head too ;)

@@sethcoode6456 I will say as far as flares and stuff depending on where you live in the U.S. its a good idea in theory people are trained to help but helping them help you just makes the whole world a little easier

@@superdave8248 can we say the same? No. But when was the time anyone else than a murrican needed any of the things you hold so dear? Yeaah I hold a ton of shite in my big ass fat truck just in case something improbable happens. And I lik' so much to pay for the extra gas is costs. And the 'vironment? Hah hippie stuff. Murrica yeah!

@@sethcoode6456 Remember that there are large stretches of highly, where you can go dozens of km without any towns with over 1,000 people, or in extreme circumstances, even over a hundred km w/o anything but a gas/petrol station or two. Emergency services on highways are not always, in fact rarely, able to get out quickly, and tow trucks take even longer. That being said, I can easily fit all that emergency equipment in a glovebox, and in fact I fit that, a toolbox, air compressor and petrol can with half the trunk/boot + empty rear seats in a Mk 1 Focus Wagon/Estate. The larger vehicles are necessary to haul large loads as well as large crews: many are used to haul trailers, such as livestock, campers, tractors, etc. They make sense here, but wouldn't in Europe.

Some roads in rural England and Cornwall arent even wide enough for a hatchback.

If there was a demand for them, they could easily make something designed to fit the roads. Why are there so few kei cars outside Japan?

@@S2Tubes *Points at the Daihatsu Sirion/Perodua Myvi outside of Japan. Doesn't have the same engine displacement restrictions, but shares the same dimensions. Never mind that the US is pretty much alone with their large lane/parking building sizes. I measured a standard F150 against parking space standards in my country, yeah this owner is going to need commercial truck parking or VIP parking everywhere the thing goes. Never mind entering a building structure would be loads of fun.

Gotta fill the 10 minutes somehow. But there were some interesting points made.

Many of our cities, towns and roads, are centuries older than the United States of America. They were not built with pick-ups in mind.

Please use Only Metric system, americans should have to adapt to the rest of the world. Not the opposite

@@slavianalbanovich9025 silence, we use freedom units here

@@jamesrosewell9081 *obsolete units

@@jamesrosewell9081 A found a fellow wise American who uses the freedom units as well , I tip my hat to you sir

@@slavianalbanovich9025 yes let me use your *monarch overlord units... she's German by the way....

Yes sadly cheddar dont mentioned this importend point

@@ottonormalverbraucher7835 tbf i think it comes into the general lane size comment

American Car Proportions are a bit off. What we in Europe consider huge, they consider "mid size". Examples: - Audi Q7 - F150 - BMW X5 - VW Touareg

and ugly

Here in Mexico you see big cars like Suburbans and full size pickups driving on narrow streets and roads.

Daan Willemsen bruh fr tho

For Cheddar Europe consists of France and Denmark.

Oof. "Meh...France...Nederlands, same culture/thing.🤷🏻‍♂️

Came here for this!

Rotterdam is the one of the best cities in Europe 🤷🏼‍♂️

I see a few here and there, mostly by people who need to carry lots of stuff in the back, tow and go on rougher terrain where a van might not be able to go. Newer ones don't really use much more fuel than a van or SUV,

@@zombiefighterof1987 that might be true for the ecoboost versions of Ford (inline 4 oder v6) , but I can't imagine they offer v8s with a consumption anywhere competitive to European standards.

@@zombiefighterof1987 i had a new one in america and i could have driven 3 Times the distance with my c class. The fuel consumption is a bad joke and they are fucking horrible for the environment

I see some equestrians using them, but if you don’t actually work that vernickle properly it should be a crime with what it does to the environment :(

Safety

I think with all the reasons mentioned in the vid, the uselessness of a pick up in Europe is sort of implied.

@@Sub4CarClips sure, we do all of that, but for like 20-30days/year of vacation why should I get a pickuptruck? the rest of 330 something days, I am stuck with a big, and costly vehicle.

@@Sub4CarClips I would say mostly the same things when it comes to indoors activities. And it's not that different for outdoor activities, personally I know quite a few people who like to go fishing, camping, biking,... I think hunting is less common tho. Jet skiing definitely is rather uncommon where I live (northern France) but a lot of people living near water do have a small boat, they just use a special trailer to transport it. Overall I don't think the kind of activities people do is that different, but since Europe is more densely packed and overall more regulated, the activities themselves are less "wild", if that makes any sense. For example, people camp in designated camping lot not in the wood (I'm pretty sure it's illegal where I live).

@@cycologist7069 True, they do kind of implies it. But it also feels like there's trying to avoid saying it. All the reasons they gave are good but also not that important. For example the price of fuel is part of why pickup are so rare in Europe but it also not that important because people usually don't really worry about the added cost of something they don't need in the first place.

@@Sub4CarClips why would you need a truck to haul stuff? lol You can do that with almost every car. You know towing hooks are not truck exclusive.

I mean, its all the same to Americans.

They think Europe is a country...

@@drpepper3838 We're not that stupid

@@drpepper3838 no we just done give a shit about you guys in the slightest

@@anthonycmiller you cared enough to reply

And realize that the today's Polo is about the size of Golf that were built in the 80s.

Haha, thought the same. Golfs are pretty big!

The polo is the most popular one in my country.

@@stefangrobbink7760 in india too

And the smart is a thing.

