Today we’ll talk about the five best pickup trucks in the USA. This article focuses mainly on mid-sized pickup trucks and full-size ones. not going to be talking about the giant monstrosity like the F250 or 350 or higher. We’re discussing regular pickup trucks that regular people want to buy. So they have to be reliable, they have to have a reasonable price, and they have to be easily repairable because there's no point in having a pickup truck that either costs way too much money, is extremely hard to repair, or breaks down a lot. Let's get started with the number five.
5.) Nissan Frontier
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People scoff at the frontier because they say, "Oh, it needs a change; they haven't changed it in years and years." Come on, people, it's a pickup truck; it serves a purpose. A lot of mechanics love Nissan pickup trucks more than Nissan cars. Why Nissan trucks are better than cars. They have better-built quality and don't have all the problems, especially if you're getting a standard transmission truck. But unfortunately, the weakest thing of all the Nissans is their optional automatic transmission system. There are so many Frontiers with three or four hundred thousand miles on them only with basic maintenance done, and it's a decent midsize pickup truck, you get a four-cylinder engine or you can get the v6 engines, Nissan has always made fast engines and for a pickup truck They have a good ride; Nissans have always been good for cornering and riding; it's not a bad pickup truck to get if you want to buy one. If you're looking for a midsize pickup truck, you're probably thinking economically, and you know you're not going for a big diesel giant one, you're going for a midsize one, and it's not a bad truck at all.
4.) Ford Ranger
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The new Ford Ranger offers you 270 horsepower. The Ranger has a 4-cylinder engine mated to a great 10-speed automatic transmission, and because it's a Ford, it comes with four-wheel drive. People like them because they're large enough to haul things around, but with four-wheel drive, they have a lot more clearance in the factory design, allowing you to legitimately take this thing off-road. With the optional Touring package, you can tow up to 7,500 pounds with that little baby, so you know it can be a serious mid-sized work truck. There are a lot of old Rangers with 350,000 miles or more on them, and they're still running pretty well. If you like technology, the all-new Ford Ranger is waiting for you. With these new terrain management settings for the vehicle, it has a setting for grass, gravel, and snow, and another set for mud, ruts, and sand. They spent a long time perfecting synonyms for the word “pickup truck," so the Rangers did not make a bad choice in a midsize pickup truck.
3.) Toyota Tacoma
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2.) Toyota Tundra
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Now in 2016, Toyota bought back a Toyota Tundra from a customer, it was the 2007 tundra and they had a million miles on it with the original engine and transmission, the tundra has the classic Toyota reliability to it they can last a really long time. Also, there are some downsides. when they do finally break down, they have some design flaws that make them super expensive to repair, for example, if you got the v8 engine, you got to take the intake manifold all apart to get to the starter that's hidden in the back of the engine, it's a real pain changing a starter out on one of those, and when their axle bearings we're out in the back, they have this crazy axle bearing design that requires all kinds of special pressing tools to get it in and out. A lot of mechanic guys mess up those where the wheel bearing goes out and then three or four thousand miles later the wheel bearing goes on again because it wasn't pressed incorrectly with the correct equipment, they can be kind of a bear to repair as they age. And of course, they're not giving them away; they're very expensive, but they are well-made pickup trucks. You can get the v6 in the Tundra; it still puts out decent horsepower. It's got 278 horsepower with a v6, plus it gets better gas mileage and it doesn't have the maintenance headaches that the v8 engine has as it ages. If you're looking for something that you can drive for a long time, you might think about getting a Toyota Tundra.
1.) Ford F-150
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This well-known American vehicle manufacturer has been making pickup trucks for so long, they keep perfecting them as time goes on. over the years of course they've been working on the suspension system, they handle better, they ride better, you can get one of those EcoBoost v6 that's got the turbochargers and the GDI, you can get a traditional v8 engine, you can get a couple other v6 engines in them, now they even have a turbo diesel in an f-150 they didn't used to have that, that's a new thing that they recently added, but a lot of guys like the traditional 5 litre v8 engine, and if you're really into technology, they even have a pro assist backup, so when you have a trailer that the vehicle can take over when you're backing up so you don't twist everything around backing up with a trailer, and with the massive use of aluminium, they shed about 700 pounds weight, so for a big pickup truck course they're gonna get a little bit better gas mileage, because their 700 pounds less that they're pulling around, and really one of my big things about pickup trucks is, if you want a pickup truck you want one that is readily and easily repairable and Ford's have been around a long time there's parts are Ford's everywhere and a lot of guys know how to fix Ford pickup trucks, you're gonna be able to get that thing fixed, you're not gonna be waiting for parts and waiting for somebody who even knows how to work on the things, so now you know what I think I got the five best pickup truck cuz there's a whole bunch of them out there, and you really need to narrow your focus down, you need to understand what kind of a truck do you want, are you gonna tow heavy things, are you not gonna tow things, do you want better gas mileage, or do you want to buy a truck that cost less initially, or do you want to pay more and get a higher quality pickup truck, at least now you know how to logically pick which truck you should buy.