Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei truck in America

Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by rootsudo on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:44PM (#50446725)

So many people here have never driven a kei truck or a wigo/daihatsu agya.

They are not fun cars, they should be cheap and disposable.

The MSRP for this in japan is less than $10,000,$6000 for the base model:

https://toyota.jp/pixistruck/

It's going to go here for what, $15,000? $25,000? Better than buying a 25 yr old one for $10,000 from a used dealer lot that has no parts or real mechanic trained on them but at that price point..

a Mavrick is better.

The amazon truck is better.

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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by SoftTalker on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @04:54PM (#50446837)

$20K (ish) will get you a Slate EV truck with no options, or a forthcoming REO. Real, road-legal trucks.

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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by jbm on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @05:05PM (#50446939)

I remember getting into my father in law's kei truck. He literally was given it for free by someone he knew; that is how disposable they are.

And yeah, absolutely not comfortable.

Toyota selling them for $25k is parasitism. The idea of selling a cheap truck is apparently impossible with their cost structures. (Worse, if it succeeds it will ruin the Japanese market)

The best outcome is that this is a mild success and America gets a second generation shit version for 40 or 50k that has been fattened and rendered worthless, much like the second generation XB. (Hopefully the second generation is on some slop tier SUV platform so it doesn't wreck the economics of the Japanese market.)

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Re:Toyota brand Scion is back and it's going to sell a kei t... by greenowl on Tuesday November 10, 2026 @06:41PM (#50447896)

Supposedly Toyota is also working on the Stout - a smaller pickup to compete with the Maverick.

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