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Summerwolf · 11-21-2020, 12:23 PM

Those new rangers are garbage btw. I have two kids in carseats. I was almost excited about a smaller four cylinder turbo truck seeing as I used to drive 120 miles a day. Went and checked one out... you can't fit a car seat in the back. The back seats on a crew cab ranger was barely bigger than the brz. Interior felt cramped AF and they have a giant price tag. Wound up buying a sierra all terrain crew cab for less. Like a top tier full size truck for less. Wtf.

Dadhawk · 11-21-2020, 01:10 PM

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I'll take an HSV Maloo, please.

Exactly what I had in mind.

Dadhawk · 11-21-2020, 01:12 PM

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Hyundai might be your ticket with the Santa Cruz

Didn't even know that was a (coming) thing. Looks promising.

FR-S2GT86 · 11-21-2020, 01:45 PM

Let Mazda build the Ford Courier for them again.

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soundman98 · 11-21-2020, 02:40 PM

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The boxes are getting shorter because the cabs are getting bigger. The bulk of pickups are now driven as the family car with the seating to suit. Many don't care how big the box is because they will never ever fill it if they even use it at all.
If I am in the market for a pickup I wouldn't mind a small two door cab with some old school jump seats behind them but those probably are not even legal anymore.

What I would really want is this but I know that will never be seen again

yeah, 2011 rangers would be the last that had that configuration, AFAIK.

the newest tacoma access cabs have a more standard layout. all the press photos show the rear seats with the front seats slid and tilted forward. likely because if they admitted to how much space is there, they'd be useless.

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Hyundai might be your ticket with the Santa Cruz

i followed santa cruz development for the first 3 years. not likely. last i've heard, it will be based on a comfort-focused suv chassis, with heavy parts interchangeability with the santa fe. they did have the idea on the concept for a bed extension for larger loads, but i haven't heard or kept up with whether it will be making it to the production model. it's really only going to have a 4-5' bed max though. it's in direct competition with the ridgeline only, not the typical truck market.

Sasquachulator · 11-21-2020, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by FR-S2GT86

Let Mazda build the Ford Courier for them again.

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Ford Courier, built by Mazda, Badged as Subaru?

Stonehorsw · 11-21-2020, 08:33 PM

https://www.thedrive.com/news/36976/...riginal-dakota

Tcoat · 11-22-2020, 11:09 AM

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Ford Courier, built by Mazda, Badged as Subaru?

I would be fine with that.

Or even better bring this back and keep it that size. Even give me the two more seats I want without adding cab length. (impossible I know but hey...)

Tcoat · 11-22-2020, 11:32 AM

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https://www.thedrive.com/news/36976/...riginal-dakota

This would be fine.

LimitedSlip · 11-22-2020, 12:16 PM

The rear facing seats in the BRAT were designed to circumvent the "Chicken Tax", a stupid idea dating back to the Cold War that still screws up the importation of trucks into the U.S. today.

Stonehorsw · 11-22-2020, 12:36 PM

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This would be fine.

I think that those BIW type trucks meets most of the requirements (not the wishes). It is based on the Fiat 500x platform (same as Renegade), which is fine for the application.

This is my engineer side, but if i would buy one, I would fall to the wishes and go with a BOF truck like a Silverado or a SUV like Nissan Armada.

Tcoat · 11-22-2020, 12:47 PM

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I think that those BIW type trucks meets most of the requirements (not the wishes). It is based on the Fiat 500x platform (same as Renegade), which is fine for the application.

This is my engineer side, but if i would buy one, I would fall to the wishes and go with a BOF truck like a Silverado or a SUV like Nissan Armada.

I would not be using such as a truck much anyway so BOF doesn't matter. I just want tiny. Am afraid that I am all talk on this anyway since the can not make one small enough now that I would probably actually buy.

Dadhawk · 11-22-2020, 02:11 PM

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This would be fine.

I'd buy that, right now.

soundman98 · 11-22-2020, 08:31 PM

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https://www.thedrive.com/news/36976/...riginal-dakota

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This would be fine.

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I'd buy that, right now.

they've added significantly since the last time i've visited. last time was just the golf and charger versions.

https://www.smythkitcars.com/

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