Where displacement still beats efficiency.

American automotive philosophy was shaped by cheap gasoline, long distances, and wide highways. The result is a national catalog dominated by V8s, full-size pickups, body-on-frame SUVs, and torque figures most European brands consider exotic. The pickup truck (Ford F-150, Chevrolet Silverado) is the best-selling vehicle category in the US — a body type that until recently barely existed in European catalogs. Tesla recently rewrote the rules: 2,000 hp EV sedans launched a global price war in performance.