Who wants a $25,000 compact truck that gets 30+ MPG?

LiveLife

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Me. 😄

Fresh out of college in 1989, I bought a new Nissan Hardbody and LOVED the truck that was reliable, peppy and got very decent mileage before getting married with fullsize 4x4 3/4 ton Chevy truck and Suburban for towing trailers with quads for family.

Now retired after several trucks/Suburbans, I long for compact 4x4 truck to use for driving to BLM shooting spots and hauling things around town/grocery shopping.

Ford Maverick has been popular with models available below $25,000 - https://www.cars.com/shopping/resul...rick&sort=list_price&stock_type=new&zip=95538

Here's Car & Driver review - https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/maverick-2023

And now Toyota is challenging Ford Maverick with Stout compack truck with MSRP around $23,000 followed by compact truck challenges from other manufacturers.

This is good news for me.

 
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theotherwaldo

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Sounds pretty good.
I've got an '02 Chevy Tracker for the off-road stuff and an 04 Trailblazer for everything else.
Then again, I don't buy new stuff... .
 
LiveLife

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This Youtuber operates a small used car lot and I have followed his operation over the years. From his perspective, car market has totally turned around and is now dead ... No one is buying and afraid to buy. He has to liquidate NOW or face taking greater loss over time.

"Car dealerships are in trouble ... Car dealerships are going to die"

 
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theotherwaldo

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My policy of paying almost everything off every month, carefully considering the relative value of all major purchases and avoiding purchasing expensive new items wherever feasible means that I have access to more cash than I've ever had in my life, as well as more credit than I'm ever likely to need... .
 
LiveLife

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theotherwaldo said:
My policy of paying almost everything off every month, carefully considering the relative value of all major purchases and avoiding purchasing expensive new items wherever feasible means that I have access to more cash than I've ever had in my life, as well as more credit than I'm ever likely to need... .
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Smart man. (y)
 
LiveLife

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LiveLife said:
Toyota is challenging Ford Maverick with Stout compact truck with MSRP around $23,000
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Toyota looks to be continuing work on the Stout compact truck - https://www.motorbiscuit.com/toyota-studying-ford-maverick-santa-cruz/
  • Rumors suggest Stout ... starting price of around $23,000 but could share a hybrid and PHEV powertrain with the RAV4
  • Stout will ride on the TNGA platform used by RAV4 and Corolla
  • Stout to tow up to 5,000 lbs which matches Santa Cruz/Honda Ridgeline tow rating (Maverick can tow 4,000 lbs)
  • Toyota was caught in Michagin studying Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz which could ensure Stout pickup truck is built better than competitors

LiveLife said:
where's the $15,000 truck GM's CEO promised?
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It's canceled.

After losing their shirt/pants/underwear/shoes AND socks on high end EV trucks that everyone is running away from (Ford lost $4.7 billion on its all-electric Model e business unit in 2023), GM canceled their sub $25,000 pickup - https://www.autoweek.com/news/a46869879/gm-chevy-silverado-gmc-sierra-phevs-coming-to-market/

AutoWeek - "GM also has canceled plans for a Ford Maverick-size EV pickup, and a Nissan EV pickup sized below the Frontier has been put on ice ..."​
 
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