# Pickup Truck Unibody? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 8, 2015, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-truck-unibody/727344 "2015-08-08T23:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-truck-unibody/727344/41 "2015-08-14T02:10:49Z")
Subaru Baha, or the almost forgotten Subaru BRAT. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-truck-unibody/727344/42 "2015-08-14T02:58:37Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > I’m probably just deluding myself but I honestly think there’s a market for a small, nimble vehicle with front wheel drive, uni-body construction and maybe a half sized pickup bed. Completely drop all 4WD/sport ute pretenses and concentrate on efficient, light urban hauling. I don’t need or want a full sized bed capable of hauling whole sheets of plywood. If the bed was big enough to fit a washing machine though then I’d buy it. I’ll come back for the dryer. > > Probably just dreaming. I live in 'Merica. We want TRUCKS not toys or so they tell me. I was going to say, probably the biggest reason why don’t see unibody trucks is that there isn’t really much of a market in the US for the sorts of small practical trucks that could benefit from a unibody construction. At least not a new market-- like a lot of other “practical” segments of the market the problem is that if you’re a cheapskate who needs a truck, you’re going to buy used. The new buyers all want big overpowered behemoths, and while a lot of cheapskates want small fuel efficient trucks, at least with US fuel prices the numbers work out in favor of buying a used behemoth not a new fuel-sipping runabout. ---
**Author:** ![Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Throatwarbler_Mangrove)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-truck-unibody/727344/43 "2015-08-14T06:11:06Z")
> [@Balthisar](#): > > Are there any still in current production? A [Cadillac, no less](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)). ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-truck-unibody/727344/44 "2015-08-14T08:19:59Z")
> [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](#): > > A [Cadillac, no less](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)). That is way cool. I wonder if it handles more like a Caddy, or more like [the truck it’s really based on](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Kodiak)? ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2015, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-truck-unibody/727344/45 "2015-08-14T08:22:06Z")
> [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](#): > > A [Cadillac, no less](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)). Good find, but not sure that counts as "in production’. It’s not like you can walk into your local dealer and order one. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickup-truck-unibody/727344.md?page=2)