5 Best Trucks: The Beasts of Burden are Getting Less Beastly
By admin on Jan 1, 2012 in Uncategorized
There’s nothing like an awards program with distinct categories to highlight the hot segments of the market. As every marketing analyst and homemaker will tell you, vans aren’t what’s happening. There’s no sales growth in that category. GMC cousin, the Savana, were the only new entries to challenge the reigning champion Honda Odyssey.
The pick-up truck category was also short of new entries – the all-new Ford F-150 and full-size Nissan entries aren’t due until the 2004 model year. But we did see three usefully upgraded entries, along with the quirky Subaru Baja – it does have an open bed – to take on the excellent Chevy Silverado.
The Honda CR-V, which copped the Small Sport-Utility class trophy last year, didn’t face many new contenders, either, although the two that appeared were serious. Mitsubishi’s Outlander took dead aim at the heart of the segment, and Honda’s own Element rewrapped the CR-V mechanicals in adventurous and clever bodywork.
Large and Luxury Sport-Utility Vehicles, however, were a different matter.
