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Text For those out of the loop, Ford unveiled the 2022 Ford Maverick in June as a new compact pickup model starting around $19,995, equipped with a standard 2.5L four-cylinder hybrid powerplant rated at 191 horsepower and 155 pound-feet of torque. For the moment, General Motors does not offer a compact Chevy pickup to rival the Ford Maverick, which leads us to ask – should it? As reported by our sister publication, Ford Authority, Ford has accumulated some 80,000 reservations for the new Maverick, suggesting that there is undoubtedly demand for such a model in the U.S. So then, if GM did offer a compact Chevy pickup to rival the new Maverick, what might it look like? For starters, it would have a unibody construction, rather than a body-on-frame construction. This hypothetical compact Chevy pickup would also slot in underneath the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon in GM’s vehicle lineup, given the Colorado and Canyon’s designation as midsize offerings. Then there’s the price. W...