[hn8726]

> The Ford Ranger actually sells better in Europe than it does in the US. And the larger F series trucks sell more than an order of magnitude more.

Do you have any sources for this? I looked online and found a couple of charts, none of them support this claim. The Ford Ranger sales in Europe vs US are similar (who buys more varies by year) but the F series seems to be mostly bought in US

[benregenspan]

I think they meant it has much larger % share of pickup market in Europe vs US, not necessarily higher absolute number of sales (https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/feu/en/news/2025/02...)

[seanmcdirmid]

Surely the hilux would be more popular than the ranger, but maybe Toyota just sends those to the developing world and Australia?

[hn8726]

Thank you, that makes sense. But in that case it doesn't do much for the op's argument, which seems to be that Europe _prefers massive cars_. US still has much more of obscenely big cars, and Ford F having less % pickup market share shows that there's much bigger market for these cars, if anything

[kube-system]

For the most recent year numbers were published it also had better raw numbers.

[dandellion]

Where in Europe is that? Because in southern Europe pickups are very rare, but maybe they're more common in the north.