Easy to say for city birds

@@Frum5 well, US population that is not in big cities compared to European will be so much bigger. There is more than 16’000 towns in US with population less than 10’000, and even more with less than 100’000. So, they will chose pickups because of their life style.

but they arent unless you only move small things around. You can fit things on a truck that will never fit in a van just due to dimensions alone. With a van, you are limited to door size. If it doesnt fit through the door, its not going. There are box trucks, but those are bigger than pickups. You can use a trailer, but those arent always practical depending on where you are. Pickups are just more versatile in the US.

@@sonorangaming449 only because they're massive in the US. Most vans you buy have more storage space than a utility vehicle, and have doors as wide as the interior. There is a benefit to utility vehicles over vans, and that is multiple angles of access. You can reach the tray from most directions, so for craftspeople with a variety of tools and equipment this can be helpful, but you do lose some space and security.

Yeah, leave anything in a open top pickup and it'll just get nicked.

Like the Nissan Navara you see a lot them in the road considering we don’t have many pickups but it is vans that you see a lot of

Alot of pickups in the UK but most in rural areas for commercial users like farmers and builders. They have replaced Land Rover Defenders. You can claim VAT back on a double cab. Mostly Isuzu/Toyota. Some Fords but they are smaller and have a bad reputation for engine failures and they are made in South Africa

@@JesterEric Yh

1.9 liter Isuzus are quite popular in Belgium they belong to a different tax class than normal cars what makes it cheaper

in the US you see farmers towing farm trailers with pickups. You rarely see large ag tractors running down the road on tow. Something commonly done in the UK. Even tractors here lack the pick up hitchs.

lol

They are all Arabs at the end of the day. so who cares.

This video is garbage. It is full of inaccurate info.

France Netherlands Close enough

To be fair, these cars are relatively common in the nearby Westland. I lived there. Nothing like a big-ass truck taking up the side walk and half the street in the village center near the supermarket.

You would be correct lol

Yep!

Add SUV to that list.

Exactly, the only people with pickup trucks I see in the uk are people who use them for work, farming a traders etc

Same here in Brazil. It's nearly always for the shows. (But here they have the utility of standing our poorly kept roads with their high suspensions.)

@@Emily-ou6lq most people don’t have BE license either

We have the (x2) rule in Poland. Load 7.5t into 3.5t vans, 15/20t into 7.5t light trucks and so forth 😁😂

Sad

B is for cars and the E is for towing trailers C1 is the light truck and C is for "semi" trucks. Then you have C1E or CE

tolls are 2x price for heavy vehicles some places in europe too.

yeah, parking a smart car can even be hard never mind a 2 lane wide monster of a pickup.

If it was US registered, take it into a heavy fog, it'll get rammed. (No rear fog, triangle, vest - alien concepts to our American friends).

@@jeremyh.pritchard5325 not if you were American solider who lived in Europe or a big fan boy of European cars/culture.

The pickup probably belonged a military person stationed in Europe.

100% correct, for example in the UK you see vans ALL the time, but pick-up trucks almost never, and those you do see are either VW Amaroks (typically with the rear cover on, so it is basically just used as a family SUV) OR maintenance vehicles (also typically with the rear cover on).

Thanks

Never liked Vans, I am more of a Converse girl. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 👟

Sweetasthesun ew converse < vans

Vans < pick ups

Same here in the US, unless it’s actually necessary for their job or lifestyle.

@@MoPoppins ok, so we have some similarities, good 😅

That's sort of true everywhere. Truck owners in the US just don't care (or they actually are compensating).

qwertyuiopzxcfgh facts like short guys

Or that you are just an asshole. I once had to wait 5 minutes because a idiot was blocking an entire road with a pickup

I don't see anything wrong with that

@A M You are embarrassing yourself.

.. But are arrogant.

Be sure most european commentarors spew pure arrogance.

@A M Europeans experience a safer living with less economical stress, and we still manage to rank higher on the freedom index than the US. Even Lithuania does better than the US in that regard, and they're basically the Mexico of europe..

Basically, they forgot to mention how we have loads and loads of vans!

NA NA Surprisingly well. The weight tends to be right over the drive axles, and with the right van and tyres you’ll rarely get stuck. But if you really need to go off-roading, some manufacturers produce 4wd vans with all the capabilities of a proper off-roader, but with added carrying capacity. Look up the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 4x4.

I'm in the US honestly I wish small diesel trucks were available without special order

Michael Schofield Ford ranger

I worked for a contractor who had a Sprinter, it was SO much nicer than working out of a pickup truck.

And yet millions of perpetually-empty-bed pickup truck drivers won't watch it and maybe get a reality check. I don't know which is more staggering.

That’s sounds similar to the Europe’s, it’s not European so it must be worse. Also, we’re not taking this loss of hegemony so well.

Watching europeans get butthurt because "grrr why arent americans like us?!?!?!" Day 239

Projecting much, look in the mirror. North America is a huge place with tons of space, wide open roads, and it’s painful to travel great distances in a Panda.

@@humer1971 No it's not. I drive a panda and it's a great car for driving 700km trips non stop.

You drive everywhere, don't you

@@daveassanowicz186 what?

That’s how leftist operates they always feels this moral superiority over others and never mind their business

😂

He can park it anywhere. In the grass, in the ditch... ect.

Pickups don't struggle on the road... though sometimes the road may struggle with the pickup.

Ameriboo

Yeehawboo

and yet 1 200 000 sold in america every year, I didn't know there were so many farmers ever year!! 😂

@@alfrredd I wonder what are the proportions of those people buy bed covers or that shell thing that makes pickups look like overgrown station wagons?

pretty much. Pickups were meant to be working vehicles, for farmers, construction workers, etc. And that's their use in Europe. The US just decided to use them for everything.

