So happy I just got to pick up a 2010 for 4k from a family member

@@Louisville502alc that's great man that's a good deal

We are so fucked

2003 Toyota Tacoma 209,000 miles listed for $12,000 on Denver Craigslist right now...

@@ColoradoStreaming damn

Well, regrets always comes later But for real though, 'merica need to revise their trucks laws, it kills the competition and just making their national manufacturer more greedy by making a truck as big as a semi

How old... "Hard Body" era or the.. ones before... No worries.. my 1st Japanese Truck was a 97 Nissan... Only after, trying to kill it,, miles from Touring, No Mercy,, treatment... It earned my respect... Plus when I sold it.... Took about 45min.. Bidding war between two dude's.... Cheers from Southern California 🇺🇸

I make a point to give the driver a thumbs up if I see a Datsun 720 on the road.

If a Vehicle can pass all the necessary requirements... Standards etc.. example like the MX5 then No real reason We can't be given a Actual Compact Truck... Right!?... Full size Trucks I've driven.. stock to.. just passed obnoxious... No dignity can be expected while climbing.. What I am going to say, not a single Lifted Truck owner has argued with me... At almost every second driving, Navigating traffic... A near miss is avoided.. I've done this too.. yell up at Douche in the Lifted Truck.. as this stupid monster is using my lane as well.... My Friends lifted Tahoe is mild.. seriously in comparison... I always hated driving it... 51 this year... Never been in a Accident, while driving.. I've never hit another Car..

I’ve got a first gen frontier and I love it

nailed it! I have Never needed a larger truck. and look at what people do with Kei trucks in 3rd world countries.

Ya I coughed up 10 grand for a super clean low mile 2wd long box square body. Just needed a work truck, and as some of my friends pointed out it’s nice enough it could be put in a car show or two. But it’s a shame I gotta go back at least 25 years to find a full size single cab long box truck that is half reliable and not $30,000

That's why the rest of the world uses vans.

Back in the 80s and 90s, my dad was a contractor and drove one of those original model Toyota pickups with the 22-RE engine. He put 400,000+ miles on it, without any major engine work, and ended up selling it to someone else in town, and he saw them driving it around town for years. The body rusted through before the engine went out 😂 I don't think there's anything that size for sale now, and certainly nothing that lasts that long. I'd buy one of those in a heartbeat if they were available. Edit: It also got like 25mpg.

Agreed, today new truck are for upper class people to live-action role-play as someone like yourself, while still not looking like the poor rednecks and cowboys who know how to use a truck as a truck.

Toyota and Nissan make them here.

@@don2deliver That's exactly why. In the 1960s, Volkswagen was selling large numbers of pickup trucks (based on the Transporter van) while Ford was just getting started with the Econoline. The United Auto Workers complained and the tariff was slapped on foreign truck manufacturers. It was called the chicken tax because Germany slapped a tariff on American-produced poultry. As you pointed out correctly, Toyota and Nissan began building trucks here in the U S. to get around the chicken tax

@@gcfifthgear But there was no tariff on the VW Rabbit pickup or the small Japanese trucks with a low cargo capacity. The tariff was modified to protect 1/2 ton pickups and vans.

Then why doesn't Toyota make cheap trucks here?

@@forkthepork money

I usually had a thought about that 10k Toyota truck: What Toyota could do is just import them as a UTV (example: Polaris RZR/Ranger) like the Mahindra Roxor. Less import regulation, less transportation regulation, all that. The issue is that some, if not most, states allow UTV on public roads, even if not on the highway.

Thanks so much LBJ 👍

They're surprisingly common on Catalina Island just off the coast of Los Angeles. I would totally rock one of those. Give me two seats and a six foot bed, that's all I'm asking for. Mayyyyybe 4x4? This video is excellent and Bart has earned my viewership.

Which one and where? Here in Germany we only get the Hilux of which the base model has a price tag of 34.8k alone

Most states in the U.S. have outlawed driving kei trucks on the roads. I was really upset about that

I use my S10 to tow my jet skis and occasionally my RX-7 when I gotta go to track days. Other than that I use it for dirt bikes and that barely pushes it at all! Minitrucks are such a must with a big bed and extended cab so I can throw all of my gear and tools and parts in there. Really love it!

