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A truck can be useful. The survey demonstrates that they aren’t used for their utility that often or at all. The vast majority of truck owners may never need a truck or is just using it for commuting. This goes to the argument of the feasibility that EVs will replace utility vehicles like trucks that tow. Apparently, this just might not be a problem. Perhaps people will just rent that Ford F250 King Ranch edition when they need to haul once a year, and then they drive an EV the rest of the year.
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i was fully on board for the hyundai santa cruz. and then they took a 4-door suv, hacked off the roof, and called it macaroni...
i do keep looking at kei trucks though... major detractors there is RHD, and paying $15-30k for a 25+y/o vehicle, of which all parts need to be special ordered from another country, if they're even available at all anymore because it's 25 years old...
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I think you reasoning definitely applies to most metro or suburban areas, but there's a still a lot of rural areas where a truck/SUV or even good ground clearance AWD CUV is more of a need than a luxury. |
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I can't drive to the post office and back without seeing 15 trucks with equipment in the bed or pulling a trailer behind it. Granted this is a pretty rural area but even when I'm around one of the larger metros seeing trucks being used as trucks is a very common occurrence. |
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"Most" drive their sporty cars as if they were a base sedan. It is guys that hang out on forums that use the handling and performance not the majority of the owners. Most high HP luxury car users never use that HP. I offended some people with that comment just last week. Most pickup drivers never pickup anything. A few weeks ago I posted a picture of 18 trucks in my work lot. A grand total of 3 of those trucks have ever had anything beyond cases of beer in the box. Most minivan drivers travel by themselves and it is rare when there are 7 passengers. Most Jeep drivers will never ever ever leave the road with their big tires and rock climbing skid plates. Most Muscle cars drivers will never hit a dragstrip. Most Harley riders will never deal in meth or manage strippers. All in all the only vehicles where most drivers use it as designed are your cheap ass econobox appliance cars that were intended to get one or two people from point A to point B as easily and cheaply as possible. Every other specialized vehicle will either be used as designed by a small minority or never see it's "intended" purpose. Remember that 95% of the driving population just don't like driving even though they may have a preference in a certain type of vehicle. We are the weirdos not them!
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80% of the owners of the trucks in the parking lot here would tell you the same thing, their truck is their hobby or it enables their hobby. Like others have said, it's a little geographically, or demographically, dependent.
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The people that drive their trucks all the time are the ones we see in the parking lot here. Of those very, very few ever haul anything. Here is a great sample from a few minutes ago. This is almost half a million dollars in top trim pickups all in a row. I asked each of the owners what they have hauled and every one of them has never had anything in the box that could not have gone in the trunk of my 86. In each case the truck itself is their hobby and three out of the four are modified as much as most cars on this forum.
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Speaking of trucks, on the Toyota live event today they said that 77% of their overall saies are trucks and SUVs. That is much higher than I expected from a company that still sells "low roof" models which is the new way of saying coupes and sedans.
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That figure knocks the crap out of so many people's theory that the only reason that people buy trucks and SUVs is because that is all that the companies offer. When toyota buyers have such a huge choice and the percentage is still that high it clearly shows who is picking what sells.
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If the survey reveals that towing isn’t important, but size is important for looks or road presence then trucks could get bigger without gaining towing capacity, for example. Engines could be smaller and the bodies could stay lighter, being just bigger shells. This would be good to know.
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A truck feels like a SUV. The bed provides no visceral change in the experience. The four wheel drive provides no change in the experience. The towing ability provides no change in the experience. The only variables that are immediately obvious in a 2500 truck is its mass and dimensions and the large turbo diesel engine, which sounds different than a large V8 or V6 in smaller models. Almost no one buys a minivan for themselves like people do SUVs/CUVs. If they do then they either got a hell of a deal they couldn’t pass up from someone they know, or they are in a rock band and need an easy loader. Most minivan sales go to families and as taxis/airport shuttles. These are families of young children looking for an easy loader for child seats and for easy entry for children, that is also easy to clean and easy to maneuver inside. They often feature in-vehicle vacuums and entertainment like rear seat displays and connectivity.
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Then again, sometimes I just don't get people...
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