I’m not a farmer but I use my truck for hunting fishing towing construction materials camping etc. here in Montana in America, nearly every family has truck. Driving down the Main Street of Great falls(town of 60,000) all you see are trucks and SUVs. A thing they didn’t mention in the video is weather conditions. Snowy streets are a lot harder to get through with a small car than with a capable pickup.

one can very easily install campers, covers to cover up your cargo in the bed of the truck.

Not really new trucks aren't much worse on gas than v6 suvs or large sedans. Maybe 10-15% worse or so

Mexico loves them too

Canada like them alot

It's a very useful and practical vehicle, if you have the room.

Pickups are among the best selling cars in much of South America, the Middle East, and Australia

@@ShadowHawkzx You mean US south and US north? Yeah, they are very US influenced.

tbf the video is made for an american audience so ...

Uk uses gallon and Miles. So we understand both systems 😁

@@-spudman2.054 I thought the UK Gallon and the US Gallon are different.

Units are fine for me

@@Merigold83 And we buy petrol by the litre!

The UK doesn't really get the weather that necessitates having 4wd on the road. Once you get to a foot or more of snow they really come into their own. When I lived in Ottawa I left my truck in the driveway and had a drift bury it up to the windows. Even 4wd has limits.

@@rich7447 Fair point I never thought of the climate

@@rtsharlotte It isn't something that you think about until you have to deal with it on a daily basis. I'm in the mid-Atlantic now (near DC) and winters are not nearly as harsh. When we do get snow it is wet slushy garbage that gives almost no traction at all. I have taken my truck (weighs about 4 tons, 80 inches wide plus mirrors and 270 inches long) through Manhattan NYC and it is not the best vehicle for the city. I can't imagine driving it in London. The buses probably have better turning circles.

I would imagine inbthe UK probably York and points north are best for 4x4. Muddy and wet unless its snowy, icy and cold. Unless you are the kid of a London elite who drives everywhere in like a bulletproof G-wagen or land rover. Does london not see people restoring the old Defender 10s back into military shape to drive?

I have a seat Leon cupra r love the car. Enough to do my daily commute to work, back n forth between the family and groceries. Id say the UK is van country, on the road ill just see a load of vans and a bunch of ford fiestas and vauxhall corsas. I dont trust myself to drive a truck i just feel like its too wide for UK roads I’m not 100 per cent sure.

Dont forget they are also ugly AF

You were right congrats

Malte Hoffmann and; it rains too much, cargo would be unprotected and most Europeans don’t have a garage to lock up cargo

U forgot about the taxes, at least in Germany you get taxed by engine displacement and emissions

youre right except for the last bit. towing a trailers is pain & you can’t really bring them into a city. you’re much better off with a van. much harder for scumbags to steal tools out of the back of a van than a flat bed or trailer

In Belgium, the neighboring country of The Netherlands, trucks are tax exempt and are literally the cheapest cars to insure.. I know 2 people in my direct friend circle who have a US pick up.

muhahaha our disposable income is actually quite good, food is very cheap, so is insurance and other costs like electricity and the phone bill and as long you don’t own a gas slurping giant a car will cost you between €300 and 500 a month

@@MrJimheeren The more efficient healthcare systems rather help there too health insurance for a family in the US will run you the equivalent of €1,000+ per month and they still have to pay taxes on top of that to cover everything else. The difference between the tax bill of a European family and an equivalent family in the US is nowhere near that far off from each other, actually, taxes are closer than a lot of people realize due to the combination of the far lower personal allowances in the states and the overly complex system of layered taxation makes the nominal rates look a lot better until you actually do the math.

@@MrJimheeren LOL food "cheap" in Europe. That is a blatant lie. For the price of a loaf of bread in Europe, I can get 2x 2 lb (1 kg each) organically raised steaks and charcoal to grill them in the US (and yes, I have actually been to Europe).

@@benruss4130 you have never been to an Aldo or Lidl haven’t you. Restaurants in Europe are indeed quite pricey, groceries are very affordable. I can buy a whole week of food and eat tree meals a day for less then 100€ and do it for less if I cook in bulk and eat pasta or rice for three days

Mid-size diesel trucks are phenomenal daily drivers! Anywhere in the world really.

I wish we could have practical compact and mid size diesel pickups here in the states. Mahindra tried to crack the U.S. market years ago ,but was stopped by the big 3 auto mafia here in the port of Houston. Americas market has been hijacked by the big auto who has declared war against efficient diesel pickups. Instead we have overkill insanity pavement queens who are not using trucks as they aren intended. Help us!!! Farmers could use efficient diesel pickups that can run on biodiesel and soy, but we are being bullied by big oilmen.

"The yellow vest protests happening around cities AND COUNTRIES". Plural mulitple countries.

Americans can’t tell the difference.

@@Alex-kn7cb Our "world history" classes are just BRI ISH BAD so 9f course many of us don't know that the Netherlands is a country

It's all the same to most Americans.

Americans don’t realise there’s a whole world outside of America

@A M lmao yeah not every country can kill 80.000 of its citizens and still go without any trials

Enrico Campbell ?

Yeah, I'd rather be an unlucky European who can get free healthcare and isn't afraid to drop my kids off at school because someone might shoot them 🤷🏻‍♀️

@A M Americans. The most deluded culture on the planet. No one wants to be you. No one wants to be like you. The rest of the world (those unknown land masses outside your borders) lost respect for you years ago.

