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Do you think the Toyota Stout is going to be better than the Maverick
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I like the idea other auto makers are contemplating offering an alternative to the Maverick as this will keep Ford from resting on their laurels. If it looks like the Santa Cruz, I don't think it'll sway alot of Maverick owners. It wouldn't me, at least.
But if it is designed more similair to the Ford in it's appereance, and offers options the Ford doesn't, I would be curious enough to look.
It really would come down to how well they execute the design. As other have said, all makers have an example of a poorly executed design. With the Maverick, Ford has the head start on working out those kinks.
But if it is designed more similair to the Ford in it's appereance, and offers options the Ford doesn't, I would be curious enough to look.
It really would come down to how well they execute the design. As other have said, all makers have an example of a poorly executed design. With the Maverick, Ford has the head start on working out those kinks.
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You should stop watching click-bait videos.
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Toyota had decades to rule with a small hybrid truck, but they chose to follow the too-big-truck craze. The only reason I bought a Ford is because they did it first and made it look a like Truck and not an SUV. Also it seems Toyota interiors have gotten worse looking while Ford's have gotten better over the years. So I am not sure I'd be swayed by any other offering unless they really improve what Ford has done.
Toyota pretty much confirmed last fall that they do not have any plans for a smaller pickup.
https://www.autonews.com/dealers/to...averick?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
"We don't have anything planned," Toyota brand head Dave Christ Christ said. "We're not announcing anything to the dealers. I won't even say 'yet' because that would suggest it's coming. But certainly, it's something we've looked at."
https://www.autonews.com/dealers/to...averick?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
"We don't have anything planned," Toyota brand head Dave Christ Christ said. "We're not announcing anything to the dealers. I won't even say 'yet' because that would suggest it's coming. But certainly, it's something we've looked at."
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Í will believe it, when I see it. Lot of talk the last few years, but that's all it been. I would like to see more manufacturers try to compete with Ford's Maverick. Would I buy it? Probably not, for one I have two Ford Dealerships near me and I don't see 100 mile trip to a dealership for service anything I would entertain. That being said competition is good for the consumer. It usually keeps the price down and the product improvements coming. Right now Ford has a winner with the Maverick. Could it use some improvements? Yes, a few little tweeks. Ultimately it wasn't enough to persuade me and others not purchase it. A bird in hand is better than two in a bush.
I'm not into the "ute" look at all. I think if anyone could pull it off it would be Subaru, but really none of their vehicles are very attractive and haven't been for some time. The Outback is a functional vehicle and people love their wagons overseas, but here we love our truck designs.
Toyota themselves pretty much confirmed last fall that they do not have any plans for a Stout or other smaller pickup.
https://www.autonews.com/dealers/to...averick?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
"We don't have anything planned," Toyota brand head Dave Christ said. "We're not announcing anything to the dealers. I won't even say 'yet' because that would suggest it's coming. But certainly, it's something we've looked at."
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Ya, probably profit motive is more important than Kaizen.
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In my experience with Toyotas. People will talk it up like its gold. Pay gold prices for it. One day I will be asked to look at something wrong with one or have to tow it, not neccesarily of its own fault but because they abused it thinking they could. Some time later I will have to drive someones and I will be unable to find a comfortable position and as I drive it the controls will seem out of place. Then I will spend the rest of my life wondering what is it that makes people buy into them.
But thats just me.
But thats just me.
Looked at the videos out on the EPU Truck by Toyota. It is going to CRUSH the Maverick.
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looks like that is an EV not a hybrid.
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Stout is pet or a cartoon character. Maverick wins in the name cat.
Without a doubt and I have no problem with a company making a profit - it's either profit or bankruptcy.
The stupid part is that reliability is what fueled Toyota's brand. They even made more money on replacement parts because they were desirable used cars that people would pay to fix.
Once the bean counters take over, companies inevitably become shells of themselves. Just look at Boeing.
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