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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: I think that this will probably never happen. If it does somehow happen, it will not be available until 2030 at the earliest, and it will cost $30K. Neither this nor the Slate are superior to something like the Maverick or the Santa Fe, and nobody will buy them. Neither of those are telling me sweet lies about offering a 6 speed manual transmission in a compact body on frame suv though. 
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Originally Posted By PepePewPew: He called himsef Ransom E Olds. His middle name was Eli. Is that why the name Elios keeps popping up on this thread? In my youth, there was an Oldsmobile factory in Lansing, as well as a REO factory. Now all that remains of the name is a museum. |
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Originally Posted By sawgunner73: The key here is the + sign at the end of the base price. Yeah I'll believe that price when I see it as the total price before TTL on a window sticker on a dealer lot. |
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Originally Posted By PepePewPew: And there's eventually going to be a performance package, and the trucks with the package will be named Speedwagons? Won't live up to that, no how. .jpg) 1949 REO Speedwagon pickup. |
"According to Argonne National Laboratory, it takes 100 pounds of battery in an EV to go a distance achieved by only one pound of gasoline in an ICE vehicle"
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Some quick googling reveals that this is almost certainly a scam ... and if not a scam, then just wishful thinking vaporware. One interesting fact is that the Volvo company actually own the rights to the REO truck name/trademark (from the old REO automotive company from the 50s) - so nobody would be able to build/sell a "REO pickup truck" with Volvo's involvement or licensing. |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: I think that this will probably never happen. If it does somehow happen, it will not be available until 2030 at the earliest, and it will cost $30K. Neither this nor the Slate are superior to something like the Maverick or the Santa Fe, and nobody will buy them. I will say, Slate is a few days away from announcing pricing officially and they did the classic "oops, we dropped this leak" marketing move. Seems like they are still targeting the 25k mark starting which is not what I was expecting, but at the same point I wonder if that's just going to be the launch price just to say they had it at 25k and have it quickly adjusted from there. |
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Originally Posted By cj3waker: I'll make it simpler https://i.imgur.com/FhebUFC.png https://i.imgur.com/mqpH4eD.png I would like 50% of your refunds as commission At the very least the Chiropractor is right there to help you after getting bent over so far. |
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You know, I wouldn't be completely adverse to a basic bitch truck to to truck stuff with and this thing hits a good price point. This towing capacity, though, not going to cut it. My boat would make that it IT'S basic bitch. Attached File I kinda figured that was going to be a problem with the I4 engine. |
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Originally Posted By tep0583: You know, I wouldn't be completely adverse to a basic bitch truck to to truck stuff with and this thing hits a good price point. This towing capacity, though, not going to cut it. My boat would make that it IT'S basic bitch. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/304/reo_jpg-3781767.JPG I kinda figured that was going to be a problem with the I4 engine. You aren’t going to have great towing out of a mini truck no matter how you spin it, and this whole thing was meant to attract those who wanted a mini truck. |
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Originally Posted By 4thbreak: What a horrible way to release this thing. They don't even know their target audience. target audience is people who actually use their truck, dont want / need a ton of stupid luxury add ons like heated seats, and expensive sound systems, cameras, etc, and dont want to / cant afford to pay $50k for for a simple rugged farm / hunting / work truck. best i can tell, 8 out of 10 truck owners could easily get by with a sedan, as they never actually use 4x4 or the bed in the truck anyway beyond perhaps moving a couch once every 3 years, those are the people who want the luxury crap. |
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Originally Posted By buck19delta: target audience is people who actually use their truck, dont want / need a ton of stupid luxury add ons like heated seats, and expensive sound systems, cameras, etc, and dont want to / cant afford to pay $50k for for a truck. |
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Originally Posted By Deadmeat3344: I think the target audience is people who will willingly pay $25 to a company that has nothing more than a strip mall PO box to their name. 
