Most any Ford.

The biggest turn-off on the Ford trucks, for me, is that the interior looks like it was put together with Lego blocks.  This Frontier is getting dangerously close to that....

But if we all drove EVs instead of ICEVs, we wouldn’t get to waste time arguing about the best oil, the best gas grades, transmissions, transaxles, rear diffs, best gear to be in, best gas-saving doodads, best oil filter, best intake air filter, best exhaust, best spark plugs, best cylinder deactivation defeat…

The wheels look like they came off my '78 Mercury Zephyr, and then plasti-dipped in black.

Ford got what it wanted. In most people’s minds, it is still a truck you can get for $20k, even though they will pay over $30k for it. Some fools will even pay $40k for one.

I will believe it when i see it, as pertaining to duty-free pickup trucks from Korea. I can see sedans and SUVs not being an issue, but i bet the Big3 will squeal like pigs under a gate if any pickups get shipped in from overseas.

Yeah, i was thinking late-80s F150....

I’m all for saving the environment, but if you push too hard too fast, there’s going to be a commensurate amount of pushback, which leads to all kinds of fake news. Just look at all the idiots who believe the government will take away their ICE by 2035, and that climate change is a conspiracy.

I hope they can fix that front end.... it looks like it ran into a wall already.

Next year, there will be a ban on all EV sales except for EVs made in Texas.

“ the smallest truck money can buy,”

My impression of Toyota trucks is that each new generstion has taken one step forward and two steps back. IOW, they seem to get worse with each generation. I would much rather have Marty McFly’s Toyota truck than a new gen4 Tacoma.

It seems to me that these would be popping up in things like R/C aircraft (and drones), EDC flashlights, power tools and phone charger packs, where battery weight can be even more crucial. Since we are talking huge numbers of units here with smaller and cheaper gadgets, price can come down quicker and R&D improve much…

It is quite sad that the accelerated ruination of earth will be due to idiotic politics.

Does this mean they will get rid of oil and gas subsidies?  Somehow, i don't think so.

Mazda 3.

I agree that luxobarges from the 70s were the most cushy. They were huge, weighed a lot, had large bias-ply tires on small steel wheels, and super-soft seats. They also handled like crap.

Back in the 1990s, there were a series of papers published around improving aerodynamics and hydrodynamics using roughened surfaces, such as the sharkskin suits used by olympic swimmers.

Dodge actually did this to the vinyl top of one of their NASCAR race cars back in the late 60s when NASCAR was actually real, productive and fun. The dimpled top actually seemed to help things, but the vinyl started separating from the roof after so many miles of 180mph+ speeds.

GM has been missing the boat on several things lately. Where’s their Maverick competitor? Where’s their Bronco competitor?