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They don’t seem that long to me, but I assumed Slate would want to use the same front doors on a 4 door to cut costs. That’s what the Jeep JK/JL/JT does, but the 6G Bronco has longer doors for the 2 door. I think the current Suzuki Jimny also has different doors for 2/4 door front doors. Makes...

haha. I actually think there's plenty of room for rear doors on the current wheelbase but based on the images of the naked "Skateboard" they didn't future proof for that addition later for some reason.

I’ve done a couple renders myself on different wheelbases including the current 2 door wheelbase.

I'm not sure exactly what you are saying about length, but if you keep the 5 foot bed from the current slate AND add rear doors you actually end up with something even longer then my previous green render. My render below is what a quad cab slate WITH a 5 foot bed would look like.

Hopefully theft is something they are already thinking about. :oops:

Yes that makes sense to me. Perhaps a long enough body to accommodate an optional inclosed 3rd row that can be converted back into a smaller pickup truck with a mid gate to allow for longer items without making the overall length too long?

Look again. I had to put them in the corner of the rear window to avoid fender intrusion.

The 5-door Slate: dead on arrival.

This in-depth look at the "Slate Board" puts the nail in the coffin regarding my earlier curiosity about adding rear doors : https://www.slateforums.com/forum/threads/rear-doors-is-slate-architecture-flexible-enough-to-add-them.12660/

I still surprised they didn't future-proof the body similar to the 4 door Wrangler or Bronco, because both of those can somewhat easily convert into a single cab pickup trucks (especially if they had removable rear roll cage like the Slate). I'm assuming it's because they wanted to make sure...

Wow this article is actually very informative and included a lot of information that I did not know yet, including how the "Slateboard" is designed. Yeah seeing the naked body/frame definitely reveals how rear doors would never work.

Is it too soon to question how long Slate can ignore the needs of those who may need some rear doors to load children, elderly passengers (or pick up some gig work driving Uber)? Don't get me wrong, I'm just as nostalgic as everyone else here about the "good ole days" of single cab pickups and...