Toyota mulls a compact pickup. But there's a catch ...

Toyota's Jack Hollis: “There is space” in the Toyota lineup for a pickup beneath the current midsize Tacoma, shown.

Larry P. Vellequette

June 04, 2022 04:00 AM

PLANO, Texas — Those watching closely have noticed that the white-hot Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz compact pickups have already racked up nearly 50,000 sales in 2022 through May — an impressive pace in a down U.S. market from what had been an abandoned segment.

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