And this is why there is more to vehicle safety ratings in Europe and Australia (ratings systems are aligned) these days than simply bashing a car into a stationary object...

As a former owner of a budget Nissan of this vintage...grounding is the key to so many of the niggles you have. It took me forever to sort...

Move to Australia?

It still happens...

Service bodies are a thing here too...a very common thing. And still more useful than a pickup body.

Meanwhile, in Australia....

Tell the the payload, son!

Is this a rhetorical question?

And I would say that the rated payloads of pretty much all the US pickups are underwhelming for such typically vast vehicles. It’s like they were only ever designed to carry a case of beer.

That’s what they are and they ride just fine, even unladen...most of them anyway. Have done for years. You just don’t know what your missing!

The three of us (2 adults 1 child) add up to roughly 450 lbs at the moment

980 kilograms or better. Let’s say upwards from 2000 lbs. Which is the industry standard in midsize dual cab pickups in Oz.

Can anyone explain to me why it doesn’t have a dual sliding doors?

Sorry sonny but those figures are laughable. 6500 lbs is almost 3000 kgs which is at the low end in the mid size market these days (but a pass I suppose) and 1400 lbs is just 635 kgs. That’s fucking stupid.

Yes but since I’m in a market where the choice of mid size pickups is vast and Colorado is but one of them then...no.

Mate, if Toyota wanted to kick the Scrambler’s arse then all they’d need is this:

The biggest issue with the Scrambler is that it is a pickup on a Wrangler frame and suspension which means that it won’t have much of a payload capacity, it won’t have a decent tow capacity and it will be comparatively expensive.

An Australian Record Industry Award (ARIA) trophy.

Snow? In winter? Why would you do that?

If we get a Holden Tourer then I’m putting Citroen badging on it...