Heavy Haulers

Chevy didn't just unveil the redesigned Silverado on a stage — they airlifted the truck in by helicopter in front of a crowd of owners, enthusiasts and the press.

Ford bet the F-150 on aluminum body panels, the first mass-market American vehicle built that way.

The 2021 F-150's redesign changed 92% of its parts -- only the cab, bed structure and tailgate script font carried over from the previous generation.

To prove the new aluminum F-150 could take a beating, Ford secretly disguised test trucks as the OLD steel-bodied generation and ran them through the brutal Baja 1000.

This Sierra’s pickup bed isn’t steel like its Silverado twin — GMC built it out of carbon fiber to set the truck apart.

The DS-generation Ram 1500 picked up a four-corner air suspension in 2013, then in 2014 added a 3.0-litre EcoDiesel V6 pitched as the industry's only light-duty diesel pickup.

The fifth-generation Ram 1500 replaced its predecessor's leaf-spring rear suspension with a coil-spring setup, a first for the light-duty Ram line.

For the first time in Tundra history, Toyota didn't offer a V8 at all — the truck that built its reputation on big naturally-aspirated power went all-in on twin-turbo V6s instead.

Toyota's Texas Tundra plant sits on land bought from the state's oldest working cattle ranch, and the 1794 Edition is named for the year that ranch was founded.