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<blockquote data-quote="fermerboy" data-source="post: 7941162" data-attributes="member: 190"><p>I think there is a market for a small half tonne pickup, problem is it probably not big enough to encourage a manufacturer to bother with. </p><p></p><p>We used to run VW caddy pickups and with a set of decent old school winter grips on it could go near enough everywhere it needed to, and carry everything it needed to as well. 35mpg which was alright back in the 80s and 90s too. Always thought a 4wd one would have been great.</p><p></p><p>Now I can't really find a small pickup, I have a Hilux, while its a nice truck, its a poor pickup(short bed) average car(too big, high, clumsy) and does 25mpg, and 90% of the time like most of the others I see running about carrys/tows nothing that couldn't be done with the old Caddy. </p><p>There are folk that do work them, need the 4wd/clearance, and tow 3ton odd, etc, and I have no issue with that, but the amount of double cabs that are in town, or used on running about jobs is mad at 25-30mpg. My brother in law has a VW Amorok and his missus uses it to run kids to the school instead of her Audi car, then moans about the congestion at the school. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite44" alt=":banghead:" title="Bang Head :banghead:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":banghead:" /></p><p>I tow trailers with mine, because I have it, and move children about too, and its handy to have a 4wd in the snow, so I keep telling myself to justify its 25mpg.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fermerboy, post: 7941162, member: 190"] I think there is a market for a small half tonne pickup, problem is it probably not big enough to encourage a manufacturer to bother with. We used to run VW caddy pickups and with a set of decent old school winter grips on it could go near enough everywhere it needed to, and carry everything it needed to as well. 35mpg which was alright back in the 80s and 90s too. Always thought a 4wd one would have been great. Now I can't really find a small pickup, I have a Hilux, while its a nice truck, its a poor pickup(short bed) average car(too big, high, clumsy) and does 25mpg, and 90% of the time like most of the others I see running about carrys/tows nothing that couldn't be done with the old Caddy. There are folk that do work them, need the 4wd/clearance, and tow 3ton odd, etc, and I have no issue with that, but the amount of double cabs that are in town, or used on running about jobs is mad at 25-30mpg. My brother in law has a VW Amorok and his missus uses it to run kids to the school instead of her Audi car, then moans about the congestion at the school. :banghead::banghead::banghead: I tow trailers with mine, because I have it, and move children about too, and its handy to have a 4wd in the snow, so I keep telling myself to justify its 25mpg. [/QUOTE]
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