I think I speak for several of us when I say Motor Trend is a joke. They base their choice on looks and innovation, which is only a small portion of what a truck is all about. If anything, they should run a brand of each truck for 5 years, and then see which one is doing better after the time period is up, and then name one truck of the year. As far as I'm concerned, a truck can't be called anything until it has put time in on the road and on the job. Motor Trend's "Truck of the Year" award is about as meaningful as dog crap on the bottom of your shoe.

 

So MotorTrend should name 2007 Truck of the year in ... 2012?

 

Eh, it was just a wild idea. All I'm really saying is that to me, Motor Trend has no credibility.

 

maybe they should test the truck on and off road the whole year and annoucne the winner in Dec.

 

alot of the motor magizines/ Jd Power "experts" are full of crap. I swear they just randomly pick make/model names from a hat to see what truck/car is the best in each catagory.

 

Great idea, they should do that.

 

You gotta remember that the winner was competing only with other versions of itself and a chopped off Explorer with the plastic bed.

 

No one..and I mean NO one, should base road test results on a couple of days of driving.

Ask the owners...

Any magazine that takes money for ads is gonna be biased...just like the websites that also take ads.

And remember too, that those rags like MT and C & D..etc. take ads from everyone. They slam the car/truck in a road test, and it's bye bye advertising!

The Los Angeles Times road tested a GM car in their Highway One section last year. The reviewer said some unkind things about the car (either a Buick or Pontiac).

GM pulled all their Corporate ads from the newspaper for several months. The dealers keep their ads going, tho.

 

Interesting Dummy,,, I mean Numberdummy

 

Ah, but then they wouldn't be able claim they are testing "BRAND NEW TRUCKS!!!!" Those types of headlines sell magazines and advertising space. Really, once a truck has been out for a year or so, everyone who wants to know about it has been to the dealer and driven it themselves, maybe even bought one or decided against it.

 

I'm wondering if anyone has seen the infomercial GM and Howie Long have out. I got to see it Sunday morning, what a joke. They make several claims that they are the first to do alot of stuff that has already been done (power sliding rear window, power window on the third door, third door that opens all the way, folding back seat, tailgate assist). They also claim that they get 20+ mpg w/active fuel management. Looks to me like GM went and borrowed ideas from all the other truck manufactors instead of engineering there own.

 

They also don't tell you that you can only get 20+ mpg with a 5.3.

 

My sister used to sell hondas in sacremento.... Nobody at her dealership liked the ridgeline. there was one person, and he caught crap from everyone.

i think they should have a class for not quite a truck, but not quite a car. cause if ford and chev came out with thier halflings again, there would be much competition.

Oh, we cant forget the ol' Subaru Brat (baja)!

 

NumberSmarty=CPA

NumberDummy=Partsman

 

Harley Earl...the GM styling guru...most be spinning faster in his grave than a washer rinse cycle..after the latest Silverado came out.

The styling...flares on the fenders, sloping windshield came from the '04 Titan.

The Util-I-Trac bed system, wide opening rear doors, power down rear window did too.

The rest of Chevies "new" features were copied mainly from Ford, along with a bit from Dodge and Toyota.

What PO me, was Chevy claims they were the first to have these features.

And since when is Howie Long a truck expert?