Comment by 7thaccount
2 days ago
Yes. I want this truck...but with a 4 cylinder ice engine. Nothing fancy. No needed stereo or seat warmers or complicated anything. I want a small, simple, and affordable truck with good reliability. Before anyone asks, I can't drive the tiny Japanese trucks in my state. They are cool, but look too small when people are driving what are essentially container ships with wheels these days.
Any company that made that would be penalized by CAFE: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43795946
Kind of sounds like the Toyota IMV, but we'll probably never see that truck ever in the US, unfortunately.
The base model Ford Maverick XL exists and is the truck that 95% of most people need.
No thanks. More expensive with garbage infotainment system that violates the user's privacy. Also I'd bet the engine won't hold up well in the long term
FWIW, the Maverick works pretty much as expected if you pull the wires for the telematics control unit. (i.e. the infotainment system works minus the connectivity.)
As far as the engine, I’d bet on the hybrid engine holding up better than the ecoboost long-term.