Latin American sightings

[KarlH]

Another funky truck, this time from Colombia. TCC is the local equivalent of UPS, and like UPS they have their own customized trucks. I don't know if they sell their retired vehicles of not.

 

[KarlH]

I really like the Hiace. Great size / design. Wish they sold them new in the U.S., esp. with a diesel motor.

It looks a lot like a Nissan NV350

 

[rruff]

It looks a lot like a Nissan NV350

It does... it's simply the most space efficient way to make a vehicle and it's also great offroad, since you can see where you are going! Trucks are getting more silly all the time with ridiculously tall and long hoods.

 

[KarlH]

Trucks are getting more silly all the time with ridiculously tall and long hoods.

And the weird thing is that they aren't getting a lot heavier (at least not the models I just checked). So it almost has to be styling or due to NHTSA regulations.

 

[rruff]

Style is the biggest driver for the pickups (king of the road, baby!), but crash regulations have killed the forward-cab vans.