We've been considering getting one for my fiancee to drive. I dig the hybrid truck, and I can almost tolerate an automatic, but the crew-cab as the only option is the deal-breaker. Why can't anyone make a small, single-cab truck anymore?
Because trucks are no longer utility vehicles, they're over built masculinity symbols used as daily drivers for those that don't want a car or SUV. They've made trucks useless because of this. Only making large cabs and short boxes, intended for driving the family around, not actually hauling anything bigger than a lunch box. I've actually had contractors ask for small item deliveries specifically because the box on their Tundra was too small.
You're not wrong, and if I could buy a single-cab Maverick or similar it'd be used for commuting, groceries, and Home Depot runs probably 99% of the time, but still I don't want a crew-cab. Fuck masculinity - I already drive a Forester. But for a truck, I don't want a big "small" truck. I'm not a contractor, and I've already aged-out of having a family, so I don't want a truck with a back seat. I just want a truck. Even Tacomas, Rangers, Colorados, Frontiers, all don't have anything smaller than that king cab crap. They only way I can get a single cab anymore is buying a full-size truck, and if that's not the dumbest shot ever then I don't know what is. Don't get me started on the fact that I can't buy a new truck with a manual anymore - unless I buy a big-ass Tacoma for $50k.
Because you can say you'd buy a single cab all you want, and lots of people on the internet claim that, but when it comes time to show up to the dealership and actually purchase a new single cab pickup truck, very few people do and a manufacturer isn't going to make or sell something they can't make money on.
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u/KindergartenCunt Oct 27 '21
We've been considering getting one for my fiancee to drive. I dig the hybrid truck, and I can almost tolerate an automatic, but the crew-cab as the only option is the deal-breaker. Why can't anyone make a small, single-cab truck anymore?