They do understand very well, its just more profitable to produce pickup truck sports cars the size of a battleship. So they beg the govt to take out their competition and leave the consumer with no alternatives.

@@chkpik It's also the car manufacturers who vehemently argue keeping the price of fuel at the relatively speaking very low point it has been for decades. One reason for that is that it directly feeds into the "bigger is better" philosophy US car manufacturers still push very hard. Another factor is that huge, luxury pick-ups have been status symbols for yuppies and wannabe's for quite some time and these monstrous pick-ups, both in size and power, are what yuppies and wannabe's want. It basically a self-sustaining endless loop created by the car manufacturers.

If you're only going to need to haul something once in awhile it'd probably be a lot cheaper to rent one when you need it or just get your stuff delievered.

If you want to move your kid to his dorm, you'd be way better off renting a U-Haul for $28 bucks and owning something like an SUV/hatch/crossover which is way more fuel-efficient, has more usable enclosed space, a significantly more comfortable ride, etc. Practically everything is better about a vehicle like that. Mulching happens once a year. This mindset of people naming activities they do once a year and thinking that they need an open bed truck for that purpose is part of why trucks got to where they are today. The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of people simply do not need trucks. Now, if you love trucks just because you love the way they look, you have fun with them, and they're just a part of your life - that's a different thing. But people who try to justify their trucks are part of how this problem even came to be in the first place.

They got handicap tags in my office and block the sidewalk with their long beds.

I live in N NV near the Tesla Factory (batteries and cyber trucks). In my 30 mile commute to nearby Reno I'd estimate a solid 50% of the rush hour traffic is single drivers in a shiny clean full sized PU (not used off road or for trade work). My Honda Fit gets 45MPG doing the same job as these 15MPG pigs. It's disgusting. I own a Forester as a second vehicle. I'd rather have a small efficient PU as a SECOND vehicle but not at current prices:).

Exactly this. Out of 9 people I personally know who drive massive, modern, oversized trucks, all but one work white collar jobs; they haul a family members sofa to a new location once every 2 years and pretend like thats justification when in reality it is obviously a status symbol. They cant be bothered to hit the gym, train a martial art, hike, or partake in any discomforting traditional skill so they grasp onto their sense of masculinity any way they can.

I had the opportunity to talk to a corporate guy at Ford. I asked a question about a single cab or more powerful option ever coming out. He said that 2 door F series trucks sales were low enough that they won't be doing a 2 door maverick sadly.

A single cab short bed maverick would be awesome.

We should have World peace also.

It makes the wheelbase too short (unless they just put a huge box on it) which is why it comes as a 4door now... I wish it had that option though.

@@bwbuskethat guy was confused, if we can’t or won’t spend $40k on a truck why in the hell wouldn’t we spend $15k on a utilitarian purpose built truck ? College educated idiots.

Welcome to Biden’s America.

Do some research and learn that this ordeal has been going on for more than 30 years, but go ahead and be ignorant.

Welcome to Trump’s America

@@PabloCruise1 Reagan's America*

why dont we just ignore those regulations and do what we want?

used trucks are being sold for not much less than that thats the core problem. people need to stop being dumb with their money.

He's referring to the base Tacoma single cab 4 cylinder.

in so cal lot of the gardeners drive Toyota pus

It's a well established fact little trucks work harder...

That's cuz the owners of the F-250's pay other people to haul or tow their stuff. Those of us with little trucks have to haul or tow our own stuff 😄

Same. I just got a 2011 ranger and in less than a month its done more truck stuff than newer tundras on the road

Ive seen a fully loaded F-250.. albeit it was from the 90's or 80's, such a strong truck and yet it seems smaller than a modern Maverick

I had a 1991 GMC Sonoma with the 2.5L 4tech iron duke and 5spd manual. It was wonderful in city traffic but didn't like hills. The iron duke made 90 hp. Now I have a 2016 Nissan frontier with 2.5L and auto trans that puts out 152 hp, the frontier does really good, it doesn't faceplant on hills like the iron duke.

