Playmobil is going all-in with a new Star Trek line.

I’m waiting for the Changli version.

Done with MS Paint, so not perfect in terms of accuracy, but at least tried to scale it 1PX:1MM. As a bunch have mentioned, the rise of the crew cab (even the extended cab) has contributed a bunch to length, and the shift from 2WD to 4WD as the predominant spec has pushed them all taller. Other than that, belt lines…

That’s why trucks are so popular. Toyota's even has a full roll down rear window to access the giant trash receptacle. 

A waterproof inside with a decent floor drain... solved. 

Ah, the Astrodome plan. 

Modern minivans have tiptoed in the direction of onboard cleanliness by offering onboard vacuum systems.  It’s too bad they are usually limited to the higher, most expensive trim levels.

Hey, I sold it to her, and I talked with her this morning - I just want to say, I legit had no idea. This was my grocery getter and city escape vehicle, and the steering was vague as hell but I chalked that up to GMT2500 handling, or lack thereof. I never wrenched on this except an alternator, because I honestly had…

PHENOMENAL GRILLE POWER!

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The new tundra definitely exudes big dick energy.

Toyota says Oh, hell no! to Chevy having the ugliest truck in the world honors and declares war!

Okay, let’s just put this on par with other convertibles that are in the same shouting distance: You could get into a high-ish mileage S2000. There are some good Boxsters in this territory. A near-new Miata would be on the table here. You could do a C5 Corvette without a top, if you’re into that sort of thing. (Or, if…

I think the Maverick’s biggest competitors will be the Cruze, Corolla and Civic base models. Cheap transportation for 20-somethings on a budget, to run around town. I don’t really see it competing with other pickup trucks, except.maybe for fleet service.

This looks so much like a RAV4 that I was wondering if the wrong images were posted with the article.

I always considered buying one of these...Risky Business.

*ctrl+f, search for “holy grail”. 0/0*

Screw it, I’ll off-road the crap out of it and report back.

I totally disagree on this. Chip foundries are not iphone assembly plants. They cost $$Billions to build, and require skilled (relatively high wage) workers to maintain. US companies didn’t off-shore their chip foundries, they stopped investing in them because they didn’t want to pay the capex ($B’s) to build new ones.

Yes, they can build and stockpile a few million chips for emergency use, such as current conditions.

But that’s not exactly true. NXP, Samsung, and Infineon all have high volume fabs in Texas; and have yet to show signs of moving their production. Which, of course, is one of the problems in the semiconductor supply chain - all those plants are just now recovering from the Texas blackout.