The Maverick apparently has poor build quality but I'm hoping Toyota comes up wi...

sitkack · 2025-04-25T18:02:37 1745604157

Toyota already has the Toyota Hilux Champ @ 12k USD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hNYwTVPUkQ

bryanlarsen · 2025-04-25T19:00:37 1745607637

The Japanese companies have been making kei trucks for 70 years. They've never been sold directly in the US and never will.

twiddling · 2025-04-25T21:24:50 1745616290

They don't want our chicken

https://www.autoblog.com/news/why-the-chicken-tax-still-cont...

Brian_K_White · 2025-04-25T18:38:07 1745606287

Holy crap! And it will have a manual option! Love.

sitkack · 2025-04-25T19:31:57 1745609517

There will be no way this will be sold in the states. You would have to live in some place like Thailand or Costa Rica.

quantified · 2025-04-25T16:02:06 1745596926

I read that as comparing it to one of Ford's cheap cars from the 70's. Which would be a low bar to meet.

hedgehog · 2025-04-25T16:42:30 1745599350

I just mean poor vs trucks from Honda or Toyota. I don't know if there's anything from a US brand that has comparable build quality and engineering these days.