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Not sure what I saw

69396cst

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69396cst

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Yesterday while driving home on a busy tollroad I saw a Chevy car that a pick up back on it that had what looked like a stepside kinda of like the Ford Ranger Edge where it is not truely a stepside but kinda looks like one. This was very new car. It did not look full size. It looked like the size of a Cobalt. My friend ( who is not that into cars ) said "is that the new El Camino you told me about" I said no, it cant be. They dont even make them yet. I thought it could be a car from Mexico as I live in Texas and we see strange vehicles from all makes with Mexican license plates on them but this had what I thought was Texas plates. I couldnt get up close enough to see or even to see a name badge on it anywhere. Alls we could see is a new chevy truck size bowtieon the tailgate. Anyone know what this was?

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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Yesterday while driving home on a busy tollroad I saw a Chevy car that a pick up back on it that had what looked like a stepside kinda of like the Ford Ranger Edge where it is not truely a stepside but kinda looks like one. This was very new car. It did not look full size. It looked like the size of a Cobalt. My friend ( who is not that into cars ) said "is that the new El Camino you told me about" I said no, it cant be. They dont even make them yet. I thought it could be a car from Mexico as I live in Texas and we see strange vehicles from all makes with Mexican license plates on them but this had what I thought was Texas plates. I couldnt get up close enough to see or even to see a name badge on it anywhere. Alls we could see is a new chevy truck size bowtieon the tailgate. Anyone know what this was?

Possibly a ME market Chevy Ute, there are several in the US right now. The step-side thing doesn't fit with that though, so I am curious as well.

Flybrian Newbie

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Its honestly a shame this car isn't sold here. Imagine how much of the low-budget/urban/tuner/small contractor pickup market Chevy would dominate with a Tornado.

$9,995 gets you the truck. Cranks, manual locks, 5-speed stick, vinyl seats and flooring, AM/FM/CD, and A/C.

$10,495 gets you a 4-speed automatic.

$13,995 gets you power windows, locks, and mirrors, carpeting, auto headlamps, etc.

$16,995 adds more engine power, leatherette seating, alloys, and a bed cover.

$19,995 gets you a Tornado SS - which sound freakin' sweet - with the 2.0l T/C Ecotec mated to a 5/6-speed auto or 6-speed stick. Lowered ride height, blacked-out trim, dual exhaust, foglamps, 18" aluminum wheels.

With its light weight, it would make a MINI its bitch and still haul. It would be the fasted run to Home Depot you'd ever make.

ocnblu Newbie

ocnblu

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You know, I think Mr. Fly has a point, and so does Oldsmoboi. With the current Chevy front end and non-GMT800 taillights, this thing could do well here... NEVER as a replacement for a true El Camino, but as a small runabout pickup, especially if it has AWD.

I used to see a grayish-green Rabbit pickup down in MD, a diesel with exhaust stacks (ha), and up here I occasionally see a very clean Rabbit pickup with rims, exhaust and a non-factory (but sensible, not wild) paint color. There is also a raggedy-looking Rampage, gold and brown two-tone, running around town.

The time could be ripe for a return of a few tiny pickup trucks, especially with "compact" trucks growing ever bigger.

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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You know, I think Mr. Fly has a point, and so does Oldsmoboi. With the current Chevy front end and non-GMT800 taillights, this thing could do well here... NEVER as a replacement for a true El Camino, but as a small runabout pickup, especially if it has AWD.

I used to see a grayish-green Rabbit pickup down in MD, a diesel with exhaust stacks (ha), and up here I occasionally see a very clean Rabbit pickup with rims, exhaust and a non-factory (but sensible, not wild) paint color. There is also a raggedy-looking Rampage, gold and brown two-tone, running around town.

The time could be ripe for a return of a few tiny pickup trucks, especially with "compact" trucks growing ever bigger.

No.

Please.

They'd just use it as an excuse not to bring the real thing to market.

Oracle of Delphi Newbie

Oracle of Delphi

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Its honestly a shame this car isn't sold here. Imagine how much of the low-budget/urban/tuner/small contractor pickup market Chevy would dominate with a Tornado.

$9,995 gets you the truck. Cranks, manual locks, 5-speed stick, vinyl seats and flooring, AM/FM/CD, and A/C.

$10,495 gets you a 4-speed automatic.

$13,995 gets you power windows, locks, and mirrors, carpeting, auto headlamps, etc.

$16,995 adds more engine power, leatherette seating, alloys, and a bed cover.

$19,995 gets you a Tornado SS - which sound freakin' sweet - with the 2.0l T/C Ecotec mated to a 5/6-speed auto or 6-speed stick. Lowered ride height, blacked-out trim, dual exhaust, foglamps, 18" aluminum wheels.

With its light weight, it would make a MINI its bitch and still haul. It would be the fasted run to Home Depot you'd ever make.

Hmmmmm, be careful what you wish for. :smilewide:

toesuf94 Newbie

toesuf94

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Finally! An answer to the WHAT THE F^&(! is that question I have been asking since I have spotted this truck in Cedar Rapids at least three times and have been unable to 'badge it'! Wow! I bet that thing would sell thy the ton...if there are that many idiots buying the Tundra every month - how many would buy a cheap little trucklet that gets good mileage and has utility??? Not the prettiest belle of the ball, but still a neat little alternative to a Japanese product!

bobo Apprentice

bobo

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The era of big trucks as suburban vehicles is waning, and it's perfect timing for cheap trucklets to come back in a market niche below the recent Subaru Baja and Honda Ridgeline, which were too expensive and poorly styled. I would get a Tornado/Montana.

Drew Dowdell Grand Master

Drew Dowdell

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Sorry guys, but that thing is complete :puke:

so refresh it to look like your sig and bring it up here.... it doesn't have to come here looking like that. It's obviously due for a refresh even in the mexican market.

Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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so refresh it to look like your sig and bring it up here.... it doesn't have to come here looking like that. It's obviously due for a refresh even in the mexican market.

It would need more than a refresh.

ocnblu Newbie

ocnblu

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Heck I'd take one if it had a current Chevy front clip, a rightfully spunky Ecotec, a manual transmission, and AWD.
ocnblu Newbie

ocnblu

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Maybe a bit of the hate will wear off now that the latest GM maneuver appears to include a US version of the Ute. :AH-HA_wink:
Camino LS6 Newbie

Camino LS6

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you're really starting to turn into a "can't do" old crank ya know... :P

:lol: Sorry about that - I just hate this thing.

OK, here goes.

It needs:

- lower ride height

- to be wider

- to be based on Alpha

- have awd optional

- an entirely different style

Then you might have something. :AH-HA_wink:

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