fyton2v
Well-Known Member
What you say is true, but only a part of the bigger picture. I’m not saying you can’t do sorta big truck things with it. When you do, however, you’re giving up a ton of convenience because of the range and size. A TON of convenience. Honestly, you don’t see many people doing truck things with their Rams either. But the R1T is still a 90K truck that’s trying to appeal to a $60-70K truck market. When people spend that amount of money on a vehicle, desires and emotions take over a bit. If they don’t regularly need to do truck stuff, they’re imaging themselves doing truck stuff. Then the R1T convenience issues get in the way. In the truck segment, this will continue to be a deal breaker for a lot of people for quite a few years yet.
The R1T has “adventure” in spades. They should double-down and keep going after the jeeple (jeep drivers). Rivian still needs to solve the affordability problem though.
The R1T has “adventure” in spades. They should double-down and keep going after the jeeple (jeep drivers). Rivian still needs to solve the affordability problem though.
The class V receiver and towing capabilities in the Rivian make it perfect for people that don't need or want to tow further than local lakes/campgrounds for a weekend away from it all. It's shocking that a truck this size can tow so much, range be damned. But people don't know what they don't know.
People that do tow a lot (like me before really looking into the R1T) assume that it's got the capabilities of a Tacoma, Maverick, or small SUV. I had a deposit down on the R1S for the wife (preprice hike) and didn't even think to look at the R1T as a potential replacement for my diesel for local towing until it was too late to get a second deposit down.
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