Duane Ferguson sweetie true, America is just a thing we laugh at at this point. Noone takes them seriously

Mind you, snow and layer of ice in winter!

oh boy… the ignorance

In America, houses are made of wood and need constant repair. This is another reason why I personally (as a home owner) NEED (not want) NEED a pick up so I can get my supplies. Not to mention, we in the USA have large yards. I have to pick up gardening materials every single year from dirt, to seed, to landscaping accessories... the culture in the US is totally different. Many people in Europe live in “flats” and have small living places that are made of bricks and you can’t simply break a wall to remodel like we do here. It’s just totally understandable given the different live stiles... aside from the obvious gas prices being cheaper making owning a pick up much more economical in the US than anywhere else

@@MichaelOrtegaExtra Yeah it's not just gas. I mean how do you park such a gigantic vehicle. And also what's the point of having one ?! Houses here hardly ever need any repairs. And if they do you hire professional.

@@MichaelOrtegaExtra I've never had a house that needed constant repair. Quite the opposite, my houses have never needed anything but minor work.

That's exactly what I was thinking. I am currently shopping for a new car (in the UK) and am looking for something with good towing capacity and boot space for my work. I've not even bothered with looking at a pickup as the only way to secure them is with a roller shutter which just massively negates the capacity of the bed. Might as well just get an SUV.

James Ray or wagon\estate. I’m very envious of the wider selection of station wagons\estates that youse have in Europe. I don’t like pickup trucks or SUVs, I want the sportier ride with the cargo space.

@@FullOfMalarky I've got to admit i had to google what a station wagon was. But yes, we do have quite a lot over here. :-D

Also in Europe we kind of think that if you drive a pickup truck without actually needing it for your work you have to compensate for something.

James Ray it’s why I added estate. I know youse have the wrong names for everything over there ;)

Really bad example, all the landscape gardeners etc have pickup trucks, Utes as they are usually called, and they all carry their equipment in them. The gardener and similar occupations is probably the only demographic in the UK where the Ute is the favoured vehicle.

@@paulm2467 again, why do people make this mistake. Utes are NOT trucks, but utility coupes or utility sedans. Trucks inherently have a different chassis than utes, which are always based on a car chassis. Calling it a pick up is fine, never call a ute a truck though.

@@TheChill001 read or listen to the original article, if you want to take up the difference talk to the Americans, they are the ones who describe Utes as trucks. You are right for everyone else, trucks have a different base but in this instance it's the same vehicle in the US described as a truck but in reality it's a Ute.

Cement mixer is pulled behind the truck, and a chainsaw has been in mine for about 7 years and not moved unless I move it. 🤷‍♂️

The ironic thing is that Clarkson and crew said exactly the same thing on Top Gear and yet the most iconic vehicle in Top Gear was the Toyota Hi-Lux that they couldn't destroy and was their favourite vehicle! Btw, utes are only called utes in Australia!

95 octane is pretty uncommon throughout most of the U.S. I live in the Midwest and fuel up with 87 (in my older vehicles) for $2.75 a gallon. It was less than $2.00 per gallon at one point last year lol.

@@jman6970 it's a little bit complicated because we don't use the same method of calculating octane levels... Our European 95 is the equivalent of something between your midgrade 89 and premium 91 (would be something like 90 for you), that's the one I'm talking about. Our 98 is slightly superior to the premium 91 (it would actually be 93 using your method). And your regular 87 has no equivalent here. Diesel is still also widely popular, especially in France where the taxes have historically been pretty low in order to preserve French car manufacturers interest, that have been investing a lot of money developing diesel engines for a pretty long time...

@@trollenz Did not know that, thanks for the insight! I wasn’t happy about the ~30% fuel price increase over last year, especially as a business owner. Your example really puts things into perspective. I can’t imagine paying $6.66 per gallon. I also own a diesel F-350. If/when our oil prices start looking like yours do now, I’ll probably have to go electric and put in an order for a Cybertruck. 😂

@@jman6970 well in that case, another thing to put into perspective, the distances... From San Francisco to Salt Lake City you'd have crossed the whole country of France from north to south already... The cars we're using are not the same as well, mine has a 1.9L diesel engine and consumption is about 50 miles a gallon on a highway, I've seen figures for a 6.7L F-350 that talk about 20 miles a gallon... So even with much higher gas prices... It's another way of life I guess, with the roads here, small distances, very densely populated areas, not a lot of unpaved roads... I don't really see here the necessity of having such a monster. If course, with huge distances, larges properties with unpaved roads, my car wouldn't last a month, lol And yeah, here as well the gas prices went pretty low because of the pandemic (just when we couldn't travel anyway) but now prices have sky rocketed back to where they were before and are still rising like crazy... It's looking pretty dark and it sucks.

@Glasspack40 points back to the high taxes and import fees

I'd rather have the truck to be honest

@Glasspack40 yeah no they (Mercedes and BMW) are as common as Fords in America as they are in German

@V M what the actual horseshit are u talking about

@V M you might wanna check the happines index of finnland and the US.

We like burning gas here in north america

that's a little unfair... to lobsters.

Lobsters are actually quite aerodynamic.

