Why Do Pickups Cost Less To Produce?

[alaskanpiper]

Do you think that the Cyber Truck's gonna make any money & be successful?

Hell if I know, but Tesla has made plenty of money.........for me in the stock market, haha.

 

[danish]

Looking forward to seeing the Cybertruck, when my brother gets his. Maybe in two years?
He has become too American ? and has, during many years, had too big cars/trucks like RAM V10 (?), F 250 and also Tesla S.
I now only have my bicycles, normal and electric.. No need for a car/truck. Stay healthy and save the environment!? Though my wife and son have cars, for the usual long congested commuting of the modern world..

 

[pappymac]

I had a 2016 Nissan Frontier and was blown away when the dealership offered me as much for it as I financed, so I traded it in for a 2019.
I use the bed for stuff and it gets great gas mileage, but to buy a car is like throwing my money away. It has no value at all once you’ve signed for it.

When I took my 2016 Nissan Frontier in for an oil change in November, they offered me "over the KBB value" if I traded it for a 2019 on their lot. Only problem was they didn't have one with the same package that mine has nor a color I wanted. Considering that it will paid off in a year, I kept mine.

Of course, I also couldn't see trading it for a 2019 when all the other vehicles on the lot were 2020s. (They told me they don't expect to get the 2020 Frontier until April or May 2020).

 

[pappymac]

I wasn't aware you were posting only your opinions. They look to be declaratory statements and seemed to cry out for citations. Sorry I mistook your "opinions" for statement of fact. You made no distinction so I thought the best. My mistake. Mea culpa.

I will give you my "diagnosis" for free. Your problem in BROBS mind is that you don't believe or have the same opinions that he does.

 

[Epip Oc'Cabot]

I’ll drink my 32 ounce drink, put a big salt shaker on the table and drive my truck.

32 ounce drink?!?! Hell, what on Earth are you trying to do, dehydrate? I ONLY buy the 64 ounce Double Gulp when I go into 7-11.... probably drink 3-4 of those a day. ?

 

[brian64]

32 ounce drink?!?! Hell, what on Earth are you trying to do, dehydrate? I ONLY buy the 64 ounce Double Gulp when I go into 7-11.... probably drink 3-4 of those a day.

I'm gonna take a wild guess you won't be voting for Bloomberg.

 

[BROBS]

PEOPLE NEED THIS, OK?

 

[olkofri]

Why worry about cancer when you can about diabetes?

 

[BROBS]

OR DIABETES THAT GIVES YOU CANCER TOO?

 

[olkofri]

OR DIABETES THAT GIVES YOU CANCER TOO?

You can agonise about both at the same time if that's your preference, yes. Why not throw kidney stones into the mix as well?

 

[BROBS]

Probably BPA in that cup. ?

 

[philobeddoe]

64 ounces of FREEDOM! ???

 

[captainsousie]

So, let me get this straight. We leave ethnic slurs up on this site but must close all old threads just in case someone might be able to use them. Nice!

Before the response of "you should have reported it" comes, most things I reported here in past were completely ignored.

 

[captainsousie]

Don't really like trucks myself but my wife loved hers. Someday we will get her another one in exactly the spec she wants. They were cheaper to make a few decades back but now they have gotten silly expensive in many cases (IMO of course).

 

[pappymac]

Nissan offered to buy my 2016 Frontier back three times this year. By offer, I mean, when I've taken it into get routine oil change or maintenance, they have asked me if I was interested. They said the pick-ups were in demand right now and they couldn't find enough of the used ones.

I think it was more of a "We really need to clear the 2019 Frontiers off the lot." That being said, I was told yesterday that the 2020 Frontiers won't be available until this summer and they will have a completely new drive train. The engine will be slightly smaller but with 49 more horsepower and better fuel economy. They said the new transmission will be better also.

 

[tbradsim1]

The one thing that is completely ignored on electric trucks is damning, they can’t tow without losing a lot of their charge. BMW had a study on their electric vechile towing a trailer, a 300 mile machine had to be charged at 100 mikes and so on. The ugly little secret.

 

[3rdguy]

PEOPLE NEED THIS, OK?
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Teddy Kennedy could drive a Lincoln into that thing.

 

[captainsousie]

You got it Bradley. Electric works for city driving, not for trucks yet.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

If I had the money enough I'd probably chose a F250 4W HD and if sedan then it'll be a Ford Police InterceptorP71 latest production year, both these options are pretty expensive here across the pond and quite high in demand

 

[Mr.Mike]

90% of people with a pickup truck do not need a pickup truck.

even worse is a 2wd pickup... what a waste.

My brother was an independent tile installer in Clearwater Florida for ten years. I think he would disagree with the fact that his 2wd ram 1500 was useless. Florida is flat, and it doesn't snow. No need for 4wd.