The answer to all of your questions is that trucks are marketed largely to people who don't need trucks and will only subject them to light use. If the truck b

The answer to all of your questions is that trucks are marketed largely to people who don't need trucks and will only subject them to light use. If the truck bed were solid steel it would cost more and wouldn't sell that much better. If there were more tie downs it wouldn't look as sleek and fewer people would buy it. Those are the people who don't use tie downs (or the bed, really) anyway. That high-end entertainment system is what sells trucks to that kind of customer.