That was basically my first car:1989 Nissan Sentra. I had to be very strategic with hills and passing.

I took a manual 2wd ranger over berthoud pass in colorado in a blizzard back in my poor college boy days. That was the day I learned how to really drive.

I daily an 89 Nissan d21 5 speed with 50 BILLION miles on it. I run a landscaping business with this truck. Towing and hauling. Original motor and tranny. Slow….very slow.

Just bought a 2000 Ranger. 4 cylinder, manual, 2wd, crank windows. It’s gives the nostalgic old truck vibes on a budget.

good job habibi👍👍👍

Nice

Not only is it not much heavier than the original miata despite having modern safety and tech, it's a good bit lighter than the generation that came before it which was more barebones. Mazda has the right philosophy for a car company, aside from actually making an effort to lighten their cars the base engines on all their cars are N/A (unlike almost every other brand) and the touchscreen doesn't accept touches when the car is moving

The NC miatas arent bad either, a little chunky but if you're taking it on trips it might actually serve you better than an ND if you can find one clean with lower miles. Or you can always go the old school route of the suitcase rack on the trunk

Changing from steel to aluminum works wonders.

Idk what crack you are smoking, the miatas of recent years are all significantly larger than the late 90s miatas...

lotus elise is super light! love that sucker!

Also here in Australia we’re calling pickup trucks (trayed vehicles based on light truck platforms) utes, when a Ute is a trayed vehicle based on a saloon car platform

Does Ford sell the Maverick in Australia?

@@rightwingsafetysquad9872 i wish

Well, part of the package comes with an ego boost and your balls get bigger. I miss the old days when the only guys with F250's or similar sized trucks were ranchers/farmers, or were urban douchebags. I would kill for an El Camino, it would be my daily and I would have just enough space for the crap I occasionally haul.

@@monsoonthagoon I had a right hand drive El Camino with a 400 ci SBC here in oz 1980s

Real question, I ain't very knowledgeable about cars, but a company like Dacia making "smart" cars (aka, cheap but reliable. Not always pretty, but that's not the goal), does it still exist today in the US?

Try parking it in any lot. They simply won't fit into a regular space.

The truck might be "between the lines" but if you actually Park two cars either side of it, nobody's going to be able to get out of their vehicle! 😂

In the county where I live, local ordinances had to be updated. You see, to keep people from parking their big work trucks, dump trucks, box trucks in their driveways, the original ordinances stated that we couldn't park vehicles in our driveway if they weighed more than 3 tons. Fast forward 40 years, and the rich folks couldn't legally park their Ford Excursions in their driveways. Rather than buy something smaller and lighter, they changed the rules. I suspect your town will re-stripe the parking lots so the spots are larger.

I live in a small town in Iowa and the amount of big-ass trucks and SUVs is beginning to clog up some of the town’s streets to the point people can barely get out of their vehicles when they’re just driving to get groceries or get a drink.

@@stevezilla68 I live in a small town in North County San Diego and all the trucks and SUVs have gotten so big that it's caused a huge parking crisis for our tiny streets that have already been beyond packed for decades. And part of the reason is all the extra space they need to parallel park if they don't get close enough to each other there goes another vacant spot that just disappeared because it's barely not big enough for a tiny hatchback or small sedan to park. Sometimes folks have to park nearly 2 blocks away from home even getting there around 5pm!

Maverick has a 4.5' bed :( they had to do it as a crew cab. I was so dissappointed

Yep, I was definitely one of those people, got on the waiting list for the first Mavericks and everything! Never had a new car before, and while we do use the truck bed for gardening supplies and wood for my budding woodworking hobby, 99% of the time we use our Hybrid Maverick as just the family vehicle. Also it having better fuel economy than my old Nissan Versa hatchback is definitely a plus! It's been frustrating watching Ford slowly raise their prices over the past few years on the Maverick, and incentivizing the non-hybrid option. It makes no sense to me, the early excitement around the Maverick was mostly around a smaller pickup with good gas mileage that's around 20k!

