interesting... so all the electronics are actually raising the price beyond economic productivity of the truck?
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Mostly the complexity and emissions equipment. The emissions components on newer trucks can cost nearly $20,000 if you purchase the replacement parts retail. Until 2003 most of these pickup trucks didn't have any add-on emissions control equipment, it was all done in software to meet the specifications.
and in reality, nothing really changed, but a bunch of bureaucrats got paid and a lot of useless junk got made and sold and the consumer is even more in debt because the vehicle has become literally more expensive than it's worth