Article implies a unibody Toyota from the past but I can’t recall one, unless it was not sold in US.  I recall plenty of other unibody pickups in various sizes but drawing a blank on a Toyota.    

The rear is no issue you just swap the transaxle for a differential.  Up front it depends on how much room they left for the engine which would now be longitudinal rather than transverse and whether they have to redo the front suspension for clearance.  And moving the fuel tank.  The rest is pretty simple.

Yeah, the Airstream van looks really cool, but if Ford can’t even justify importing or building the Custom mid-size van in USA, the odds we would ever see anything similar to that Airstream is zero.  For van life it would need much greater headroom or standup height, and IMO a much taller roof would ruin the looks.  The very popular Transit Custom has similar issue in that headroom is too limited for standing, except in theoretical H2 variant which I haven’t even seen pictures of yet; only drawings.  And it’s so tall it looks hideous.

You mean like every other mid size or smaller 4 door vehicle?    

i wasn't fully paying attention to it when I heard the town-was on in the background when I was doing other stuff.    I was also under the impression that Ford had another collection like this but liquidated back in 2007/08 when things got really tight then started another with this collection?

I saw a short of this on Instagram on Red Bulls page and they kept saying how heavy it was and he asked Max if he was getting one-seemed like after driving it he wants one now lol 

They explain how it got there in the video if you listen to it.

If you want to see the GTD driven by someone who knows how, Max in the GTD begins around the 26 minute mark. Also, the RS200 for history buffs!    

Looks sharp 👍     Except for rear doors extending into wheel wells which I can’t get used to.

Interesting you brought up Chevy Cruze because I happen to see that Chevy introduced the Chinese Monza in Middle East as the Cruze.  Looks somewhat similar to discontinued Cruze from years ago but reportedly different.  Anyway, the point is GM hasn’t given up completely on this size of affordable cars.  Looks good to me from limited pictures, and I especially like the blue color.     https://carbuzz.com/the-chevrolet-cruze-returns-just-not-in-america/