[V8] More of Roger's Ten Best....

[Kent McLean]

Roger Woodbury wrote:
 > It is strange that we have not developed a new and more intelligent form of
 > light commercially based utility vehicle.  But the truth is that we are
 > still making the same sort of truck that Henry first made out of his Model
 > T:  long nose with room for two in the cab and a cargo bed out back.  The US
 > auto industry makes trucks the same way today.

VW made the Combi: 
<http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Kombi_Pick_Up_A%C3%A7o.jpg>

VW made a Rabbit Pickup:
<http://www.vwcaddy.com/album.php?albumid=3>

Chevy made a Corvair pickup:
<http://auto.howstuffworks.com/1962-chevrolet-corvair-truck.htm>

But... they seem to be commercial failures. Car companies need to make money. 
The classic look sells.

-- 
Kent