@Gregory Hornick it's their right tho

Pretty crazy though, our 3 ton bricks can pretty much out perform your cute little cars in almost every category except fuel economy. My 2017 F150 XLT Sport 4x4 Crewcab can beat a FIat Abarth in the 1/4 mile, with a load of mulch. I do appreciate some of your cars though. Mostly Germany, however, they don't seem too reliable past their warranys. And when they start to brak their stupid expensive to fix and maintain. Maybe that's just American market Audi's, BMW's and Mercs though. Maybe you guys get the better built stuff and us American slobs get the stuff that's designed to break after 5 years.

Potatoes :D Full up the Back and do nothing with it or donate em

You leave it empty, and let people throw trash in it.

Pigs

If you live in the southern US, your 400 lb wife

Actually yes

Yeah and not even a protest

They say europeans the same way they say asians

Exactly. I'm increasingly disappointed though that the Japanese pickups are getting more and more like the US ones. Soon they'll be just as big. Supposedly it's because although they are bought for work they're also often used as a family vehicle so people want a big comfortable cabin as well as the load bed. Most are already big enough to tow 3 tonnes so that's no longer an excuse to make them bigger.

@@beetooex Maybe it's to make them safer as well? Safety regulations tend to make cars a little fatter, it's why even normal everyday d=cars nowadays are bigger than they used to be. At least the Japanese pickups are still more fuel efficient.

@@Reydriel Japanese trucks generally aren't that much more fuel efficient engine wise, or if at all (I'm looking at you Toyota) to their American counterpart. The biggest distinction is the size of the truck, if you compare a full size Ford to a midsize Nissan, obviously the smaller truck with the 6 cylinder is going to get better mileage and vice versa if you flip it and have a midsize Ford vs a full sized Nissan.

@@Reydriel my Toyota Tacoma gets 14-21 miles per gallon. That's pretty shitty

@@czthjvv my personal best in my Hilux was 34mpg for a tank. At the moment I live in quite a hilly area so normally I'm at 26mpg now. What you need 250hp for in the Tacoma I have never understood ..

I live in TX, and have both views

If you see a pickup parked in a mall garage outside of Prague, it's either a bald boomer dude compensating his erectyle dysfunction or his wife for whom he had bought it

Not true, used to work in a western clothing and boot store in Orlando. 90% of our sales went to Europeans, consistently, day after day, year after year. That cowboy image is iconic, worldwide.

@@tachy1801 No, in all of Europe western American style is pretty good. Idk what you think western is but its not ye old spaghetti western clothes. Its jeans, t shirt, boots, shoes, etc. A lot of the worlds modern style directly comes from Americas industrialization and popularization into the greater market. People always forget the fact that America decides a lot of the worlds markets. Smart phones, pcs, modern clothes, ships, planes, etc. America is the king of invention, inventing more than double that of Europe in new tech. America still is bigger than all of Europe combined in economy, inventing, and freedom. Im not joking, Europe when combined has a lower freedom rating than America. Which has standardized freedom across it, unlike all of Europe. As well as America producing more tech per year than all of Europe. As well as just having a bigger economy than Europe, while boasting on average better per citizen benefits when you take all of Europe as a whole.

@@magnuserror9305 That is the exact reason why no one in Europe cares about the USA. People say the exact same bullshit you just did. Believing America (which btw is a continent) i sthe most free country of the world. When in fact over a little bit more of 200 sovereign countries world wide about 180 of them have freedom. There's no country world wide where it's legal for normal citizens to carry guns and fire arms around them, as they stroll along a park or a mall or whatever. But that doesn't mean the peopel in these countries aren't free.. That just means they're cultures and rational ways of thinking aren't as diluded as U.S. citizens, who believe it's normal to be granted the freedom of carrying toys that can kill other people. Becasue it's not. And the rest of the world knows this. Other than that i couldn't posibly think of any other reason why you would think the US is more free. Or where exactly did you see that information, which led you to claim that Europe has less freedom than the US??? LMAO Just as an example: at the age of 16 I can buy a beer and drink it on the bus or train while i go to visit a friend and don't have to hide it in any weird brown paper bags or shit... Please explain to me if anyone in the States can do that?

Yeah Hilux is the best pickup truck. No contest. I lived in Africa, those American trucks wouldn't last more than a year before falling apart based on the abuse the trucks undergo there. Toyota rules in every developing country for reliability and economy.

@@louvendran7273 not so sure about that, plenty of US pickups in South America which at times ain't much better lmao

@@cpufreak101 that doesn't ptoof anything. If you take a closer look you'll see that outside US. The most popular pickup is either toyota ot isuzu. Even terrorists use it as war vehicles. It is the best in term of durability, efficiency and economy.

@@thastayapongsak4422 however an important note is they're also the easier vehicle to get on their continent, as to the exception of Australia, American Fullsize trucks don't tend to get exported outside the Americas in any official capacity, wheras midsize Japanese pickups quite literally litter much of that side of the world. One other note though is ISIS has actually been caught importing Ford pickups for such duty. Even a captured "moving bomb" vehicle built by ISIS was built off a Ford F series truck.

They are "popular" as in the usual choice in their niche. But I'd deffo rather buy a Touareg or a LC, than play farmer.

Yeah pick ups are crap so most people don't buy them they are only used on farms or construction sites nobody else has use for them.

@@gravemind6536 Go to rural Alberta. It feels weird driving anything but a pickup over there.

The taxes are higher though. They are heavier vehicles and as such, pay usually more in taxes or tolls.

