A lot of that is American carmakers playing to their strengths if not their fetishes.
It has been easy to get parts to make radical revisions to American cars (crate engines) for a long time, much more so than other carmakers. Also, American carmakers have long been obsessed with trucks to the point where sometimes I wonder: Will they stop making trucks? Will the people who used to think cars were a problem for the environment (with bicycles, busses, walking being answered) come to see trucks and suvs as the problem and cars the solution?
It has been easy to get parts to make radical revisions to American cars (crate engines) for a long time, much more so than other carmakers. Also, American carmakers have long been obsessed with trucks to the point where sometimes I wonder: Will they stop making trucks? Will the people who used to think cars were a problem for the environment (with bicycles, busses, walking being answered) come to see trucks and suvs as the problem and cars the solution?