AZFox
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It seems like a lot of people are expecting the Slate to be more truck-like than it will actually be.
The Slate is car with a pickup bed. There's a name those: "Coupe Utility Vehicle" or CUV.
Other CUV examples would be a Chevy El Camino, a Ford Ranchero, a Subaru Brat, and a Volkswagen Pickup.
They're all cars with beds, not trucks, and they all provide abundant stuff-hauling capability.
I won't go as far as to say a Slate pickup is a TINO (Truck In Name Only). I'm just noticing that the Slate Truck is a Slate Compact Car With a Bed.
It's a pickup, but not quite a pickup ''truck'', at least for some intents and purposes -- for example, towing. The Slate's has the towing capacity of a subcompact car.
This is an observation, not criticism.
The Slate is car with a pickup bed. There's a name those: "Coupe Utility Vehicle" or CUV.
A '''coupé utility''' is a vehicle with a passenger compartment at the front and an integrated cargo at the rear, with the front of the cargo bed doubling as the rear of the passenger compartment. -- source
Other CUV examples would be a Chevy El Camino, a Ford Ranchero, a Subaru Brat, and a Volkswagen Pickup.
They're all cars with beds, not trucks, and they all provide abundant stuff-hauling capability.
I won't go as far as to say a Slate pickup is a TINO (Truck In Name Only). I'm just noticing that the Slate Truck is a Slate Compact Car With a Bed.
It's a pickup, but not quite a pickup ''truck'', at least for some intents and purposes -- for example, towing. The Slate's has the towing capacity of a subcompact car.
This is an observation, not criticism.
