VIDEO: The Rise and Fall of American Small Affordable Pickup Trucks

[GaRailroader]

Great video. Covers the early imports, the chicken tax, the CAFE standards and the big 3's desire to favor higher margin vehicles.

 

[Mad Mac]

Painfully true.

My grandfather had a Plymouth Arrow D50
made my Mitsubishi like this one.
He liked it a lot though he could barely
fold his 6' 4" frame into it.

My father had a 2009 Toyota Tacoma
that he traded a Suburban for
during the cash for clunkers boondoggle
and liked it a lot.

And I had a 1995 Nissan Hardbody
which I also traded in during
that Obama wrong headed fiasco
for a diesel VW Jetta
which we drove the hell out of
and sold it back to VW for a bundle
when the EPA cheating scandal broke.

That car was not good for long trips, though.
Jetta lag.