• anon6789
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    75 months ago

    I don’t follow trucks, so this was the first I heard of the Alpha-T. Would definetly take that over the Cybertruck.

    Here it is for anyone else not familiar. It may have been a bit much for 2001, but in the 2010s with the Total Recall and Blade Runner remakes, this would’ve fit in great!

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        45 months ago

        The article I looked at had a few side by side images, and while it does share a decently similar silhouette, the feeling I’d get seeing those 2 vehicles on the lot or the street would be so different between the pair. I get that underneath it’s likely the same exact truck, but I’d see different types of people wanting one or the other and I wouldn’t expect both to be coming from the same manufacturer.

        Again, I’m not a truck person, but while I like those last generation of trucks before pickups had to go all aggro, the production model is dated now while the concept looks like they could successfully unveil it this year. It looks bold, but in a sci fi way moreso than in a Texas truck bro kind of way. Like someone could be hauling a suit of Fallout power armor in the back of it or be conducting some post apocalyptic research in the wasteland to save humanity.

        • @fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net
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          25 months ago

          Totally agree with everything you’re saying. The gen 1 titan was like the least aggressive looking of basically all the pickups around its time. Sadly the gen 2’s ended up just looking like the same ol same ol modern pickup truck with a massive square hood. That said, the gen 1’s are notoriously difficult to work on because of its stubby nose. You should see the hassle I went through trying to get to the fuse box in mine. It’s like…behind the back of the hood practically under the windshield. But I love its massive front dashboard and bubble look. Reminds me a bit of the old previas.

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            15 months ago

            Ah, that G2 Titan is what I remember when I think of that model.

            I do like the snub nosed look, that era truck just makes me think of Hank Hill, but I can imagine it could get tight under there, especially compared to other trucks going bigger and more boxy.

            I forgot about Previa too! It’s got a dated look now in that way that they said things would look in the year 2000 back in the 50s, but I honestly still kinda dig it in a retro-futuristic way. I think they could pull off a Previa reboot today if they wanted.