Re: [AMC-list] almost OT: small trucks

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ford Ranger, Dodge Dakota, and such don't make the cut then? I'm not familiar
with pickups other than Jeeps. : )

Ken


Quoting tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>:

> 
> When I was a kid, pickup trucks were stripped down work vehicles, usually a
> lot cheaper than cars. Usually sixes with manual transmissions. They soon
> turned into bloated luxo-bombers assumed to hav the largest engine possible.
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/28/automobiles/28MAHIND.html?hpw
> 
> Mahindra, an Indian co. around for a long time, will intro a small, 30 mpg,
> stripped down pickup truck in the US.
> 
> ?Ford, G.M. and Dodge have had a lot of years to build this kind of truck,
> and they haven?t done it,? Casey McGraw, vice president for sales at Global
> Vehicles, said of the diesel-powered pickup. ?And we know that the price
> point has to make up for lack of name recognition.?
> 
> (Weak) AMC tie-in: Mahindra was formed in the 40's to assemble Willys Jeeps.
> 
> I've always been surprised that you can't buy an american made smallish
> stripped down pickup truck.
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