The shooter would just have to concentrate on aiming and not driving the vehicle.

The powers that be will enjoy the control, but not the loss of speeding ticket revenue.

So how did Chevy engineer the Spark to meet US emissions and safety standard while still being able to sell it in the US starting at around $12k? I doubt those modifications would add that much to the price and cut the mileage by a third.

Another problem would be the US manufacturers would market them to the current batch of truck buyers, not the people who would actually be interested in driving something that’s not so frickin huge.

1. What would you consider “really heavy”

The Chevy Montana/Tornado has a 1600 lb cargo capacity and gets about 35mpg. They starting price in México is about $12k USD.

Delivery companies would like to have them though. It sucked when Ford canceled the Ranger for many fleet buyers who used them for delivery vehicles.

I would love to have one of those. Unfortunately, my girlfriend hates them and thinks I need a Silverado instead. :/

If I wanted a car that could haul 1600 pounds, I’d get a Chevy Tornado. It would get around 35mpg as well

Is 35-36 mpg not good enough? Small pickups are for sale in other countries that would meet the requirements but aren’t for sale in the US because of the Chicken Tax. The manufacturers don’t want it repealed because it allows them to keep the fat margins on pickups.

LOL...my uncle went to high school with the owner of that body shop.

The way that it is going, the Wrangler looks like it is evolving into the old Cherokee XJ. :)

And not someone with a fake tan.

Compare the current Colorado to the old Chevrolet C/K series pickups and you can see why calling these things “mid size” pickups is ridiculous

VW could build it in Chattanooga or Puebla to get around that.

Don’t forget about the Ranchero, Comanche, Nissan Hardbody, and the oh so creatively named Toyota Pickup. 😄

With that logic, one would think that no manufacturer would ever sell econoboxes or small cargo vans in the US. But they do. They make and sell small fuel efficient pickups all over the world except for the US due to the stupid Chicken Tax. That bit of 1960's era protectionism keeps small trucks out of the US and…

If a Chevy Spark or Sonic can pass the US Govt’s crash tests, these could be made to pass as well (if they don’t already).

Yes, choices between big and huge. The current Tacoma & Colorado/Canyon are close to the same size of a full-size truck from 20-30 years ago. The 1st gen Tacoma was a decent mid-size truck that was significantly smaller than a full sized counterpart.