Ford tried really hard to be Tesla, and by most accounts, so far, it hasn’t quite worked. Ford attempted to copy Tesla’s script for selling electric vehicles, according to Bloomberg: ramp up production, leverage economies of scale to lower costs, and make vehicles affordable enough for a mass market.
The latest trend among trucks is all about off-roading and aggressive style, resulting in taller pickups, but factory lifts are inferior to the factory drops of sporty trucks of yore. Conventional wisdom says a lift is best when deciding on what pickup or specific trim to go with. Well, scratch that; it’s not…
It seems I’m far from being the only one who mourns the loss of reasonably-sized pickup trucks. And when asked, Jalopnik readers happily spoke out against the worst trends affecting full- and midsize trucks in 2023.