• TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    the Ford Maverick has been on the market for 5 years now.

    The F150 sold 150K units, the F-series sold 830K units, last year.

    Folks overwhelmingly choose larger cars even when smaller options are available.

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      2 hours ago

      A front wheel drive unibody “truck” is a slap in the face to the small trucks of old. A dent in the bed and you either total it or replace a rear tire ever 6 months do to unfixable alignment issues.

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        2 hours ago

        right, so you buy a f150 instead and bitch there are no small trucks.

        lose lose

        you can go buy a used small body on frame truck. just expect to pay 30-40K for one, because they are highly desirable.

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          2 hours ago

          You’re right it’s a lose lose. Personally I’m in the camp of not wasting money on a poorly thought out truck (maverick) and just go rent one for the 1 time in 5 years I’ll need a bed. I had a big truck that was just enough to tow my RV (lived full time to save money for a home) and now that I don’t live in an RV full time that bitch was sold. Hello New world of tiny EV. :)

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      3 hours ago

      Whether rightly or wrongly, without a body on frame construction they were never really trying to sell that to traditional truck consumers.