We pay cartax based on the kW

the EU still has internal import costs on motor vehicles, this mostly because of differing standards for CO2 efficiency and safety. not to mention pretty much all EU countries have different ways of taxing motor vehicles on top of the stuff you pay up front. the netherlands also tax vehicles based on weight and CO2 production, and thpose costs get added to the list price (as well as 21%VAT)

- Here you go, this is a full size road. - It is less than three meters wide. - Aand this means this is a two way road for a wagon and a horse. - What if there is two wagon in the opposite side of the road? - Than they will shout to eachother who will come first. - Genius. Let's do this all the time, the world will see the talent of our city planning in the next thousand years. In my capitol city, there was a river branch on the border of the city, they used that to build a huge road, also that city was destroyed right the time of the industrial revolution by the germans so our city is pretty liveable because they started to build up again when the problem was allready here. I miss those medieval streets though what italians have, and the city is basically asking for a foreign invasion when all of the streats lead to the place where the government are.

@@Zodroo_Tint Some people talk about how their dense urban planning is a good thing, but honestly, the best part of road trips are the parts where you get to see the country from the highway, while still having the freedom to wander the landscape with your car. Different culture, different values.

@@honkhonk8009 you do know we have highways too right?

I don't know about you or other people but the medieval city type shit pisses me off so much I feel cramped living in Europe

@@fabian-mihaistefan5369 My brother lives in Arizona and whenever I visit, I feel so free because of the feeling of big sky and wide open spaces. Coming back to Germany is always a bit of a jolt. I love living here for other reasons, but the closed-in feeling takes a while to re-adjust to.

Be smart: buy a Smart. BADABUM TSS

@@iamlostintime3343 Sometimes i envy those, parking it must be a dream.

@@restoreleader I can confirm, it is indeed a dream. I can park pretty much anywhere

@@restoreleader not in Rome they aren't, there's a reason why Rome's the moped capital of the world: nothing else fits in the inner city parking spots (yes spots, too small to be called 'spaces') xD

@@iamlostintime3343 Rome is the city with the most Smarts in the world

Guess you haven't drove one in a while because my dad's high country and my brothers raptor drive as smooth as glass on and off the road

"Higher quality standards" - Meanwhile, in Europe, we have Renault, Citroën, Dacia, most sub-30K euros models from german brands... which are looking and feeling cheap, are way overpriced for what you get, and are underpowered thanks to the undersized engines.

@@jpjeep7970 still built better than most cheap American fords, christlers and chevys

Merrricahhh

Do you never do any manual labor

@@SoSickRick Not on the daily commute.

@@stefanb6539 you don’t commute to your job space? Like I run a lawn care service that travels to yards needing the equipment to do the jobs. Needing gas I wouldn’t put that in a van.

@@SoSickRick People like you do that with a van in Europe. It has the advantage of being closed, protecting your stuff from the weather. I know it's not important for lawn care equipment, but you could be a painter or installing drywall in construction or a plumber, electrician etc. etc. where you better keep your things out of the weather. And let's admit, most people who commute with big pickups in the US are not hauling anything at all, perhaps other then themselves and maybe their kids to-and-from school. Going on a bicycle trip (as shown at the end of the video) also doesn't require a pickup. I have a regular sedan and equipment to carry the bikes that I can put on the car any time. It's just more efficient and I have a normal car when I don't want to transport them.

It might be smaller than what most Americans assume, such as F150.

@Please Complete All Fields Front. So everybody can see it of course.

Holy shit I hate those tiny things, there a joke, rather have a smart car or prius

@Please Complete All Fields wtf is a push bike...

And bikes are comparable to pickups how? Good luck hauling 1,000lbs which I'm going to friday

@@DragonsREpic He mean bikes as cargo, not form of propulsion.

It's a village car not for a city.

Crete?

@@1999ATP no Cyprus i know it's a Single country But it still counts as greek Cause it's the language of the country

@@Innocennto Cyprus is a separate country. The relationships between the two are just so close they consider each other brothers, mainly due to the fact that they both speak Greek and have common history. But Cyprus has its own government and all that

Yes i noticed Greeks use pickup trucks a lot, at least in coastal towns, i've been there every summer for years and they definitely use it more than others in Europe.

The two reasons why Europe don’t have big pickup trucks 1.Government regulations and taxes. 2.gas are way more expensive in Europe because trucks has bad mpg and btw you can move to Europe if you don’t like the freedom in this country one less commie we got to deal with

Beceause it s not loud enough.

Vans in United States Ford Econoline (now discontinued) Chevrolet Express/GMC Savanna That’s it Add in the stolen European and Asian vans, that I personally can’t stand, and are far inferior to American vans. Sprinter (Mercedes Benz, Freightliner, Dodge, and Volkswagen) Chevrolet City Express (Nissan NV) Ford Transit (in full and mini sizes, surprisingly actually a Ford, but stolen from Europe) Ram Van (Fiat Ducato) and mini version (Fiat Doblo). The GM van is the only one listed with an actually useful engine. All the others have at best, a small block V6.

Vibhor Wase Can a van haul a gooseneck trailer? Can I dump gravel, dirt, sand, etc. from a skid steer into a van? I see the point you’re trying to make but different requirements/needs require different vehicles. It’s not a one size fits all.

Josh Curnes you could conceivably tow a gooseneck off the trailer hitch, but you’d be well over on your drive axle, and there’d be no weight on the steers (if they’re even still on the ground), and you could load bulk into a van, you’d just have to cut off the box.

1)Tonneau cover/bed cap 2) Trucks have more bed space, and seating space cause they’re bigger. 3) I’d prefer to not hunch down when in the back of a van.

