Comment by avalys
The discourse around this thing is hilarious. For years people have been saying “I just want a small, simple truck with no frills and a reasonable price.”
Now, one is finally available, and all the commentary is “Oh, I’m in the target market for this, but I just need them to add:”
- more room for passengers - more payload - an infotainment screen for nav - more room in the bed - more towing capacity - screens in the seats for kids - an app to “manage” it
Guess what! This is why the best-selling vehicles are large trucks, because they give the most people what they want.
Everyone wants a small and cheap and simple car with all the comforts of big and expensive cars. Reality doesn’t work that way!
It's the Microsoft Office paradigm in automotive form. Nobody uses more than 20% of the features in Word or Excel, but nobody uses the same 20%, so it's basically a useless observation. You can't just chop 80% of the features out and still end up with a widely-used product.
They can't sell a vehicle in the US market without a screen, in any case, due to the need for a backup camera.