If/when CAFE gets reset again, hopefully they will come at it with a little common sense. It doesn't make sense to encourage manufacturers to produce larger vehicles, which consume more fuel, in order to increase fuel economy. Typical backward government thinking.
The problem with a smaller unibody pickup is once CAFE gets reset again, it will be a complete nonstarter to keep in production. I’m sure their will be a lead up to it again, but say launching it in 2029 when a new administration comes in and resets everything to what it was supposed to be, that product would be DOA with in five years of going into production.
I hope ford is at least considering that possibility
We had microcars here into the early seventies. Fiat 500Ns and Subaru 360s duking it out with Fleetwood Broughms.
The novelty wore off even in spite of the oil shortage, just as the Smart did and as I predict the Topolino's fate will be: wildly popular for about 10 months then, crickets.