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user-inactivated  ·  3173 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It

Yeah. The 2nd and 3rd gens look amazing. The prices people expect for one in a decent shape is too high for me to afford though. For a while, GM was planning on bringing the Holden Ute to the states as the Pontiac G8 Sports Truck. Unfortunately, they scrapped that idea when those horrible money troubles started to rear their ugly head and Pontiac closed down shortly after.

Unfortunately, do to more relaxed fuel standards for full sized pickups, we'll probably never see light trucks here in The States again. So no more El Caminos, Rancheros, Rabbit Pickups or any car trucks of the sort. What's worse, true small and mid-size pickups are becoming a thing of the past as well. The Ford Ranger is no more. The Dodge Dakota is no more, and I fear trucks like the Tacoma and Frontier aren't going to be around much longer either. It's kind of sad.