• Brocken40@sh.itjust.works
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      3 years ago

      Well the customer definitely isn’t given a choice of a smaller model year new truck, but that is more on the manufacturer than the salesman

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        3 years ago

        Bullshit, you can get a maverick, Ridgeline, etc. They sell like shit because they don’t tow as much and offer less around large bulky items that folks like a truck bed for. Small trucks are rarely a suitable use case outside smaller tradesman and for most of them an actual van is more efficient and better business use case.

        The Merrick sales spiked as a new model selling 75k of them to pent up demand. They sold 150k vans. They sold nearly 700k f150s.

        Small pickups are a dumb class of vehicle which will always be a niche class. SUVs tow as much. Vans offer a better vehicle for less cost than a 1/4 ton pickup.