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BIDS FOR SMALL TRUCKS <br /> I am listina for vour reference a summary of bids: for small trucks <br /> reported at vour last meetina. <br /> The staff still feels the best overall buy shown on this list is the <br /> Toyota even though it is not the low bid. It has proven more difficult <br /> to document this position than we had anticipated however. The magazine <br /> Consumer Report has not rated small trucks anytime recently. We find <br /> company supplied literature relatively meaningless as it deals mostly <br /> with frivolous items. The most significant item relating to vehicle <br /> quality we have uncovered is the December 1977 value of 1977 Toyotas and <br /> Couriers as reported in the NADA publication of vehicle resale values. <br /> This report indicated: <br /> CURRENT MARKET VALUE AS A PERCENT OF ORIGINAL COST <br /> YEAR TOYOTA COURIERS <br /> 1976 89.8 71.8 <br /> 1975 76.8 58.3 <br /> 1974 51 .4 47.2 <br /> 1973 49.7 35.6 <br /> 1972 40.1 27.6 <br /> We have not been able to locate any life cycle cost information <br /> relating to overall operational cost of these vehicles. <br />