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Originally Posted by jamesqf
So people do buy the smaller truck. Couple that with the number of smaller '80s Toyotas still on the road, and I don't see how you can argue that there isn't a market for small trucks.
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The manufacturers don't make it an easy choice, either. If you want a Ford Ranger, but you want the V-6 so you can actually tow more than 1,600 pounds, you have to get the XLT Supercab at a minimum. That pushes it to about $450 less than the F-150. (Of course, it doesn't help that you get the crappy 4 liter designed back in the Carter administration which gets worse mileage than the 3.7L V-6 in the F-150.)
There's no reason why the 2.3L shouldn't be able to tow 4,000 pounds and get 30 mpg unloaded, but they specifically put in a lighter duty manual transmission with the 4-banger, as well as going light on the suspension parts, because they want to keep pushing the big trucks.