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- noun A small,
compact truck .
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Examples
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Nissan Out on the road, the Juke is a strange sprite of a trucklet: diminutive, determined, loud , eager, winsome, but also a trifle uncoordinated.
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Out on the road, the Juke is a strange sprite of a trucklet: diminutive, determined, loud, eager, winsome, but — given its dinky wheelbase, stiff antiroll bars, dearth of wheel travel and oddly discombobulated roll axes and center of gravity — also a trifle uncoordinated.
Nissan's Jazzy Juke, Imperfect on Purpose Dan Neil 2011
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Such safety risks were further exposed in recent side-impact tests that the IIHS conducted on two GEM NEVs built by Global Electric Motorcars and a Changan Tiger Star trucklet.
Video: IIHS report exposes dangers of low-speed vehicles 2010
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Such safety risks were further exposed in recent side-impact tests that the IIHS conducted on two GEM NEVs built by Global Electric Motorcars and a Changan Tiger Star trucklet.
Video: IIHS report exposes dangers of low-speed vehicles 2010
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Or if that has too much (ahem) baggage, why not Caballero, the name of the GMC version of that trucklet, which no one will remember.
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Or if that has too much ahem baggage, why not Caballero, the name of the GMC version of that trucklet, which no one will remember.
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My current trucklet, a Subaru Baja, is more refined than either the LUV or SJ20, but it's relatively heavy, and it lacks a two-speed transfer case or much of a bed.
The Truth About Cars Paul Niedermeyer 2010
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Then again, the trucklet weighs in at a substantial 5,705 pounds and manages 17 miles per gallon in the city and 19 on the highway.
Autoblog Green Jeremy Korzeniewski 2010
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Then again, the trucklet weighs in at a substantial 5,705 pounds and manages 17 miles per gallon in the city and 19 on the highway.
Autoblog Green Jeremy Korzeniewski 2010
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With CAFE targets moving, I think the market is there for a +30 mpg trucklet with some off-road abilities.
The Truth About Cars Paul Niedermeyer 2010
whichbe commented on the word trucklet
A tiny truck. A good example might be the Stout by the Bus company International.
July 6, 2008