​@@kidfantastic93It makes perfect sense, they don't want people to buy the maverick. They want them to opt for a more expensive ranger, but preferably F150

You'll love it. Drove my dad's 03 Ranger for a fair years until I bought an '05 Crown Vic. It's a truck that will keep you on your toes but will get the job done.

Facts

Really?

@@OliverDiGeronimo009 yes. All problems are caused by the government

​@@OliverDiGeronimo009yes, really

You get what you rigged vote for

I like the ranger with the fold down back seats cause I use that space for tools and roadside kit!

Me too. I don't need a huge truck. Simple. Perfect for the jobs I do.

Cute little reliable truck. I used to have a '91. Dealer could never find me the teal, with manual, no power steering so I got their 'show truck' they had on display, red with ground effects and tint. Minitrucks had a big following in the 90s mostly modders

the first gen tundra was a 7/8 🛻

@@GNMi79No dude the tundra was a full-size pickup. Compare it to a same year f-150 or Silverado they’re relatively the same size. Trucks have just gotten stupid big over the years for no real reason

@@meh...4966 I totally agree. I think @GNMi79 deleted his post lol

I looked at the specs. Those Tundras are almost the exact same size as a new Tacoma.

I’ve always said I don’t like Tundras because they’re huge. But then I realized the other day that 2000s tundras are actually incredibly smaller than anything out today.

The hilux champ. And all 3 sides of the tailgate are foldable for easy loading. Sadly we will never see it here.

25 years​@@rawhide1337

Can't do that in America. There's a thing called the Chicken Tax. A direct 25% tariff on ALL on light trucks imposed in 1964 that has remained ever since.

The safety standards won't meet US regulation, but it's still an awesome truck.

you will have nothing and be happy.

I know someone in my hometown that thought theyd go off road a maverick hybrid, took it through 4' of muddy water and fried it

@FEDsShotMOM Sorry I missed seeing that.

HAR HAR YOU TELL EM FRED THESE KIDS DONT KNOW A REAL TRUCK MY OPINION IT ALL WENT TO CRAP THE MOMENT THEY PUT A SYNCHROMESH GEARBOX IN A TRUCK!!!!! THE WIFES HOLLERIN IN MY EAR BETTER GO BEFORE I GET IN TROUBLE FOR BUYIN PARTS AGAIN HAR HAR -JEFF __________________ 1996 Toyota Tacoma V6 - 315k miles (Old Rusty) 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.7 (warden's grocery getter) 1986 Honda CB500 (non-running/project **NOT FOR SALE**) 2018 John Deere S100 ride-on lawn mower

Where?

Where and what years? My 04 ranger is looking like a bar at 2am with the lights on

no 30 year old truck is worth 18k dude 5+ years ago u could find rangers for like 5k

@@toddsalisbury3851 try to sell ur ranger for 18k and it will sit on marketplace for a year

​@shinski8114 the '09s, 2010s, and 2011s are. But I agree, no much older Ranger is worth that.

Badass.. I've always liked them.... Plus the Dakota Starter is a great Hack for any of the Old L.A platform also Big Block.. all except the HEMI.... Go from 16+ pounds to what.. like 7lbs maybe.. I will always want a Dakota... Mopar or Nothing... I Daily Driver a 68 Dodge Dart...

Gonna do the same with my 94 gmc sonoma. Good luck to ya.

POS dodge. Get a gen 1 tundra 4.7 while u still can

@@AtZero138 Dodge sucks. Just make nothing but turds.

@@jasonmay6368 Who Hurt You Jason?.. It's ok .. I understand brand loyalty... But,, did a Dodge Harm you ... Ruin Christmas etc ... Cheer Up Bro ... Just buy whatever a Ford is....

I've hauled a full yard of rocks in my Taco. It was a little scary but it got the job done.

you can bend them leafs all u want on them tacos just bend em back heck yeha brother

smartest american

has he ever heard of a Volvo 240?

We used to consider the small truck part of the family. See here as one leaves from the living room

I bought a 2 year lease return on my Taco TRD Sport ext cab V6 for 28K. I'm so glad I did since Toyota decided to killed they're best seller with a 4 cyl starting at $45K.

