So why do you think there are no cheap basic cars being sold new?

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary

I always wonder how much of the sales of such vehicles is by free choice and how much it is by limited options.

Both factors may be relevant, but I'm sure some folks relying on a single vehicle to be their jack-of-all-trades would be more favorable to crew-cab when it comes to a truck. Unless it's a much more specific job, to which a fleet-ordered single cab would be more likely to be available.

On the other hand, those of us who swear up and down that we'd buy a three-wheeled, highway-legal, air-cooled go-cart (just as an example, plastic 2-door pickups would be another example) usually don't ever buy one even when such a vehicle comes to fruition.

Interesting that you mentioned this. In some countries, 3-wheelers imported from India have been only allowed registry as commercial vehicles, which may render them unattractive for someone willing to try one as a private vehicle. IIRC in Colombia and Uruguay it's legal to own a 3-wheeler as a private vehicle, and during some trips to Uruguay I remember seeing some which were registered as private vehicles, while in Bolivia and Peru they're always registered as a commercial vehicle.

Modern day pickups seem to have a bed about that high. At work we are always given an F150 or F250 or similar (mostly single cabs) for carrying out our various jobs.

Do you believe a Mexican-spec RAM 700 would get the job done as well as the F-150? As long as there is no towing involved, and no actual need for 4WD.

[Xist]

Originally Posted by freebeard

Long story short he has a list of failed 2-door vehicles, because the market prefers them. Personally, I wouldn't own four doors. The driver's door is inevitably shorter. Beetles and Metros forever.

They discuss the expense of vinyl wraps, but Youtube is full of [candyapple] Rustoleum paint jobs.

edit:
I thought about this while I was walking to the post office. I wonder how Mr. DeMuro proposes to put four doors on a singlecab pickup.

The driver's doors in my Civics are proportionately long, but I don't need to slide my seat forward so humans can escape the back.

I also prefer the B-pillar placement in sedans.
When I drive Mom and my brother somewhere, I tend to open their door and stand between it and the next vehicle so they don't ding it, which would be more of a concern with longer doors.

I worked with a kid when I had my Prelude and he always threw open my coupe's door.
I needed to find a spot without a vehicle on that side.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Originally Posted by Xist

The driver's doors in my Civics are proportionately long

You don't know the Brazilian Ford Del Rëy. That might have the proportionately longest doors that I have ever seen for the 2-door version...

[Piotrsko]

There was a ranger variant that had 4 doors on a single cab, the rear set were set up suicide to get the children out of the micro rear seats.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Once in a while I still see one of those, yet the extended-cab versions of the Ranger and S10 were short-lived here. Crew-cabs became prevalent in the late-'90s here, once trucks became more popular among urban folks and safety laws became enforced more seriously, so hauling passengers on the cargo compartment was no longer an option.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

IIRC the last full year for carburettor-fed versions of the Fiat Uno Mille in Brazil was '94. A few days ago I spotted this beauty while taking the dog for a walk.


The only reason Fiat phased the Uno Mille in 2013? Claiming it was not cost-effective to offer ABS brakes (briefly offered as an extra-cost option in the late-'90s only) and dual airbags from 2014 on.