Pavement prima donna is absolutely a category, but I'd say in the last 10 years the needle tends to run the other way. Since Japanese companies moved into the

Pavement prima donna is absolutely a category, but I'd say in the last 10 years the needle tends to run the other way. Since Japanese companies moved into the truck market, even the lowest trim domestics are exceedingly capable. And certainly more capable than they were in previous years. (An easy way to date is to see when GM and Ford started putting new engine designs in their trucks, instead of 70s/80s-ancestry powerplants, circa late-90s) It's a pretty competitive market. And as with muscle cars, competition has raised the level of everyone.