2024 Dakota
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So just how true does anyone think the rumor is that there will be announcement on a 2024 Dakota in March?
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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02/28/23 11:24 AM
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You may not want it if its really a 2024, that would mean its just a flipped around Fiat truck My dad lives in Mexico during the off season of His Alaska work.... He paid 14000k For a fully loaded Ram 700 down there! He loves it works good for the tiny streets where he lives. I cant under stand the 4 door reasoning on it though.. literally nobody with legs can fit back there is there is somebody in the two front seats
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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02/28/23 11:59 AM
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You may not want it if its really a 2024, that would mean its just a flipped around Fiat truck My dad lives in Mexico during the off season of His Alaska work.... He paid 14000k For a fully loaded Ram 700 down there! He loves it works good for the tiny streets where he lives. I cant under stand the 4 door reasoning on it though.. literally nobody with legs can fit back there is there is somebody in the two front seats A two door version with longer bed would be cool. Also a 3 passenger. Like on rear transverse seat like the old club cab truck offered. BUT would transverse seat pass new occupant safety rules ??
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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02/28/23 02:09 PM
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A 2 door you could pull the bed off and stick a little flatbed on would be awesome but with unibody construction it's impossible. Probably front wheel drive with no stick shift or hemi... come to think of it I don't see any reason for it to exist.
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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A 2 door you could pull the bed off and stick a little flatbed on would be awesome but with unibody construction it's impossible. Probably front wheel drive with no stick shift or hemi... come to think of it I don't see any reason for it to exist. Right. Hyundai and Ford seem to have the corner on that market, and I tend to believe the market for that type vehicle is small.
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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02/28/23 04:06 PM
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A 2 door you could pull the bed off and stick a little flatbed on would be awesome but with unibody construction it's impossible. Probably front wheel drive with no stick shift or hemi... come to think of it I don't see any reason for it to exist. Right. Hyundai and Ford seem to have the corner on that market, and I tend to believe the market for that type vehicle is small. Certainly not as a Dakota but perhaps to slot below Dakota. Just call it the Ram D50, put a 300hp turbo 4 in it
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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02/28/23 04:28 PM
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A 2 door you could pull the bed off and stick a little flatbed on would be awesome but with unibody construction it's impossible. Probably front wheel drive with no stick shift or hemi... come to think of it I don't see any reason for it to exist. Right. Hyundai and Ford seem to have the corner on that market, and I tend to believe the market for that type vehicle is small. Certainly not as a Dakota but perhaps to slot below Dakota. Just call it the Ram D50, put a 300hp turbo 4 in it Yes. That was what I was thinking. True Mini-Truck. They seem to have disappeared But the mini commercial Van market went belly up: Ram ProMaster City and Ford Transit connect are now gone: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a...compact-vans-and-there-goes-the-segment/I bet some businesses will buy these and put them in cold storage. Like some did when they canceled Astro Van.
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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Odd as it seems, Chevrolet and Ford were way ahead of the curve with the El Camino and Ranchero models. The Honda Ridgeline, Ford Maverick "truck" and this Fiat turd all share the same one piece body/bed construction. It reminds me of the AMC Eagle cars and station wagons of the 80s. THEY had all wheel drive much like today's crossover SUVs. The Ford Maverick is a FWD 4cyl based vehicle and they're selling very well, but so does the Chevy Canyon, which is a real body on frame truck. A new Dakota has to be body on frame, but there is also a market for a maverick competitor
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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02/28/23 08:45 PM
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Seems to me that the current mini-trucks are targeted towards the urban/suburban buyer, or light-duty buyer. Most are probably more concerned with having CarPlay/Nav/whatever than whether the thing can carry or tow a lot of weight. I'd be wiling to bet that many are not concerned at all with unibody vs body/frame construction - they just haul gardening supplies or the occasional sofa or whatever. I see quite a few of the new Rangers & Colorados/Canyons & Ridgelines up here in N Idaho, but not many Mavericks so far. But most everyone here has a big honkin' 4X4 - there's probably more trucks than people !
Of the mini-truck bunch, to me the Ridgeline & Santa Fe have the best styling, but that Ram isn't too bad. But I'm more likely to buy an old Dakota, El Camino, or Ranger if I want a small truck - it's just a better financial decision for me, because I like older, simpler stuff that holds its value.
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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You may not want it if its really a 2024, that would mean its just a flipped around Fiat truck My dad lives in Mexico during the off season of His Alaska work.... He paid 14000k For a fully loaded Ram 700 down there! He loves it works good for the tiny streets where he lives. I cant under stand the 4 door reasoning on it though.. literally nobody with legs can fit back there is there is somebody in the two front seats 14000K is 14 million , is that peso's? That would be ~ 76K US
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Re: 2024 Dakota
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03/01/23 09:47 AM
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I'd fall into that suburban, garden supply sofa hauling category for sure. I don't need or want a big 4x4 jacked up half ton but I also don't want a fwd unibody bed mini truck. Something in between. Ranger sized. Might have to get a good used Dakota if the plan is to Fiatize it.
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