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Newps wrote:

The Japanese have not figured out why we Americans want full size
trucks. They keep nibbling around the edges. We want big and powerful.
If Honda builds a truck that looks like my F250 crew cab and gives me
a motor with 600 pounds of torque I'll look at it. Until then they're
just toys for the girlie man.


Exactly. I recently witnessed a Toyota Tundra trying to pull a 2-horse
trailer. Not sure if there were any horses in it (I assume there
were... but remember that we're talking about a small trailer), and the
rear bumper was nearly dragging on the ground, with the front end up in
the air. Would be a piece of cake for even an F-150 properly equipped.

The Japanese trucks are appealing (though I think Ford has figured out
how to build a quality truck), they are nothing by very light duty
trucks--even the big ones.



JKG