Merkins like things to be
BIG.
Big houses, big meals, big boats, big tits, big cars, big televisions, big dogs, big planes, big swimming pools, everything BIG.
THE OTHER REASON:
The Japanese have a LOCK on the small pickup market worldwide.
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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...
1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)
2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd
Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp
1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k
2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive

(sold)