"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:41:22 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Actually, I had a ride in a Tundra the other day and was pleasantly
surprised - it seemed like a nice truck.

Not nice enough to replace my F-250 Super Duty 7.3 liter diesel 4x4,
but it was still nice.

I'm sure that if and when Toyota chooses to address that market niche,
they'll do so very nicely.

I'll tell you flat out - they build a truck the size of my F-250 with
a good solid diesel (that, I might add, they are fully capable of
making) with 4 wheel drive I would consider it. The only other
foreign car we've ever owned was a Corolla and that was a great little
car.

It's impossible to know why they haven't made such a truck. But, if I had to
take a guess, I'd say they think they cannot overcome the cultural inertia
that's still present in buyers for that type of vehicle. Cars are in a very
weird category of their own, compared with other products. I doubt many
people notice that their washing machine is made in Mexico, nor do they
really care. But cars occupy an almost religious place in the hearts of some
people.