re: Spin-off: return of the mid-sized truck

The difference between a 4x4 and 4 door mid size truck and full size is less than $4,000 with everything else equal. You can't compare top of the line because the full size trucks have many more features. The 6 cylinder full size trucks are usually within 2-3 mpg of the mid size also. When you are talking 18-20 or 20-22 it's basically the same.

The mid size will never be much lower in cost on the foreseeable future because so many full size trucks are sold that the costs are lower. It's basically the same man hours to make both, it's all about the size of the parts and the increase in the amount made of full size drops the price to make them negligible. There's been multiple articles on this.

The main difference though again is full size 4 door trucks are a good fit for 4 adukts. If you are in any kind of business where you take coworkers, clients, etc. out then you don't want to be in a taco, canyon, etc. The back seats are like the back of a mid size car, simply slightly squished. People are willing to pay the $2-4000 more for that and it's hard to blame them.