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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
I first thought of the Chevy S-10 but that seems to have gone away. In fact, the whole class of small pickups seem to have disappeared.
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Whatever gives you the idea that the Chevy S10 (or a Ford Ranger) is a small pickup? Mid-size, at best.
Besides, I think you may have a basic misconception of what's needed by rural/fit people like me. It's not (usually) a pickup. Sure, one comes in handy for jobs like hauling firewood or bales of hay, or for getting places on really rough roads, but I don't suppose I drive mine ('88 Toyota) more than about 3000 miles a year.
No, what I really need is a car that'll give good mpg on long highway drives (like the Insight), but has a bit more ground clearance for the dirt roads, and fording the occasional creek - which is something to be done cautiously in an Insight.