If they would make a new 50-60% bed, barebones, 4 cylinder, manual transmission compact pickup I would buy it today. The only luxuries I expect are abs, power brakes, power steering, airbags, and an air conditioner. I've heard a lot of nonsense about cafe standards and cost/profit per unit but I still cant believe its not profitable to make this little truck.

[–] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago

They could never sell a K truck at as high a margin as s suburban commuter truck.

So every dollar they spend making x profit on k trucke is not a dollar they are spending time make X+ dollars. As such the line risks not going up as much. Avoiding that risk is worth more than money to a business

[–] dryfter@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Bring back the old Chevy S-10's and Ford Rangers from the 90's/early 2000's! They handled like shit in the snow even with a bed full of sandbags but they were fun as hell to drive.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 0 points 1 week ago

I've heard a lot of nonsense about cafe standards and cost/profit per unit but I still cant believe its not profitable to make this little truck.

It most likely isn't legal due to safety standards as they relate to inhabitants of cars. Minimum windows heights, minimum crumple zones, a shitload of airbags every which direction, at this point probably a whole lot of sensors you wouldn't really need for that kind of car, list goes on.