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How Toyota Was Able to Make Its $13,000 Future Pickup So Affordable
www.msn.com ^ | 12-20 | Mike Austin

Posted on 12/20/2023 10:39:40 PM PST by dennisw

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To: dennisw

I would love one of these as long as it comes with a 5 or 6 speed manual transmission.


41 posted on 12/21/2023 7:36:53 AM PST by CapnJack ( )
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To: 1974 MG Midget

So true.
The USA is every bit as fascist as Nazi Germany and Mussolini’s Italy.
Government control of what is built/made and how it is built/made. spit


42 posted on 12/21/2023 8:14:30 AM PST by Honest Nigerian
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To: dennisw

This represents the antithesis of the all electronic vehicles being foisted on the public by US automakers and the government. This trend has spawned pseudo pickups like the Tesla Truck and Ford F-150 Lightening that are worthless for any practical use and have price tags in the range of $80k+. Toyota has developed the truck that meets basic needs, is completely customizable for the consumers needs and above all is affordable, a concept much like Henry Ford’s Model T.


43 posted on 12/21/2023 8:23:36 AM PST by The Great RJ ( )
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It is a Ute. Probably never see one for sale here.

I am dumbfounded at what comes on new vehicles these days. Far, far, far too many bits of jingle, jangle and junk. Somehow, in the last 60 years I have managed to drive anywhere I want to go, and that includes places world wide, without benefit of a navigation system let alone an entertainment system or 360 degree camera, radar, lane keeping and so forth. No wonder vehicles are unreliable. People have been sold a big bill of goods and lapped it up. It has come at a horribly high price.

44 posted on 12/21/2023 9:01:38 AM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: dennisw

If they’re going to sell it in Central America, buy it down there and drive it to the USA.


45 posted on 12/21/2023 10:25:27 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: dennisw

It does not say if it is right or left side drive. Thailand like Japan is a right side drive country.

Some of the neighboring countries do not allow importation of right side drive vehicles. The manual transmission would not be a problem as the country boys in Thailand learn that kind of stuff.


46 posted on 12/21/2023 10:34:40 AM PST by Steven Scharf
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Its a joke but has some reality to it.


47 posted on 12/21/2023 11:06:39 AM PST by dennisw (Be positive. Every day is another day.)
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