Pickup truck

A pickup truck (from the English pick up record, ',' take ') is a passenger car or SUV with flat, open cargo space ( flatbed ). The pickup is thus a special type of pickup truck. The importance of this type of vehicle is extremely different in different parts of the world.

Classic pickups consist of a lead frame with it separately screwed cab / cab and cargo area / platform (English cargo bed or cargo box) with a rigid rear axle and leaf suspension.

North America

In North America, this species is also called pickup truck or simply Truck and based mostly on an SUV or SUV. The pickup trucks are seen not only as a commercial vehicle, but mainly as a recreational car or even a status symbol. This is reflected in the equipment lines. Really be used for work, mostly just a spartan entry-level versions. It usually involved equipment lines with every conceivable luxury extras.

With the engine in the U.S. large-displacement V6 and V8 petrol engines dominate the supply list, even if for years diesel engines with 6 or 8 cylinders are available from Dodge, GMC, Chevrolet and Ford. In North America, pickup trucks are offered with pure rear-wheel drive and optional switchable or permanent all-wheel drive.

The classification of the classic pickups made ​​in the USA " Small Size " (about Ford Ranger), " Midsize " (for example, Nissan Frontier ), " Upper Midsize " (only Dodge Dakota / Mitsubishi Raider ) and "Full Size" ( Dodge Ram Ford F- series, Chevrolet Silverado and so on ).

Australia

In Australia ( and New Zealand ) there is next Pickups North American style, the genre of the Ute (derived from the Engl. Utility), which is based on a larger car.

Europe

In Europe, long time pickups were distributed on the basis of car models. Volkswagen delivered by the VW Caddy one used primarily in the commercial sector pickup version of the VW Golf, which was based upon an architecture developed in America construction. The car of Tvornica Automobila Sarajevo in Sarajevo was produced for the European market. The sequel was based on the VW Polo.

Especially in rural areas of France pickups were common until the 1970s; To serve this market, Peugeot supplied pick-up versions based on the respective average class models 403, 404 and 504 with the setting of the Peugeot 504 ended the pickup production of French manufacturers.

Other than that it was of European manufacturers in the past few pickups on the basis of small cars. date hereof, only the imaginary as a cheap car models Dacia Logan and Fiat Strada are still there.

More recently pickups also are offered by almost exclusively Japanese manufacturers that are also specially equipped for the European market with diesel engines. Examples are Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi L200, Mazda BT -50 ( Ford Ranger -based along with it ), Nissan Navara or Isuzu D-Max. Since 2010, Volkswagen offers the VW Amarok on a self-developed vehicle of this kind. In addition, in relatively small quantities and without official distribution pickups from the United States are imported, equipped significantly larger and almost always with high-volume gasoline engines.

South Africa

In southern Africa pickups are widely used, they are called here bakkie.

Developing countries

In developing countries ( and even some richer countries of Asia ) are widely used as a universal pickup trucks. These vehicles come almost exclusively from Japanese or domestic manufacturers. In the Spanish-speaking world (especially Latin America), these vehicles are referred to as " camionetas ", which is the diminutive of the word for " truck ".

In crisis areas pickups are often used by different parties to the conflict as so-called technicals, which are a cheap alternative to regular military vehicles.

Examples

  • Chevrolet Montana
  • Dacia Logan Pickup ( since early 2008 )
  • Dacia Pick-Up (up to 2006)
  • Fiat Strada ( 1996 )
  • Ford Sierra P100 (until 1993 )
  • FSO Polonez Truck / Truck Plus (until 2003)
  • Škoda Favorit Pick -up (up to 1995)
  • Škoda Felicia Pick -up (until 2000)
  • VW Caddy (until 2003, on Golf or Polo basis)
Ford F-Series Ute (vehicle) Peugeot 403 Peugeot 404 Supermini Fiat Palio Mazda BT-50
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