The Gladiator has a bizarrely small payload capacity making it a bit of a white elephant.
The new Bronco looks _nice_. It’s built on the Australian developed Ford Ranger platform. The Ranger is so popular here it’s unseating the Hilux as the top selling vehicle. We don’t get the Bronco locally, though. A lot of people would love one.
The Toyota FJ Cruiser would also fit your bill but it seems like they stopped selling it in the states.
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Ford just released the new Bronco, and Jeep's got the new Gladiator depending on your definition of 'small'. The Jeep Renegade might count as well.
Now sure if they are actually rugged or not, but the marketing certainly paints them that way.
The Gladiator has a bizarrely small payload capacity making it a bit of a white elephant.
The new Bronco looks _nice_. It’s built on the Australian developed Ford Ranger platform. The Ranger is so popular here it’s unseating the Hilux as the top selling vehicle. We don’t get the Bronco locally, though. A lot of people would love one.
The Toyota FJ Cruiser would also fit your bill but it seems like they stopped selling it in the states.
Gladiator is a truck with a bed. Bronco is large. Renegade is in the right form factor but not particularly rugged.
EDIT: I just checked and apparently they DO make a Trailhawk version of the Renegade, so that might fit the bill.