The F150's towing capacity appears to be 5,000 to 14,000 pounds (random source: https://veteransfordtampa.com/ford-f-150-towing-capacity). You could tow a 1,300 pounds trailer with a regular car, e.g. the 2023 Ioniq 5 has 2,300 pounds of towing capacity.
Which is a big fucking trailer at 10% tongue weight.
In Europe Volkswagen Passat, which is a regular sedan, can tow up to 2000kg braked (I think that's 4400 pounds) and 750 kg unbraked (1600 pounds):
https://www.carsguide.com.au/volkswagen/passat/towing-capaci...
Unless these sites use different measurement systems for towing (could be, I have no idea about these things), wouldn't a much smaller but more powerful car do?
In Europe people regularly tow RV trailers with Volvo V60 wagons...
Although this is (slightly) on the more extreme side, "fifth-wheels"[2] are also common to see on the road. These certainly require larger vehicles to pull.
[0]https://autoline24.uk/-/auction/caravan-trailers/Bailey/Pega... [1]https://rv.campingworld.com/rvdetails/used-travel-trailer-rv... [2]https://rv.campingworld.com/rvdetails/used-fifth-wheel-rvs/2...
Hmmm... interesting.
It does make sense, though. Everything is bigger in the US: cars, roads, parking lots, nature reserves, people :-p
> https://rv.campingworld.com/rvdetails/used-fifth-wheel-rvs/2...
This is basically a house on wheels at this point :-)