Did this 1993 pickup have the big TOYOTA wordmark on the tailgate?

@@trentpettit6336 yes

People stop buying them because the build quality and reliability went down the toilet, thanks to share holders and top down management taking a shit on the next guy. Late model rangers are notorious for being throwaway trucks.

@@DGTelevsionNetworkno, I think people really just wanted automatic windows

My 02 tundra with roll up windows, v6 qwd 5 spd, has racked up 573k miles. Simple as it gets.

People buy what's at the dealership. The dealer gets what they get

Laziness on the consumer also plays a role.

I'm sick and tired of seeing the jacked up trucks with the tires sticking out 4" on each side. Looks silly and dangerous throwing rocks and mud at everyone else near by.

where is that tourist town? I have a product going on the market and tourist towns full of trucks are my target demographic

@@PendeltonWhiskey Pretty much anywhere along the Oregon Coast. Very few of the towns have any kind of capacity for industry past the basic necessities (due to various factors mostly pertaining to the rough geography of the area, but also due to population demographics being heavily favored towards retired people), but they're almost all on Reservation land, have Casino's nearby from which the infrastructure for resort- and tourist-towns can spring up (lots of hotels/restaurants, touristy places, etc.), and are all connected via Highway 101 from California and various other highways dribbling in from the larger cities. This allows a huge amount of tourists, who seem to always have tons of money to spend on these gargantuan rigs to tow a plethora of toys, to filter in when it gets hot elsewhere, since the weather is always mild. That, coupled with the heavily forested and mountainous areas all around just a few miles inland (and the rather large amounts of "You May As Well Be In Idaho" outside of any larger city or town with tons of agriculture, farming and timber) and you have an even larger amount of trucks roaming around from all the hard-working Good Ol' Boys in the back woods (and farming plains a few more miles past that). Though most of the towns big and small have this same demographic, Coos Bay, Florence, Newport, Lincoln City, Cannon Beach and Astoria are the largest, and have direct highway funnels from Eugene, Corvallis, Salem and Portland. TIllamook is a special case since it's literally straight-up farming country, but it has a decent amount of tourism because of TIllamook being, well, famous for it's cheese and various other tasty things; they have a museum and you can do tours of the factory, as well as buy directly from them. Honestly, all the years I've lived out in this region, every 3rd vehicle seems to be some kind of massive, jacked-up truck, and since my business is directly on 101 I get a constant view of the traffic at all times, all day; to say there are trucks everywhere out here is an understatement. It's like a mixing ground where civilization meets the greater back-country. Coupled with the direct line from California, we get a *_huge_* variance in our demographics.

Only an idiot or woman trades their vehicle in rather than selling privately! You get much more!!!

i have my uncles 01 taco it has been driven by every single member of my family it is my ship of Theseus

you're still an idiot for selling it.

I mean you are just wrong. Maybe what you are saying applies to idiots with terrible credit but I'd much rather finance through a manufacturer than with a bank. I got an interest rate below 2% when the best any bank was offering was 6.5%. I could have gotten below 1% if I wanted to payoff the loan in 2 years. In the end they are getting $500 out of me after 3 years which I am happy to give them. It's really the dealers that are getting the cut whenever they run your credit through one of their banks. The manufacturers on the other hand offer some nice deals if you qualify.

​@@ferretsmiles dealer take money on the finance , the bank and manufacter too take more money, ther should be a way to pay in cash but its impossible with new prices and low wages

@@ferretsmiles how about this! i paid cash for mine at 15 , my dad had to drive it home! in 85 i paid 4900 for a new mitsu truck. oh wait you cant do that now because of all the garbage they put on them.. thats what its about... not some idiot that got lucky in life and has a perfect score dude... affordability .. not finacabilty ....

@faulker6751 that's not on the manufacturers. And don't even try to act like that old truck is any comparison to a modern full size. It's equivalent is a ford maverick for under 30k. And even then that maverick is leaps and bounds the better truck if for the only reason that you will be guaranteed to survive a head on collision going 35 mph.

