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.