Italy’s historical cities and cities, with their slim, cobbled streets, provide an apparent reason, within the phrases of US President Donald Trump, Europeans “do not take our automobiles”.
Or as automobile trade analyst Hampus Engellau places it: “Attempt to go round Italy in a giant SUV. I’ve achieved it, and it is very troublesome”.
Add value to the query, and it turns into clearly why you do not see too many American pick-up vans on European roads, observes Mike Hawes, CEO of The Society of Motor Producers & Merchants, which represents the trade within the UK.
“We are inclined to have larger gasoline costs than the People, so we choose smaller, extra fuel-efficient automobiles, whereas they often choose bigger automobiles.”
Mr Engellau, who works for Swedish funding financial institution Handelsbanken Capital Markets, additionally highlights petrol costs being considerably cheaper within the US. “They pay per gallon what we pay per litre,” he says. There are 3.8 litres to at least one US gallon.
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