GregW / Oregon

Here's this week's Autoweek ML news. The new V8s are said to be 330 hp (4.6), 388 hp (5.5) and 504 hp (6.3). These are all higher than previously estimated. A luxury 4-door pickup is under consideration, based on the new G-Class platform. Here's the article:

ruykava

i don't really know the american market, but to me pickups and luxury just don't match, somehow i mean, you'll want all those nice luxury furnishings, yet they get dirty easily if you're doing what a pickup's supposed to help you do. then again, i bet that's exactly what they thought of the Range Rover 30 years ago! who knows, who knows...

vraa

When do I throw up? That looks disgusting.

But then again, when Honda can make a truck......

GregW / Oregon

It is a strange niche. Most of the luxury "pickups" are more of a image statement than being true work vehicles. They don't do much more than pick up a few things at Home Depot or move Johnnie's stuff out of the house. The beds are really to small to be truly useful.

Wolfgang

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