Ahh, but real life plays otherwise than Car&Driver, Truck Magazine etc. kissing up to the Nissans,Toyotas,Hondas of the world.
I drive upward of 145 miles a day on the Freeway every day, and frankly I have yet to see a Nissan Titan/Toyota Tundra rigged as a work truck, and I mean real construction work truck towing a backhoe to boot.
Plenty of them out here set up for the Lawn Mowers...
In terms of GVWR and GCVWR, the Titan beats all but some of the up-optioned F-150s.
There's plenty of them down here in truck country, Dallas. At least one contractor down here has replaced their entire fleet with Titans.
Ford really blew an opportunity for gaining market share by maintaining a disregard for effective innovation.
What America could really use right now is a typically overbuilt Ford truck with an alternative energy powerplant. I think the Japanese will get there first, not so much because they are suffering from high gas prices over there, but because they recognize the market opportinuty over here.
And getting into Nascar next year is only going to add to the recognition of Toyota as an *American* company.
I love my 2000 GMC Sierra and nothing on earth could replace it(unless it had vortecmax =D).
Really sad that GM pulled the plug on the mighty 8.1L big block for 2007. Sad day indeed...
I heard rumors of a supercharged 6.2l replacing it..WTF? All the useful torque nerfed for a hp gain.