[SoothingDave]

Thanks for the info. As SoCal Pubbie noted, no one is making small pickup trucks in the U.S. these days. I wish Ford would quit fooling around and just grab that market. If I wanted a Colorado-size pickup, I'd have bought one by now. I need something smaller.

CAFE standards. The fuel economy a truck must get is proportional to its "footprint" (rectangular area between the tires).

A smaller truck can't meet the gov't requirements.

So we have no smaller trucks.

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“So we have no smaller trucks.”

Thanks for the explanation. That explains why all Tacoma models have an extended cab. I guess Toyota can’t make long beds on Tacoma either because of demand or too much potential weight on the existing frame.

Something else for Trump to fix.