I noticed that too and it hurt my soul...

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TheMinepod This video seems poorly produced IMO. Fuel is expensive in Europe and therefore we favour fuel efficiency (miles to gallon) which was completely skimmed past while focussing on tank size...

@@cianmcguire5647 yeah made no sense to me? One does not need to fill a tank like

They didn't say Chevy or Dodge didn't make pickups before, just that the Silverado and RAM lines started in 1975 and 1980.

@@mirzaahmed6589 which also isnt true, the c/k series was introduced long before 1975 and 1973

Mirza Ahmed bit they didn’t they are wrong there

Tis leuk dat jij me zal verstaan ookal zit ik duizenden kilometers weg in Nederland.

They don't even get the Land Cruiser Pick up

@@dehankellermann1373 the Cruiser does come in the Ute form, just not in north America

@@aussieausdeutschland4245 read my comment again thats exactly the point I'm trying to make

you mean a ute. lol

I always laugh at Americans calling our mid size cars small

@@BQQB5 ... because they are. Even VW had to make a special "North American" version of the Passat just for the US market.

Car size standard is different between continent so it cannot be compared. For example a normal car in Europe might be consider small in America. If you really want to have a goblo standard for cars you should use the continent with the most people, which is Asia.

@@asmc1492 lol... Yeah, pick the region with the smallest people!

@@jasono2139 they have the most people out of all continents so they are actually the standard for human size.

thank you captain obvious :) But for import cars they include both

@@f1freakf127 The video seemed to imply that VAT was also an import tax, when in fact it applies to all purchases. Watch the video before commenting.

Depends on how its calculated. If VAT is properly refunded or not charged on import businesses, then fine, but if not refunded, then yes.

You don't have to imagine, here's a video of a Dodge Ram 1500 pickup in Japan ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wigAu6zT5Og.html

Hardcore.

They love American cars in Japan you pleb !

If you think that’s big look up the GMC 3500

Just like Godzilla in Tokyo

dz ?

We just load people up in the back of the truck and don't worry about seats since our drivers are generally a lot better.

@@AD-hr8sg P.S. It's not like Americans are worse drivers being inferior in some way, it's just due to lack of proper publik transportation network, EVERYONE in US is FORCED to drive, even those who really suck. In Europe they would not even get drivers licence, where in US getting a licence has much more relaxed and lose rules, so more people could pass driving school.

@@TotalRookie_LV America is a lot bigger and all the infrastructure is spread out compared to Europe. The average distance of an American commute for work or to the grocery store is far more than in Europe.

@@AD-hr8sg nice try troll, most european countries have much harder driving tests than the us.

Probably half the pickups I see in the US are status symbols.

@@hypothalapotamus5293 well that's true. But I think they look good and may look more professional. But if they are useless for work they are useless. Most people won't drive them privately because they are too big and drink too much gasoline. A liter diesel is 1.44€ at the moment. And most people don't have a garage at home. You can't even leave stuff in your bed. A truck is more practical in that regard. And the times I transported something didn't fit in my car can be counted on a hand. And in those cases just get it delivered or rent a sprinter for cheap. An bmw or Mercedes is more of a status symbol than a pick up truck.

@@DerBjjjg I drive a Japanese subcompact and typically rent a van when I need to haul something. When I feel the need to cross a mountain pass in a blizzard in my small car, I use winter tires and it always turns out ok. So, my sense of functionality is inline with yours. "An bmw or Mercedes is more of a status symbol than a pick up truck." It's a cultural thing (you don't seem familiar with the US market). It makes them feel powerful and sends a message they want to send in a way that a BMW does not. The rise of luxury pickups with supercabs (and a considerable markup from basic models) tells me that this is increasingly a vanity item. Note: I still consider an F150 with a regular cab, much like an e250 (Ford's cargo van), to be a reasonable work vehicle.

Sprinters are amazing

That's also why the Australian Ford Falcon and Holden Utes weren't exported to the North American market

Yeah I bet it is buddy LOL

@@AtheistGunGamer Why would you buy a pickup when you don't need one?

I’m taking his word for it

Well the channel is by an American, my experience is that European drivers are somewhat more daring than those from the land of the timid home of the sued. I think the point is that most drivers don't have the confidence to drive a large vehicle on tight roads, which they don't have on America.

They don't get that for some streets even the VW Golf is considered big. They think that our roads are only small, when in reality are small and with a ton of curves, and a lot of those automobiles won't even fit in a two way street🤣

Exactly. There's so much wrong info here idk where to start

If we exclude Ford, I barely see any American car ever. I think the Ram is the only one that you will see couple of times a year but that's ist.

​@@SuperlukLps Well, you do see Teslas starting to pop up these days. But the traditional big 3 are very rare.

I see tons of jeeps here in Germany along with a few Chevy's, but back in my home town in Idaho (US) if you didn't have a truck you couldn't drive anywhere with the amount of snow and mud in any season that wasn't summer. Plus the amount of "commercial" work here is just done by who ever had a free weekend to haul 40,000 lbs over 1000 miles because their friend got a new job the next state over

I've never been to Denmark but I assume its mostly Urban. The United States is mostly rural (97% rural by land area). In urban areas of the U.S. pickup trucks are less common. In suburban areas they are common. In rural areas they are ubiquitous. I assume pickup trucks are very common in rural areas all over the world including Denmark. Its just that Denmark doesn't have much rural area or rural population.

Or Wing mirrors in the UK

They allow you to see the rear, so they are rear view mirrors.

