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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    I was wondering why I couldn't find a small truck when last I bought one. I got a Toyota Tacoma, but it is "huge" compared to what I was looking for, and compared to the small Toyota I had in the '80s.

    Subarus also seem excessively huge - when we got my now-ex-wife an Outback, we were looking for something to replace our expired Volvo wagon, and remembered Outbacks as being station wagons. Imagine our surprise on the lot to find they had ballooned into large-ish SUVs.

    I'm currently on a quest to get a decent, old, diesel, Toyota HiLux - there are a few importers of such treasures now. I almost pulled the trigger on a lovely Ford Model A pickup last year, but it was way too nice for how I'd use it, and I would have felt bad.
    I've been shopping the Ford Maverick truck as a replacement for my Tacoma. Comes with a hybrid engine, relatively cheap, good reviews by Car and Driver and Consumer Reports. Rumor is that Toyota will be coming out with a smaller pickup to compete, possibly hybrid or EV this year. A bit smaller than the Tacoma and probably more zippy than my four cyl. manual. I do miss the older small Toyota pickups. Possibly my favorite car ever aside from the '57 Studebaker of my youth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    I've been shopping the Ford Maverick truck as a replacement for my Tacoma. Comes with a hybrid engine, relatively cheap, good reviews by Car and Driver and Consumer Reports. Rumor is that Toyota will be coming out with a smaller pickup to compete, possibly hybrid or EV this year. A bit smaller than the Tacoma and probably more zippy than my four cyl. manual. I do miss the older small Toyota pickups. Possibly my favorite car ever aside from the '57 Studebaker of my youth.
    In our history of small trucks, we started with an old beat up Toyota, then got a Nisson truck, then our current Ford Ranger. That is our 35 years of small trucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
    In our history of small trucks, we started with an old beat up Toyota, then got a Nisson truck, then our current Ford Ranger. That is our 35 years of small trucks.
    Before my Tacoma I've had two small Toyotas and a small Nissan. The Nissan was a dog. Seems like I have gone ten or so years per car and that's about when little things start to happen, but I'm sure the next owner got many more decent years out of them.
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    I do like the Tacomas. DH has a Chevy Avalanche which, according to LBB, isn't a real truck, but it's a great vehicle for small loads, and the back seat is important to us.
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    Unfortunately, my husband went out in a flood and his Yukon got swept away and totalled. I wish he had bought another one but he went for a Ranger instead.

    It does not meet our needs as well as the Yukon did.

    I used to drive one of the small Rangers and it was great.

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    When we were looking to rplace the 2000 GMC Sonoma in 23 it was impossible to find a smaller truck with the same "posh" interior. The Ranger was too basic. We went with a Honda Ridgeline that is very comfortable and very pleasant but was very expensive and HUGE for us. We still have the 2007 Ford Focus Wagon- it was the last year they made them. It's still running fine, fits in the garage and does nearly all we need.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rogar View Post
    I've been shopping the Ford Maverick truck as a replacement for my Tacoma. Comes with a hybrid engine, relatively cheap, good reviews by Car and Driver and Consumer Reports. Rumor is that Toyota will be coming out with a smaller pickup to compete, possibly hybrid or EV this year. A bit smaller than the Tacoma and probably more zippy than my four cyl. manual. I do miss the older small Toyota pickups. Possibly my favorite car ever aside from the '57 Studebaker of my youth.

    The Toyota version is based on an existing hybrid (believe the RAV). So it shouldn't have as many teething problems as the Mavericks did.

    That said I know several people with Mavericks and some are company trucks. I've heard said by all I have questioned, they would buy one in a second for a personal vehicle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ToomuchStuff View Post
    The Toyota version is based on an existing hybrid (believe the RAV). So it shouldn't have as many teething problems as the Mavericks did.

    That said I know several people with Mavericks and some are company trucks. I've heard said by all I have questioned, they would buy one in a second for a personal vehicle.

    That's good to know. Thanks. Close as I've found there's no official firm date form Toyota on their new truck offering, just speculation. I'm thinking there will be a waiting list at first.
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