Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
No place to load up the profit in a little house. Its like a vehicle, nobody buys a smaller truck because they can't make it cheaper enough to make any sense.
I have long regretted the way the Japanese pickups of the 1970s were replaced by the larger S10/Rangers of the 1980s, then the Dakota was advertised as bigger/more capable than the S10 and Ranger, so the Colorado and Ranger got bigger...
My dad's last new pickup, a "compact" 2002 Dakota, is larger/heavier than his first new pickup, a full sized 1973 F100, but the F100 had a bigger cargo bed. F100 got 12mpg, Dakota gets 15. I bet the F100 would get at least 15 if you stuck the Dakota's sophisticated overdrive transmission and locking torque converter in it. (in the Dakota's defense, it's 4wd and its 4.7L V8 makes a lot more power than the F100's 360 V8 did)
I wonder if you could make a LUV/Courier type mini that affordably meets today's safety standards.
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