@@ferretsmiles HAHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAHAH

I drive a 94 D21 and love it. Keeps up with 80mph freeway traffic, hauls what I need, and gets good mileage. Recently I’ve come to realize they are becoming a cult vehicle. I frequently get waves from other hardbody drivers, and have younger guys wanting to buy it. Still works fine at nearly 200k miles. If there was a similar new truck offered, I’d buy it.

I bought a set of used black widow motorcycle ramps and the first day I learned how to use them when I bought a motorcycle the same day and made it to Harbor Freight to buy heavy duty motorcycle straps the only thing I was using in the meantime was a nylon rope to tie down the bike 17 MI to the store

@@stoundingresults when I started racing motorcycles in the 60s tie down straps hadn’t been invented yet. It was roped all the way!

1st gen tacoma beds are 6’2

my best friend curt has a 95 2.4 taco and he “tows” more than we ever thought he could. we recently used his truck to flat tow a 2500 yukon xl 80 miles! its also moved a 70s rv that was buried into the ground for about 20 years

My V6 Taco has the ext cab and 6' bed. I've hauled landscaping stuff, drywall, plywood, fire wood . . . towed a 21' Sea Ray, towed another truck on top of a flat bed trailer from FL to MI. I'd love to see the new Taco 4 banger work that hard.

I will always miss mine... 89 , 89 blazer, 91 blazer and 02 S-10..

had a 89 S10 4cy automatic long box, good lil work truck

I have the same truck lmao, 4.3?

Same. Had a 2002 S-10 Zr2 a couple of years ago and it was my first truck I bought myself. Definitely enjoyed it.

@@caseytilley9260 then u woke up

Haha my first car ever was a 1995 S-10 with a 5 speed,and my odometer was also broken, didnt seem to mind it though lol, just kept running

@@Mike-zl4zs I really miss that little truck! Simpler times.

My family had a similar era Sonoma. The old Iron Duke engines were hard to kill. Everything about that truck was easy to work on.

And we used to have the ford Falcon Ute and the Holden Ute. RIP to both

@@Valiant_1971 Proton Jumbuck 😭

Well the Amarok IS a Ranger so...

In Brazil we got both those (apart from the Isuzu and mazda ones), all together with the chevy s10/Holden Colorado, and currently we have got a grey FLUX of medium trucks from Chevy and the Montana that has returned, RAM and the rampage, Renault and their Oroch, fiat and the toro. And we also got the small sized stuff like the fiat Strada and vw saveiro.

The _correct_ size for a pickup truck. Anything bigger shouldn't be a pickup.

I agree 100%. My parents paid for me to start up a lease on a '99 back in 1999 and told me if I screwed it up we were done. That got me kinda scared and motivated and when I scrapped it in 2020 it had 418K. It was the only vehicle I had from 99-2010 and if it had failed my life would have been in a world of hurt. Awesome trucks and awesome memories.

Just picked up a well maintained, stored Winters 2001 Mitsubishi eclipse Spyder GT convertible with the upgraded leather, brakes, infinity stereo and17" alloys. Doing the timing belt and water pump in a week. I'm stoked.

I just sold my 98 5 speed 4x4 Ranger few weeks ago i drove it for 10 years had 202k miles on it still had the factory clutch only ever had regular oil/fluid changes 1 brake job 1 set of spark plugs and 3 sets of tires. It was a good truck but she was getting tired but never left me sitting on the side of the road not one time did it break down.

Yo 96 owner here bought it with odometer still stuck at 117216 miles. Radiator coolant disappears every week and half. Have to sometimes force the the transmission to shift to next gear but all in all there rangers and hella fun to have.

@@mr.hiyashirabbit5226 I know what's wrong with your coolant disappearing do you have a 4 L?

@@trackpackgt877 no it's the 2.3

@@mr.hiyashirabbit5226 oh okay well then I don't know why lol

Nice pfp

The most prominent products in this class were built from scratch in Moraine Ohio, Louisville Kentucky, Shreveport Louisiana and St. Paul Minnesota.

