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The thing about trucks is that a taller fatter truck is not a better truck for truck activities than one with a reachable long bed. The gigantic noses do nothin
by twobitshifter 5y ago
The thing about trucks is that a taller fatter truck is not a better truck for truck activities than one with a reachable long bed. The gigantic noses do nothing to make the truck more capable. Ground clearance is helpful but even the S-10 pickup had 8.5” of ground clearance. Trucks today have 10-11, excessive, but that ground clearance doesn’t grow as much as the height of the trucks. It all started with the 90s Dodge RAMs, which today look very reasonable, and ever since then trucks have been in a fat nose arms race that nobody seemed to ask for.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoI fully understand the design intentions to grow cars and crossovers. You need to expand the exterior if you want to keep constant interior space despite a bunch of legally mandated engineering goals that cost interior space. I don't see what engineering goals are causing fullsize trucks to get so tall. They could have kept interior space constant with a very slight increase in width. NVH could be driving it somewhat but not that much.
- ip26 5y agoMaybe nobody is screaming "give us fat nose trucks" in the press, but buyers apparently love it. To me it seems pretty obviously meant to evoke big rigs, ala Mack trucks.
- s0rce 5y agoMy wife has a truck and I read a few truck forums and reddit and people seem to love the giant "aggressive" looking trucks. Even though for most applications its detrimental.
- jupp0r 5y agoGround clearance is almost meaningless for off road driving once you've got a good baseline. Approach, departure and break over angles are what determines capability. That and the ability to fit big tires that can be aired down a lot.