the strange thing is, we in malaysia aren’t too clever when it comes to fuel consumption as well.. 7 seater 1.5 litre SUV is a good example.

remember last trip to US, i saw a lot of F150 on the roads.

Big engines dont really have to drink petrol

I had a 5.7L LT1 Camaro. On the highway it did fairly well, in fact not much off my modified Turbo Eclipse. It helps to have loads on low end torque to have it cruise at highway speeds just above idle. If I remembered correctly it was spinning something about 1200rpm at 120km/h in 6th. The Eclipse on the other hand screams at nearly 3800rpm at the same speed.

Obviously if you caned it (actually both of them) you better own an oil field.

The F150 is the benchmark that all pickup trucks follow. The tarrain that they have if much different from us. Its quite dry, but as with anything off road, ground clearance is important.

Big engines are needed there because they tend to tow all sorts of things, racecars, boats, campers, horseboxes……

If you watch the Baja races, its almost impossibly insane how fast the throphy truck classes “fly” over the desert.

This heavy trucks looks like more suitable for highway crusing then going off road as heavy offroad vehicles often stucked in mud and lost traction.