A regular cab and long bed is something that people want/need. It’s not that there isn’t a market for it… it’s just that in the last 30 years pickups have become desirable for a much, much larger segment of the market: people who don’t actually need something like that - they want 5 seats and only use the bed for buying flowers at the hardware store. Posers, basically. And the way scale works in auto manufacturing they can really only make one (auto makers try to trim down the options/makes/models, it’s why Ford eliminated the majority of their cars in the US a few years back).
Trucks have a larger profit margin for manufacturers (in part from shit emissions regulations in the US favoring larger vehicles) so there’s a lot of push to sell trucks over other styles. There’s more money being made in a 5-seat truck over a 5-seat sedan or SUV.
A regular cab and long bed is something that people want/need. It’s not that there isn’t a market for it… it’s just that in the last 30 years pickups have become desirable for a much, much larger segment of the market: people who don’t actually need something like that - they want 5 seats and only use the bed for buying flowers at the hardware store. Posers, basically. And the way scale works in auto manufacturing they can really only make one (auto makers try to trim down the options/makes/models, it’s why Ford eliminated the majority of their cars in the US a few years back).
Trucks have a larger profit margin for manufacturers (in part from shit emissions regulations in the US favoring larger vehicles) so there’s a lot of push to sell trucks over other styles. There’s more money being made in a 5-seat truck over a 5-seat sedan or SUV.