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Of course it's a pickup. Average American never leaves his house without a fridge after all.
I'd get far more use out of a pickup bed than I do the back seats of my sedan. I have to borrow my dad's truck 4-5 times a month. I haven't opened the back doors on my car probably since may, and that was just to clean it. If a decent manufacturer made a small pickup with a single cab and a full bed I'd buy it in heartbeat. Unfortunately all we get now are these little shits with 4 foot beds and seating for 5.
I know, that's what I said. Everyone in America is constantly moving heavy loads. That's why all new EVs are pickups (Cybercrap, Rivian, Slate and now this). If a car maker releases something that's not a pickup truck they immediately lose most of the market because pretty much everyone needs a pickup. Because they move heavy stuff. All the time.
Not all the time, and it's mostly just big stuff. I need a vehicle to primarily commute in that can haul tools and furniture around a few times a month or take kayaks and shit to the river. An EV pickup the size of the old S-10 I had would be perfect. Instead we get all the giant trucks with full beds or little ones with no bed but seating for a family of 4 and their dog. There's no middle ground. There's plenty of EVs already that are not pickups. How many variations do you need?
If the pickup is at a lower height, less ostentatious/dangerous grill, and shorter than 200 inches, I won't begrudge someone a pickup compared to an SUV.
They used to make em like this. 90s/00s Ford Rangers, Mazda B-Series, Chevy S10s, Toyota Tacomas are all reasonably-sized compact pickups that can still fit 4x8 sheet goods in the bed and have plenty of hauling power for a homeowner that does frequent house projects. If they brought that form factor back but made it electric, I'd buy one in a heartbeat.
Yeah, the Maverick misses the mark by being roughly the right size, but a teeny-tiny bed for the sake of the crew cab. A car that begrudgingly has a token bed. People have gotten surprisingly good use out of the tiny bed and going to all manners of awkward tailgate-down shenigans to carry things that don't fit, but it's awkward.
The "more passenger space than a RAV4" makes it clear they are going to have an even bigger cab than a maverick, so that's a worrying sign. However, since they seem to also be obsessed with "you can fit your surfboards in the bed", then they may have at least done a mid-gate, and that could get me the sort of truck experience I'd need, with the compromise of being open to the weather to get full bed length. Might suck for trying to haul stuff into super dusty worksites where you'd probably not want to be open to the elements too long, but for me that might be an acceptable compromise (I do have to carry enough passengers to usually need the passenger space, and on the occasion I need to carry something long, I generally have a nice day of weather and don't go anywhere too filthy). Would be better than my current situation where I have to rent a trailer anytime I want to do anything mildly significant to tow with an SUV.
Yeah, and the Maverick is still huge compared to the old Rangers, with half the bed. I understand that I'm probably in a very small market as just a homeowner that likes to do renno projects and furniture building, but I absolutely do not need the passenger space like someone transporting supplies and a crew to a worksite. But it feels like every new pickup coming out is marketed as a minivan with a terrible excuse for a bed attached.