Will trucks ever become awesome again?

[u/cakeba]

I bought my first truck recently, a 2017 F-150 SCSB with the 5.0 and the 6 speed. 4x4. It has NOTHING. Manual windows, manual locks, I consider the A/C system to be the most luxurious aspect of the vehicle. I love it to death.

Is that era totally over and have I scored the last of its kind? Will we ever see boxy, simple, spacious trucks again? The free market is supposed to dictate what gets produced but between government regulations and what people are buying, it seems like every new truck is just amber running lights, plastic everything, complicated and expensive tech...

I feel a little bit hopeless about what the future holds for pickups, but I also think that if they made a real pickup for the pickup crowd, like literally brought back bricknoses and square bodies with nothing more than a modern power train (not too modern; a naturally aspirated V8 will do just fine) and modern suspension, they'd be knockouts with trades companies, simple people like myself, broke blue collar guys... How do we get them to put 4 wheel drive under metal boxes again without ipads for climate controls?

[u/762_54r]

Gonna be real with you chief I want power windows

[u/priuspollution → u/762_54r]

I enjoy my pano sunroof and heated/cooled seats. I use mine as work trucks and haven’t had an issue with electrical accessories. Backup camera’s make hooking up to a trailer a breeze, this whole post is ridiculous.

[u/cakeba → u/priuspollution]

What was your truck's MSRP?

[u/priuspollution → u/cakeba]

I don’t buy new, and I normally buy and sell quite often. I pick trucks people want, buy them at good prices and sell before I tank the price.

My family has been in the car business for 70-80years, 3 generations. So yeah I don’t spend a lot per truck purchase to sale.