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roots66

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Has anyone heard of this new, DIY, small pickup/SUV?

 
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I saw a YT video about it and a couple of news stories about it, but to me, it's vaporware until they are rolling down the street. How do they drive? How do the plastic panels do when it's 100F degrees out? How about when it's 0F degrees? How much will it cost when you add in some basics like the console, possibly the power window module and (for me anyway), the SUV back? When you add those items (currently not priced) how close does it get to the Chevy Equinox which has all that baked in? Great idea, great potential, but all product demos make them look awesome, I'll wait a couple of years to form a real opinion. However, I do applaud them for trying to think differently and offer an affordable option.
 
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And how much for the Bezos Amazon-esque subscription service that will probably be needed to do everything from order parts for it to powering on the rear window defroster
 
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OkieDavid said:
I saw a YT video about it and a couple of news stories about it, but to me, it's vaporware until they are rolling down the street. How do they drive? How do the plastic panels do when it's 100F degrees out? How about when it's 0F degrees? How much will it cost when you add in some basics like the console, possibly the power window module and (for me anyway), the SUV back? When you add those items (currently not priced) how close does it get to the Chevy Equinox which has all that baked in? Great idea, great potential, but all product demos make them look awesome, I'll wait a couple of years to form a real opinion. However, I do applaud them for trying to think differently and offer an affordable option.
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Totally agree with the lack of real world specs to make an informed decision now. I also see two problems; 1) The price is based on the current $7,500 EV rebate. So, if that goes away, then it will probably cost more than a Ford Maverick, which I see as it's main competitor. 2) I believe they claim they want to make 140,000 trucks a year. That's pretty ambitious since Ford only sold 130,000 Mavericks last year.
 
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roots66 said:
Has anyone heard of this new, DIY, small pickup/SUV?

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This was really all we wanted from the Ford Maverick and then, of course, dealerships got ahold of them, boosted their prices and wouldn't import the base models. Honestly, most of us just want something like this, super utilitarian, reliable, easy to fix. I'm not going to road trip, I just want something that hasn't been wrecked and doesn't have 273k miles on it.
 
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