I've always been a truck guy, and I keep in touch with the local stock quite a bit as it's essentially a given that at least one person I know is shopping for a truck.

With used car prices as volatile as they currently are, I was looking into alternatives from the usual Ford-Chevy-Dodge-Toyota small truck lines, and I saw the Mitsubishi Raider.

I know that the Raider shares a few components with the Dakota on the interior, but the drivetrain and powertrain is pure, Normal-Illinois built Mitsubishi 'quality'.

Now I know some Mitsubishi engines in the past had oil burning issues, but the 3.7 V6 has been pretty solid. And I can't beat the prices on them eihter. A 15 year old truck in really nice shape with 150K miles for under 8K is a pretty good deal in the current market.

I wondered if anyone has any experience/recommendations about the Raider that they could base on personal experience/research instead of brand bias. I didn't see anything bad about any reviews online, and wanted to get some second opinions before I recommend this one to a colleague who is shopping for a small pickup, or pick one up for myself.

Thanks for any insight.

Here's a link to the one that caught my attention:

Mitsubishi Raider - Graue Buick