Robert Hall
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I've seen a few of those...even saw one in the Phoenix area still going about 5 years ago. Speaking of custom Toyota trucks, I always wondered if this Hot Wheels Toyota from 1980 or so is from Mattel's imagination or if something real was built like this, maybe a one off custom...
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I remember that...not sure if Toyota built those or it was some aftermarket vendor..
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It kind of does fit the description... integrated body and cab, 4 drs...
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As was brought up in Chris J's post, GM is now calling their extended cabs double cabs. Which is odd, since Double Cab was always synonymous with Crew Cab in my understanding. Problem is everyone uses a different term for an extended cab---Super Cab, Quad Cab, etc.
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Wow..that's f*ked up... and Ram calls theirs a Quad Cab....and doesn't Ford call their extended cab a Super Cab and the crew cab a Super Crew? Need standardized terminology for the body styles. The Terrorplane looks like an Australian Ute..which were called Coupe Pickups also, I think..car body with a bed, kind of the precursor to El Caminos and Rancheros.
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Interesting...wonder what the story is with that.. a Ford F1 extended cab??
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Crew Cab is a Double Cab. Maybe you are thinking Extended Cab? (double cab is more of an EU/Asia market term, meaning what we call a Crew Cab). Since GM and Ram have normal doors on their extended cabs, I'm not sure the point of having an extended cab anymore, since the only difference between it and a crew cab is the length, rear doors, and rear leg room. Why not just offer a regular cab and a crew cab and cut out the middle version? Not sure of the value of the middle version. 4dr trucks--whether Extended Cab or Crew Cab, far outsell regular cabs. BTW, remember when Ford's regular cabs even had little rear opening extended cab style doors?
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oooh..maybe a sleek roofline coupe pickup is the next un-exploited niche. Frameless door glass, lower roof, sleek c-pillars coming back like flying buttresses over the bed sides...
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It's just a rebodied variation of the FWD GLA, I think.. more filler.
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I could see that..have to look at it with an open mind...have to look past the brand's history as a marque of disposable cheap FWD appliances...
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Yeah, out here in the burbs civilian use ones seem to all be crew cabs. And in Phoenix, they all seemed to be 4WD crew cabs...
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Surprised the percentage is so low... maybe there are regional variations, but I ever see usually are crew cabs.
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I assume the fancy opera window on the GLB won't make it to production.. so the GLB will sit between the GLA and GLC, I assume.
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That's pretty funny...I don't mind driving in snowy conditions, but I loathe ice. As far as the gas guzzler list--woo hoo--Trackhawk! Surprised the Hellcat Challenger and Charger aren't on that list...
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Yes they are...never dull...new stuff popping up all the time...
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I like the GL/GLS and the ML/GLE... I like this wood trim better... After sitting in a few of these at car shows I can tell some of the shared hard points with the WK2 GC and Durango..
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I don't get why you think it may be Bolt based...Hyundai and Kia are capable of developing their own technologies and platforms, I don't see why they would hook up with a competitor. Looking past the show car cheese of this version, the regular Niro is a good looking little CUV... the platform and technology is shared with the Hyundai Ioniq.
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Maybe it's the color, but that striped (grooved?) 'wood' trim is really, really boring. Needs grain, color and pattern--otherwise it looks like a sheet of striped gray plastic...
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It's a late 50s Dodge bed, is what I've read. The step side is the same as the large Studebaker truck, I think.
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I don't think they are using GM parts...haven't heard of a GM-Kia JV. Maybe just working from a similar script as far as ingredients.
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Notice how the bed on the smooth side Champ doesn't match the cab styling..care to guess which of the big 3 they sourced the beds from?
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^ the truck w/ the patina looks like a '38-39 Ford? The early 60s Studebaker pickup cab and front was derived from the Lark car. There are a few examples of Japanese pickups that were made like the Studebaker--the Isuzu Faster (1st gen Chevy LUV) regular cab and double cab used the doors, cab and front clip derived from the Isuzu Florian sedan, for example... (why I know this, I don't know..I have a head for weird automotive trivia..too many years of reading car magazines and the Wikipedia)
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Yeah, they were nasty here also I heard. One thing I like about working out of my house I can be very selective about when and where I go out...
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It does feel good...after highs below freezing since the Friday before Xmas, it feels great..ready to break out the flip flops, shorts and tropical shirts..;)
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So it was a high of around 8F Saturday but it could hit 60F Thursday...then teens and twenties and snow by the weekend.
