Wed Jul 31, 2013 10:36 am by Raticon
A picture with all the upcoming materials and frame-types was published on the Automation Facebook page a while back, among all the different types of chassis there was, the "Light truck" type was among them. Given that we know where these guys are from i'm guessing the trucks will be in the range of everything from VW Caddy and Dacia Pickup-sized to mid-range sizes as Toyota Hiluxes, Mitsubishi L200, Chevy S10 and those with the capability to have single cab as well as double cab, Pickups to perhaps in the larger size of Chevy Silverados, Ford F150's perhaps F250's and Dodge RAM should be possible since we have V8's along with I6's and I4's to put under the hoods, fitting different sizes and weights. I also have a nudging feeling we will be able to make small and medium sized panel trucks and vans, from the smaller types like Renault Kangoo and Fiat Fiorino to mid sized like Mercedes Vito and, by chance, stretch things up to maybe US-vans like Chevy Van and Ford E-series. But that's probably the upper limit. Placing a V8 in a Caddy-sized small pickup would be quite dumb, but quite amusing too!
This is just my guess, but since you can make a rather large sedan car in the current car designer as well as small hatchbacks i don't think it's too far-fetched to assume that the truck-chassises(?) would be somewhat scalable too from small to mid up to rather large, but im guessing a full-size american sedan or a Mercedes S-class is the upper limit for the regular cars, i would therefore assume that the upper limit for pickups would be set at the american trucks we're used to.
As for diesel engines it can be quite hard to implement as a diesel is fundamentally different from a gasoline one, more so in the old days if yore than today. Moreover, diesel-engines for me is more of an engine you normally see exclusively in fleet-type cars like the postal delivery cars, taxis, small-box delivery companies and so forth. Only in the last 15 or so years the diesel has boomed in popularity among private customers as nearly all cars before 1990 was exclusively gasoline, excluding Mercedeses and Opels of course, but even there the main selling block was gasoline-engined.
*chugga chugga chugga...VROOOM!*