@@zackiechan2601 Albeit mostly to the side, instead of directly behind.

@@zackiechan2601 the rear mirror is the one inside of the car, the one that lets you see the rear of the car

Lol

It is the same in the whole of Europe.. And here, in Serbia, while I work in construction, we also Use vans for mixers, tools and everything we need to get from one place to another.. even squeeze in a few workers among the tools

@@beyondrecall9446 "among" Sussy amogus 😳😳😳😳

dude, you Czechs rly are amazing though, I've seen some real badass people throw their van's around corners in Prague that I thought they were either drunk, crazy or both.

All the farmers I know in France have a 4x4 for moving around and use their tractor for hauling really heavy stuff around. I've only seen pickups from people who very obviously don't need them : they were pristine and in the middle of the Paris urban area.

Compared to the US, where even if your a corporate lawyer or data analyst, people still go hunting/overlanding/offroading. Alot of europeans act hard about their countries not needing pickups or some shit, when in reality they live in urban favelas with zero space for a car outside a renault clio.

@@honkhonk8009 Thats cute, now go back to your cookie cutter suburban house surrounded by other similiar houses as far as eye can see. Isnt stereotyping fun, cause you do realise europe is not just one big city right. Nordic countries minus denmark possibly are sparsely populated at large and have lot of "rural" people in small towns, and hunting is popular past time to many

I know quite a few pickup owners and they compensate with them their 170cm shortness. They also are bodybuilders and it is a thing among bodybuilders. They think pickup is ccool. Everyone else laughs at them.

@@honkhonk8009 LOL practically europeans have invented leisure camping and so on. the oldest tourism campingground busineses are over 500 years old (that have been in business continuously)... and leisure tourism for commoners was a thing early as 1750... The outdoors business is huge. You do know there is dense forrests in europe, in the middle, like one hour drive away from Paris... or Berlin? And you can pick a few. In Europe you are truly never confined into a city even the largest ones because it is free or cheap to travel to nature. And you can take a bus, train, ferry etc. hourly, every day.

She literally just read the whole thing, didn't even try

@@bulldozer8997 ?

@@bulldozer8997 what are you on about my dude?

i like how english can be said however whatever in any accent whatsoever and we're fine with that, but when we pronounce something slightly wrong in your language it "makes your ears bleed". Grow tf up.

I find my Ram 2500 easier to park than my wife's Toyota Highlander.

What about a flag(s) ,eagles and hamburgers with coke/pope and french fries?

And maybe left line traffic on right side picture?

yes it's Europe. They just want tu rule themselves and don't want to share this euro-communism. Brexit is the braves thing any nation has done this millenia.

@Thomas Berger Leaving the EU isn't the same as leaving Europe. The UK isn't leaving Europe anytime soon, unless someone figures out a way to move the entire island of Great Britain, plus the other bits. Probably need to move Ireland too, and I'm not sure they'd like that, but it doesn't matter because this is ridiculous and impossible.

@@nordicgunpowder Euro-communism? What are you on about? Man, those buses in 2016 really got to you, didn't they?

Yeah I had to laugh when she said that because it was blatantly obvious

Heaps?

To tow all the peoples wrecked cars from texting while driving

Because we have to haul things farther than in Europe so delivery is 3 times more expensive. Need a new refrigerator? They will deliver it for only $100 and remove the old one for another $100. So...you call your buddy that has a truck. 👍🍺

@@DragonsREpic "lots"

They're kind of a cultural icon here, I would say most people buy a pick up just for the sake of owning a pickup

How else are Americans going to boost their insecure fragile ego? It certainly isn't going to be walking or biking, too hard for them. And I'm an American. They're everywhere and they have no concept that exhaust is bad

Exactly!! Never show up at Walmart unprepared!!

Because they might tow their boat or jet ski on the weekends, maybe put ladders or a tool box in the back and the new truck interiors are much better.

No, they would pronounce that like Rinno. "Raenou" is the closest you can get i think

I was really hoping to hear her pronounce Peugeot xDD

@@Albanez39 It's "pay-jaw", right?

@@ringyring Kinda. It's Pay but the Y is almost silent. And it's Joe, but the J is French and it sounds just like the second G in Farage or Garage. It's pronounced Pe-Zho, but I'm not sure that's a correct equivalent in English...

@@Albanez39 I would write it "pe-zho" myself, but I thought that native English speakers would struggle with "e" and "zh".

Just get a van

It’s less that and more that we fucking suck at learning concepts we aren’t forced to. We had a push in the 70s and 80s to swap to metric from our confusion units and some of the big reasons that failed was the primary way they tried to teach people it was by converting our units to metric which just made people hate it rather than focus on how it makes measurements easier since all levels essentially stack and are base units, not random bullshit. And that there was no end date set where we would fully swap to metric, so no one really put the effort in to learn it Roundabouts are the same thing in the US, they are better if you know how to use them, but most states barely cover them in drivers ed and other programs so they are used less and people don’t like them

Cheddar actually did a video about this very topic. You should watch it.

@@graceshiflett6526 Being a Canadian I'm flustered. The country is metric. Everyone knows that. But everything from sports to shopping and health is done in confusion units. I wanna scream at the constellations when I hear very young people talk about their height in confusion units. They were born in the metric system for crying out loud!

No because America is giant and we’re not just gonna spend 100s of billions of dollars on concrete circles

They are very expensive, and competent people don't want taxes raised for something to be slightly easier than it was before.