Kill it with fire! --- Post updated --- The front looks like: 'Look at me I'm a tuff guy yo' And the rear looks like an old 'classy' lady who sees a punk or someone vomiting... Just wtf. Back to the drawing board. But..... They may have done it on purpose, because the only time you see the rear like this is when it overtakes you with a green haired witch without a broom behind the wheel. And you would be so slow then that that rear end is spot on.
I like it! It has it's own design cues and looks a bit different from the norm. I don't think it's ugly either.
I think the front is pretty good. The rear looks far too tall and lifted though for the rest of the car, i think if they moved the rear window down a bit it would be majorly improved, a bit like a Tata nano. I am also not a fan of the c pillar dimples either.
the funny thing is that people in europe would be more excited to see so much pickup truck then a sports/supercar atleast where i live
Pickup trucks are uncommon. US ones are rare, the VW and mitsubishi ones seem to be more common (despite still being uncommon). In the UK we do have some US brands, however they were mostly rebadged cars when they did exist. For example we got the Chrysler Ypsilon which was actually a Lancia in mainland Europe. We got some Chevlorets, but they were essentially Daewoo's (such as the Lacetti). There have been some true US cars though such as the 300c, Grand Voyager and Crossfire. However none of them ever gained any popularity. I think the Grand Voyager got a few sales though, but in terms of fuel economy, safety and driving experience the Ford Galaxy and VW Sharan (and Seat Alhambra which is essentially the same car but cheaper) had that area of the market cornered. If you need more than 7 seats then you get a transit van or equivalent.
So a friend of mine got this 79 Ford from a guy who had it sitting in his field, one of those "If you get it off my property you can keep it" kind of deals. He brought it home, we put some wheels and tires on it, I got it running, (It's got a 460 in it) and after a couple days he sold it to another friend. Somehow I got talked into sanding it down and priming it all by myself today.
Here specifically they're cheaper, just because Ford's don't hold their value like the Chevy's and the Dodges do, the first friend who go this truck got it for free, like I said, just haul it off, but when he sold it to Zach I think he asked $1800 for it. If it were a comparable Chevy or Dodge, it would be a solid $3500-$4000. But it all depends on where your at, I think out west it's the opposite, the Ford's hold their value better.
Over here they fetch a small premium probably because they are imported. You could say its like having a 25+ year old Hilux in the states.
My mother's car (2006 Nissan XTerra 4x4/5AT) took a moose to the face a few days ago. She's OK, but the car is trashed (body shop guy said it was worth probably $10K before the impact, and quit looking for damage when the estimated repair cost hit $15K partway through). Replacements are being investigated. One possibility is a 2008 Saturn Vue V6/AT, but it's had three owners. The last one only had it for about a year and it was sold at auction after that. Is that scary or not? She's also somewhat interested in the Ford Taurus X. Good, bad, in between?
4wd Toyota's hold their value pretty darn good too, a mid 80's 4wd Toyota pickup that hasn't been reclaimed by the earth, would be easily $3000 - $3500 around here, now a 79-83, in decent shape can go for $5000 or more.
I'm pleased that she walked away from that unharmed. I just looked up the taurus x and had no idea it existed. I really like early to mid 2k ford explorers. Something newer maybe? As for the auction car it's always a crapshoot. --- Post updated --- I say again I haven't driven more than a handful of pickup trucks, but if they get better than the newer tundras, I can't imagine that in my head.
What kind of insurance payout is she looking at? The Vue is a fair car but I'd have it inspected by a third party mechanic. The Taurus x was based on the explorer so it's ok but nothing special. It's one of the most vanilla cars ever made. Might be worth checking reliability.
Actually the Taurus X was literally just an eight gen Taurus with a growth on the back. It's based on the Ford D3 platform, which was exclusive to Ford Five-Hundred/Taurus and many Volvo cars, as the platform is derived from the Volvo P2 platform. Reliability is "meh". Ford didn't really build great cars from 2005 to about 2009 or so. My Mustang is a great example of this. Being a 2006, Ford had almost no money and build quality really showed for it. Materials are hilariously cheap and absolutely EVERYTHING rattles.
Someone must have put a Ford badge on a Honda and tricked you into thinking you were buying a mustang.
