America and Britain are two nations divided by a common language, the saying goes. We say car, they say automobile and all that.
Nonetheless in 2024 a Ford topped the new-car sales charts in both the UK and the US. But not the same Ford: we flocked to the Puma, a tiddly crossover dwarfed by America’s top-selling F-150. The star spangled pick-up measures 1.1m longer – in its shortest form.
That’s one reason why President Donald Trump’s plaintive cry for Europeans to buy more American vehicles or face tariffs is hollow and self-serving. So many American vehicles don’t fit our tastes or use cases.
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