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

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" From: 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.

back when they -were- trucks, they needed big engines to haul loads
and trailers.  and being cheap to build they have huge profit margins.

" Mahindra, an Indian co. around for a long time, will intro a small, 30 mpg,
" stripped down pickup truck in the US.
" 
" []
" 
" (Weak) AMC tie-in: Mahindra was formed in the 40's to assemble Willys Jeeps.

follow-on: they have a permanent license to make cj3s and any
derivative they care to, and afaik they still do.

" I've always been surprised that you can't buy an american made smallish
" stripped down pickup truck.

corp marketeers find it too attractive to pile the gingerbread on.
profit margin on 'options' is very high, something like 100%.
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