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Old 07-03-2008, 03:48 PM   #27 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by trikkonceptz View Post
Toyota may have stayed in the black to keep pace with Honda had it not taken a bath with Tundra sales, which dropped off 38%. They built an incredible pickup...
I have to differ: they built an oversize copy of the F150/250/350 form factor in order to compete head-on with the US automakers. They'd have done better to actually build a small pickup, like they did in the '70s, and fill an empty market niche. Why do you see so many '80s Toyota pickups on the road? (Besides the fact that they seem to last forever.) Because no one builds new pickups that size.
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