The Reason Why Are Trucks Getting Bigger

Gas prices recently (roughly) tripled, and it didn’t deter them from buying, or driving them.

Are you sure it didn't deter sales or driving? I don't have the numbers, but I suspect if we found them we would see that the average vehicle purchased used less gas and that sales of gasoline were lower than typical.

People aren't going to stop driving to work or drop $40k on an electric car (especially during a shortage) in response to a short term price spike. However, if it persists people would eventually switch over to alternatives

You sound quite confident for someone lacking data.

My post is built from two data points, my experience of driving and seeing as many trucks on the road as ever (and an increasing number of newer models, which are bigger and have distinctive grills), and extended family members explicitly griping about gas prices as they drove their trucks.

Your post has snark.

Which is more valuable?

Not in my experience, no. The newer trucks have very distinctive grills, and I've seen more and more of them over the past year.

> However, if it persists people would eventually switch over to alternatives

Perhaps, but that's speculation too.

All that shows is that there are sales, but we're trying to figure out whether there are more or fewer sales than typical