C’mon man. My giant penis will absolutely not fit in a Peel P50.

C’mon, Einstein. The question Consumer Reports is answering in your post is which “small cars” are safest in a crash, not which vehicles of all types are safest in a crash.

So, touting that “one” high speed Acela train that travels for all of 49.9 miles somehow proves your point? LOL.

Pick-ups are every bit as good in snow as your GX. New ones have sophisticated transfer cases just like any other high end SUV. 

Manhattan Kansas was a convenient stand in to contrast with N.Y.C. The Kansas version is mostly a quiet college town, no? People living in rural areas surrounding it certainly drive a lot of trucks, I’m sure.

I would agree the cultural element plays a big part in the “bigger is better” paradigm.

Real winter weather is a big factor as are extreme seasonal temperature extremes that mid-continent areas endure. A 120 degree seasonal temperature variation is extremely hard on road surfaces.

Weather extremes are indeed a factor. In the center of the North American continent, a 120 degree Fahrenheit seasonal temp swing is typical. It is extremely detrimental to road surfaces.

Like I said, it doesn’t exist in the U.S. The tracks are there, although not at the quality level that would accommodate a bullet train, nor like your article or states would high speed rail be available any time soon.

I was asking the guy from Australia, but, ok.

Seeing all of the truck haters coming out of the woodwork is kinda entertaining in a way.

Locally, we've had 75 inches of snow so far this year. How much snow do you have? 

Not in the U.S.

While we can speculate about the American tropes of “rugged individualism” “personal freedom” “powerful” “aggressive” etc., we also can’t discount that most of the American landscape is vastly different than that of the EU.

1983 Civic S. My first new car was an awesome little thing. Absolutely zero exist in the wild nowadays, as far as I can see. All turned to oxidized dust, I imagine.

Yep, Tom and Andy are right on. The thing about the C-5, besides it having a big old V-8, is it weighs only around 3,300 lbs.

Stellantis profits:

LOL. You can't answer the question, can you?.

Father-In-Law Sunday drive from hell:

Absolutely NP all day long.