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Unfortunately taxes are kinda the reason why we see so many oversized trucks on the market and the reason you don't see any small trucks anymore. It's a result of manufacturers and lobbyists gamifying the EPA regulations that came out like 10-15 years ago.
Basically trucks under a certain weight have to meet a certain mpg standard otherwise they'd be taxed at a higher rate. However, there was a bypass for heavier "super-duty" trucks, so now most every truck being sold is classified as a super-duty which were originally meant to encompass "working" trucks meant to haul things like equipment.
It's really just another symptom of our government being a joke and the result of regulatory capture.
They're "light" trucks under CAFE standards as opposed to real trucks like semis and utility trucks. If they were smaller I think they would be lumped in with all the other normal passenger vehicles.