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Yeah, all of us that find F-150 sized trucks, with their minivan sized cabins and useless 4 foot beds, utterly useless and repugnant. There's still scadd of little trucks from the 80s and 90s on the road. The only vehicle I have ever missed is my old Mazda B2200. I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat.
Again, you people have such a weird definition of perfection. "It aligns with my niche tastes. Perfection."
This thing is worthless to a huge part of the population.
Modern American pickup trucks are a sad, obese ghost of the utilitarian vehicle they once were. Gone are the beds you could haul a couple sheets of plywood in. You can't even get an adult sized 4 wheeler in one. They don't fit in a parking spot. Every new pickup puts its headlights straight in the back window of every regular passenger car. Their bumper is face hight to any child under 14. New trucks are a fucking blight. Fuel economy is non-existent. Diesel versions are even worse. Puking smoke and unburnt fuel in everyone's faces because the garbage that buys them immediately disable any emissions control measures. 90 percent of people don't need a pickup. They aren't pulling trailers or carrying anything bigger than a bag of dog food. The only thing they are hauling is their fragile fucking ego.
I remember saying that exact same thing about SUVs in the 80s. Nothing changes. Not with the American car industry anyway. Printing money hand-over-fist for most of the 20th century to be so miserably managed as to go bankrupt and "have to" be bailed out by taxpayers. Largely responsible for destruction of the planet, the poor public transport options, preventing EVs for decades, and offering nothing new but bigger more expensive pollution.