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Originally Posted By buck19delta: target audience is people who actually use their truck, dont want / need a ton of stupid luxury add ons like heated seats, and expensive sound systems, cameras, etc, and dont want to / cant afford to pay $50k for for a truck. Originally Posted By buck19delta: Originally Posted By 4thbreak: What a horrible way to release this thing. They don't even know their target audience. target audience is people who actually use their truck, dont want / need a ton of stupid luxury add ons like heated seats, and expensive sound systems, cameras, etc, and dont want to / cant afford to pay $50k for for a truck. That and people who want a "truck" to make dump runs, go to the hardware/garden stores, etc. |
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Originally Posted By Deadmeat3344: I think the target audience is people who will willingly pay $25 to a company that has nothing more than a strip mall PO box to their name. Originally Posted By Deadmeat3344: Originally Posted By buck19delta: target audience is people who actually use their truck, dont want / need a ton of stupid luxury add ons like heated seats, and expensive sound systems, cameras, etc, and dont want to / cant afford to pay $50k for for a truck. I think the target audience is people who will willingly pay $25 to a company that has nothing more than a strip mall PO box to their name. who knows. i do know there are plenty of people who would happily buy a new 4x4, diesel truck with at most, ac / heat / power windows , if it was around $20k. such a vehicle would be easy to produce if the damn us government would cut out all the dumbass mandatory add on shit they keep rolling out, like def for diesel, back up cameras and other such nonsense. id absolutely buy one. it doesnt have to tow 20,000lb trailers, just be cheap and reliable. |
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Originally Posted By sandboxmedic: That and people who want a "truck" to make dump runs, go to the hardware/garden stores, etc. heck i find bongo trucks very attractive for a lot of reasons, if i had a large chunk of land / a farm etc, to justify having one id buy a few of those before id buy a side by side, they are essentially 4x4 side by sides with more powerful engines, a cab, heat and ac, and more carry capacity, and you can get a VERY nice lightly used one for easily 1/2 of what a side by side with cab / ac / heat costs . |
Psalm 144:1,
"Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle,"
"Blessed be the LORD, my rock, who trains my hands for war, and my fingers for battle,"
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Originally Posted By tep0583: You know, I wouldn't be completely adverse to a basic bitch truck to to truck stuff with and this thing hits a good price point. This towing capacity, though, not going to cut it. My boat would make that it IT'S basic bitch. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/304/reo_jpg-3781767.JPG I kinda figured that was going to be a problem with the I4 engine.  It's a 4000lb mini truck with a 4 banger. It's not going to handle 25,000lbs for your rascal. I drive a 4000lb mini truck. It tows ~5k. |
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Originally Posted By Deadmeat3344: I think the target audience is people who will willingly pay $25 to a company that has nothing more than a strip mall PO box to their name. Yep. Their "trucks" are not designed yet, but somehow they know the cost despite not passing any federal crash or safety testing. Their claims about the simplicity of the controls are obviously bullshit, as federal law already requires back up cameras and next year requires impaired driver prevention, yet the "truck" doesn't have a screen LOL. New website: check Fake address: check Historical named owned by someone else: check Impossible claims: check Yet some of y'all are lining up to give them money.  |
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Originally Posted By cj3waker: I'll make it simpler https://i.imgur.com/FhebUFC.png https://i.imgur.com/udVG5IC.png It's a PO box at a strip mall fedex dropoff I would like 50% of your refunds as commission Yep. Smells like 100% scam. |
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Originally Posted By DK-Prof: Some quick googling reveals that this is almost certainly a scam ... and if not a scam, then just wishful thinking vaporware. One interesting fact is that the Volvo company actually own the rights to the REO truck name/trademark (from the old REO automotive company from the 50s) - so nobody would be able to build/sell a "REO pickup truck" with Volvo's involvement or licensing. Still about the same odds as a lotto ticket  I haven't put any money down, I at least want to see a completed vehicle. |
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Originally Posted By cj3waker: You guys know this isn't real right? The current extent of this truck is a dude, a recently registered website, an AI image and some made up specs I’d like to see the Venn overlap of the reservation holders and the people who share the Fw: Fw: Fw: emails. |
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Originally Posted By sawgunner73: The key here is the + sign at the end of the base price. I can see it now... Oh, you want tires? That's a $1200 upcharge. You want us to put them on? $800 The list is long... |
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Originally Posted By 9D1Alpha: Where's that pic of the old man with the fishing pole with the dollar bill on the hook ? Shit, man, we know it's bad when even you can't spin this into some sort of fantasy with a drivetrain combination only thought of in your fever dreams.