I'm so jealous of those bastards in Europe, getting so many fun new vehicles that we could never have over here. Even if we need, they're not made for our roads.

@@baconberries8097it's not all sunshine and rainbows here. Ford discontinued the Mondeo a few years ago, the Fiesta's production came to an end last year, and the Focus will no longer be built after 2025.

Bruh

First Midsize Truck... Always liked them

opt v8

Yeah my dad had a Dakota big horn with the v8. The chassis was pretty overbuilt for it's size and it felt super solid. Had all the torque you could want and didn't sound bad at all

"I was just wondering why there's no more little trucks anymore."?? Say what?!! Read the comments! It's because of fed regulations. They're NOT PERMITTED - by the guys you voted for!

I dont have a death wish

I like them but they are definitely dangerous. Even hitting another kei trucks seems dangerous. Also they look terribly uncomfortable. I drive a Honda Fit which already feels dangerous and kinda cramped.

More like a chevy s10. Kei trucks are deathtraps.

​@@usernameisusername Motorcyclists: 👀💦

Too bad they're illegal in many states

It is ugly, but I love the idea of it

None of these startups will last unfortunately, they dont actually make any money cause they rely too much on government subsides

​​@@ottovonbismarck7094hey, they're already in kahoots with companies for contract vehicles, just like Rivian did with Amazon. I think they have a chance!

Electric vehicles are a scam, a really bad and blatant one. You’d have to be a complete moron to buy anything electric besides a motorcycle for short jaunts

The Alpha Wolf is an interesting electric pickup. They were smart enough to make it look similar to the 90s mini pickup trucks.

Which people are those?

The epa isn’t outlawing small trucks. It has been tightening regulations. It’s the automakers who don’t want to invest time in a more efficient emission system for small trucks. So they make bigger trucks to move up a bracket and avoid the regulations

@@nicolasmarquez2674 The EPA isnt outlawing small trucks? So, what would happen if a manufacturer made a vehicle that doesn't meet the regulations in question? Would that not effectively be a ban, like I said?🤦‍♂️

@@nicolasmarquez2674 He said effectively outlaw them, meaning the regulations make it uneconomical to put the time and money into the development of them.

Would be nice if massive trucks had the same standards as normal sized trucks (normal meaning modern Hilux/Amarok/Ranger/S10); and even more restricted for SUVs. Would help slowly take them out of the road.

We're definitely not at that point yet. There's a lot of Teslas around, but they're still trumped by big trucks. Every big company has EVs, but they heavily marked their trucks, so they're not in the public eye. The few EVs that are sold are mostly in the luxury category.

If you take the emissions out everyone will probably go back to ICE, it’s the most familiar and comfortable and supported right now. I think 95% of the EV push in the first place is government regulations on emissions

For sure the big manufacturers love the EPA rules because they get to sell bigger, more profitable trucks. Why there is not a carveout for small trucks is just crazy. I wish one of the big news outlets would make a big deal about this.

yeah, guess who lobbies the EPA to get the standards they want.

Your government is captured by corporate lobbyists. *They're* the ones who don't have your best interests in mind. Get corporate money out of government and you'd be shocked how much good they can do.

Thank Oba- wait, that was Nixon.

Own the hybrid, love it.

Have you drove it through sand? I was wondering how well it be for the beach.

@@Aric-- nah. Mines a pavement queen. That said, the FX4 package has a specific drive mode setting for sand and another for mud/ruts. Alternatively, the tremor package gets some nice off road goodies

I have a '23 XLT hybrid. Here's the crazy thing: it's only 3 inches longer than my Honda Accord. I can't believe Chevrolet isn't making a competitor to the Maverick.

@@Aric-- It would probably do better than a lot of larger, heavier trucks which would just sink into the sand. The maverick is light, it weighs less than a mustang. So it would glide across something like sand easier. But I still wouldn't recommend it.

A tale as old as time, a problem exists government regulates a solution, solution makes the problem worse and introduces new ones

I think the moral is more “heavily restrict and regulate bribery/lobbying”

They made a deal with the manufacturers

You know before the EPA we had rivers so polluted they were catching on fire right?