Pickup Truck
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From Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia A pickup truck
(or pick-up truck or simply pickup) is a light motor vehicle
with an open-top rear cargo area (bed) which is almost always separated from
the cab to allow for chassis flex when carrying or pulling heavy loads.[
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Several North American vehicles, the Chevrolet
El Camino, Ford Ranchero, and Honda Ridgeline and Subaru Baja have beds, but
are not technically trucks. Although the El Camino and the Ranchero were
built with body-on-frame architectures, they were based on existing station
wagon platforms, while the Ridgeline uses a spot welded sheet steel
monocoque (unibody) chassis in the same style as modern passenger cars.
Trucks typically have either a tubular or channel rail chassis with a fully
floating cab and separate cargo section to allow for chassis flex and
prevent warping of the sheetmetal. The sheet steel in both of these sections
is not a stressed member. A combination of the two styles, monocoque cab and
engine bay welded to a 'c' section chassis rear is offered in Australia. It
is known as the 'one tonner' because it is rated to carry some 250 kg (551
lb) more than the all monocoque style.[citation needed]
Vehicles like the Holden Ute and FPV Pursuit, colloquially called a ute or
utility (from "Coupe utility") in Australia and New Zealand, are known in
South Africa as a bakkie (pronounced "bucky"),in Romania as "slipper", in
Egypt as "half truck", and in Israel as a tender. Panel vans, popular in
Australia during the 1970s, were based on ute chassis; known in Egypt as "box".[citation
needed] Coupé utilities and panel vans usually have an integral cargo bed
behind the cabin with unibody or monocoque construction like automobiles.
The design details of such vehicles vary significantly, and different
nationalities seem to specialize in different styles and sizes of vehicles.
For instance, North American pickups come in full-size (large, heavy
vehicles often with V8 or six-cylinder engines), mid-size, and compact
(smaller trucks generally equipped with inline 4 engines). |
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