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Originally Posted By FreefallRet: Lots of oilfields will buy those as well as farms and people with property to maintain. Then those county trucks that workers use. Then the 16-20 crowd will have an affordable vehicle. I'm just saying that I doubt we will have a REO owners thread that will have nearly as many owners as we have had people who have posted about how they would "buy right now" if someone would build a basic ass truck. |
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Originally Posted By AKSig: Maybe 2-3 people out of all the bullshitters here that said they would buy a basic bitch truck if they could will get one.
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Originally Posted By buck19delta: who knows. i do know there are plenty of people who would happily buy a new 4x4, diesel truck with at most, ac / heat / power windows , if it was around $20k. such a vehicle would be easy to produce if the damn us government would cut out all the dumbass mandatory add on shit they keep rolling out, like def for diesel, back up cameras and other such nonsense. id absolutely buy one. it doesnt have to tow 20,000lb trailers, just be cheap and reliable. Originally Posted By buck19delta: Originally Posted By Deadmeat3344: Originally Posted By buck19delta: target audience is people who actually use their truck, dont want / need a ton of stupid luxury add ons like heated seats, and expensive sound systems, cameras, etc, and dont want to / cant afford to pay $50k for for a truck. I think the target audience is people who will willingly pay $25 to a company that has nothing more than a strip mall PO box to their name. who knows. i do know there are plenty of people who would happily buy a new 4x4, diesel truck with at most, ac / heat / power windows , if it was around $20k. such a vehicle would be easy to produce if the damn us government would cut out all the dumbass mandatory add on shit they keep rolling out, like def for diesel, back up cameras and other such nonsense. id absolutely buy one. it doesnt have to tow 20,000lb trailers, just be cheap and reliable. Hell, I would absolutely buy just a reliable 2x2 drive gas I4 with manual transmission and a decent towing capacity with only A/C, heat and roll up windows for $20K. |
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Originally Posted By sawgunner73: The key here is the + sign at the end of the base price. I'd say the key is the base price. You can always make any vehicle more expensive by adding more shit to it. Keeping the base price low however is something manufacturers have been struggling with. |
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Originally Posted By AKSig: Maybe 2-3 people out of all the bullshitters here that said they would buy a basic bitch truck if they could will get one.  The only modernity is air conditioning. |
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Originally Posted By code99: Hell, I would absolutely buy just a reliable 2x2 drive gas I4 with manual transmission and a decent towing capacity with only A/C, heat and roll up windows for $20K. It won’t ever happen. New cars cost too much to design and manufacture, and the percentage of people who want zero bells and whistles and manual transmissions is very low. |
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Originally Posted By Alacrity: I'm doing World Cup stuff so between drinking foreigners to their knees and recovering to give them round 4 - been fully engaged  Im not affiliated, merely spreading the good news to the ARFCOM faithful I'd love to see you drunk posting after a WC outing, I bet the combined resources of GD and Grok wouldn't be able to interpret the acronym-speak!  Sounds like you do something like what I used to do on the Biz-Dev side. One of my nicknames was "Chief Restaurant Officer" because I ate out so often with foreign and US visitors. I let them do all the drinking though. The Koreans and Chinese were the worst though, I had to find someone who would chaperone them at strip clubs, wasn't going to be me! |
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Originally Posted By Matthew_Q: By the specs, it could be serious competition for the Maverick, and for those not wanting the light duty electric Slate, but want the form factor, this might be it. I hope the low price auto market does well. We need to see more affordable options. I saw that Slate's price leaked, it should be $25k. I would maybe consider that. I'd want the shell and rear seats, but I could absolutely use one as a runabout and commuter vehicle. I don't need a huge towing capacity. I'd just want about as much interior and hauling capacity as my CR-V. Owning a Maverick (and previously having owned an Escape), I have serious doubts about the number of compromises that this truck would have. It's 180" vs the Maverick at ~200". Its engine is "I4, Proven" vs the Maverick's "Turbo" (EcoBoost); so, what is the horsepower being out by the "proven" I4 vs the Turbo-charged I4 EcoBoost in the Ford, what about actual fuel mileage? (I'm getting something around 30-31 mpg with my Maverick last I checked.) Will REO be around long term? What does the long-term parts availability look like? The Maverick is actually a reasonably nice little pickup. What does this thing look like in terms of exterior/interior? The outlines on the website make it look kind of boxy. |