After encountering a lot of the "truck as an identity not utility" people, many couldn't tell you the displacement of their engine (or even a turbo 4 vs v6 vs w

After encountering a lot of the "truck as an identity not utility" people, many couldn't tell you the displacement of their engine (or even a turbo 4 vs v6 vs which one of the v8 options), if it is FWD/RWD vs 4wd or other relevant features that aren't prominently featured in the marketing materials. They may use it to haul a piece of furniture or plants from Home Depot twice a year, but otherwise they'd probably be better off with a car for the ride comfort/fuel economy/lower opex. In CA/Chicago/NY the primary status symbols are Audi/Tesla/etc., but in flyover country, it is 100% a giant pickup absent of pickup only function (heavy towing, large item hauling, extensive offroading) use. This _should_ in theory compete more against the 2nd generation Ridgeline in terms of compact pickup and FWD drivetrain far as utility goes, but at almost half the price, much better fuel economy and unknown reliability as the wildcard?