Why can't auto manufactuers do this?
Why can't the auto manufacturers come up with a truck-like vehicle that gets 30MPG and has decent performance? Work rented me a Toyota Camry for a road trip last week, and I got 36.6MPG, hand calcu...
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Hank857 wrote:
he other thing is who would buy one just because it looked like a truck? Even the honda is a dud in sales for whatever reasons, the el caminos and rancheros were the last attempt to get car/truck sales together and they to died after about 10 years. I had a ranchero, great car/truck, but not really a load carrier. did work for small things/lumber but not large items like a pickup could carry.
Then again a Pickup is not a Sportscar and a Sports Ute, can carry almost as much as a F150(1600lbs?) but have the performance to match an Aston Martin DBR9 around the Top Gear(UK) test track. Sales of Utes are hampered by Cheap Asian Pickups and Australians buying more SUV's/CUV's instead of larger passenger sedans.
http://topgearspecials.com/holden-maloo-top-gear-episode/
