Don’t worry about GM or Ford. Neither of them are going to go away and if may hazard a guess, I bet Chrysler is here for years to come as well.

Regardless, the piece was an entertaining read. Keep up the good work.

Well, that’s just the access cab version. I will admit I do tend towards the F-150 more than the Tundras and Titans, but the Tacoma has its positives and the Frontier is clearly a better overall machine than the forgotten Ranger/Colorado entries. I’m interested in the A-BAT Toyota came up with in Detroit too, simply because it would be fuel-efficient, but I’m conflicted because I think it’s ugly and doesn’t have the utility I need.

The current truck market sucks. Every truck right now is either a gas-guzzling beast of a thing or junky subpar equipment unfit for serious usage. There’s really no middle ground, and a serious compact pickup that has both versatility and quality built in is DOA. Which leaves me with the Tacoma, an ugly little thing with little to no utility in the backseats, but at least it’s (theoretically) reliable and useful transportation.

Again, I say: First guys that make a decent vehicle that can tow 3,000 pounds, haul four guys, give enough room to carry a 4×8 sheet of plywood, and do it with good fuel economy and allow me to park the resulting thing in my garage gets my money. I may think Toyotas are ugly, but the A-BAT and Tacoma are the only ones coming close.

And then the Colorado crewcab four-banger combo, of course, but with GM’s financial situation I find that to be a somewhat iffy vehicle to actually consider purchasing.