No, please no. Let's keep it full-size...

[redriderbob]

It would need some reworking but the current Fiat Toro/Ram 1000 is based on a longer version of the current Jeep Compass platform.

Meet The New Ram 1000 Pickup For The Colombian Market:

Since its debut in 2016, a lot of people have wondered why wouldn’t Ram rebrand the Latin American (LATAM) market Fiat Toro pickup and bring it to the United States. There is a simple reason and it is size. The Fiat Toro is smaller than the average modern-day mid-size truck found on most...

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Here is this year's update on it...

FIAT Brazil Launches It's Updated Toro Pickup For 2022 Model Year:

As the pickup market continues to grow at a rapid rate in Brazil, the FIAT brand has become the truck leader in the country. With 55.1% of the country's marketshare in the pickup segment, the Italian brand has found success with its subcompact Fiat Strada pickup, which is the best-selling...

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However, Ram is building a truck specific to the brand to replace it...

Is RAM Building A New Midsized Pickup Truck?

It's been a decade since the RAM brand axed the mid-sized Dodge Dakota from its lineup. The Dakota, once a leader in the segment for being the first to offer a V8 engine option as well as the first true four-door offering, became too expensive and ended up becoming too close in price to the...

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[User_3336]

Just like Ford making the FORD MAVERICK.......

 

[redriderbob]

small garage-able pickups make sense...

The new Toro, which is called the Ram 1000 in certain LATAM countries is a cool pickup and follows the Ram 1500 formula...


Tradesman = Endurance


Freedom = Big Horn/Lone Star

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Volcano = Laramie


Ranch = Limited Longhorn





Ultra = Limited meets Rebel

Even the interior mimicks the Ram 1500...



For those who live close to an urban area and don't use their trucks to tow or off-road, its the perfect setup. The package adds the flexibility of a small box for those Home Depot trips or to take a bicycle or two with you. But it also can support a small turbocharged inline-four with great gas mileage and would draw a ton of people to Ram showrooms.

 

[Trooper4]

If it made sense and there was no market for only full sized trucks, then there would be no D-50's, Rangers, S-10's, Subaru Brats, etc., etc....

 

[Vinnie.]

I just thinks it's pretty sweet they got a MFT with a 50/50 split not a 60/40

 

[patfromigh]

Wow! The VW pickup was brought up, but nobody mentioned the the Plymouth Scamp or the Dodge Rampage from the early 1980s.