r/Trucks • u/cakeba • 6d ago

Will trucks ever become awesome again? Discussion / question

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?

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u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig 5d ago

Everything peaked in the mid / late 90s IMO as a mechanic / engine hobbyist.

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u/texasroadkill 5d ago

I feel the mid 2000s was the best. New enough to be great and still simple to work on.

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u/Elfkrunch 5d ago

Any thing pre '08 I think. I think '06 had some decent models. You could still get a Chevy with an 8.1L v8

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u/texasroadkill 5d ago

I prefer the Ford's, but whatever floats yer boat.