Where did the pickup truck originate?

1900, Henry Ford made his third car, which was a truck. Since then, Ford has formed an indissoluble bond with the truck. If Ford is the spiritual leader of American automobile industry, then pickup truck is the soul of Ford. 1948, Ford's F-series pickup truck came out. As the first generation of pickup trucks launched after the war, Ford F series began the legend of pickup trucks for more than half a century. In the annual ranking of the best-selling models in the United States, at least two of the top five are pickup trucks, and the best-selling car in the United States is still the Ford F-series pickup truck. As early as 1995, the output of Ford F series has surpassed that of Volkswagen Beetle.

The earliest Ford pickup truck looked more like a mini version of a heavy truck, with a long front nose, a raised hood, obvious radiator grille and front fender, and no transition in lines. It looks like the Jiefang truck we saw in the movie, but its size has been reduced. It was not until 1948 that Ford completely reformed its pickup truck, making it have a smooth contour like a car, an open carriage and an integrated windshield. This is the first generation of F- series pickup trucks, including F- 1 with a load of half a ton, F-2 with a load of 3.5 tons and "heavy" F-. Power is equipped with a 3.6-liter inline six-cylinder engine that can provide 95 horsepower and a 3.9-liter V8 engine that can provide 65,438+000 horsepower. Although this is nothing compared with Ford's latest light pickup F-65,438+050 with the minimum power V6 engine, it was already full of power at that time. In addition to the overall plastic surgery, I have to mention those two powerful hearts. Straight six engine is praised as "marathon champion" by new cowboys, and V8 engine is praised as "king of power". V6 and V8 have always been the classic power sources chosen by Ford for its F-series pickups. With the development of technology, the vital capacity and output power of the two engines are increasing, but the honorary title has not changed.

It can be said that the evolution process of Ford F series pickup truck is the evolution process of pickup truck. Appearance from the door to the stupefied and then to the resolute and delicate, strength from so-so to vigorous. The pickup truck looks more and more like a gentleman, but it is actually a piece of acne.

Among Ford F series pickup trucks, F- 150 light pickup truck is the most popular. In order to fill the gap between the small pickup truck F- 100 and the medium-sized pickup truck F-250 and improve the product line of F series, Ford introduced the F- 150 pickup truck with a load of 0.5 tons at 1975. It sold well as soon as it was launched. Half of the sales of Ford F series in 1975 are contributed by F- 150. Today, F- 150 is still the favorite of many pickup trucks, and it is also the first choice of many riders who want to become pickup trucks. Bush is one of them. He drove an F- 150 to his farm in Texas, personally picked it up and gave it to the top leaders of visiting countries. It seems incredible for us to let the leaders take the "agricultural vehicle", but when we think about it, it is indeed Bush's ingenious public relations means. Pickup truck is definitely a typical representative of American freedom spirit.

Rough rocks, overgrown weeds, fiery red sun, endless straight roads ... what kind of car should I drive in such a scene? If you ask an elderly rich man this question, he will surely tell you that you should drive a bright red Ferrari or a bright yellow Lamborghini. Perhaps only by driving millions of super sports cars in the wild can the bosses who have lost their physical fitness find some glory in their youth. If you ask a middle-aged man with a successful career, he will probably tell you without hesitation that it is an SUV, a Land Rover or a Porsche. It is tall and powerful, imposing and masculine, and looks like a man, even though their own beer bellies have proliferated to the point where they can't see their feet with their heads down; But if you ask an energetic young man who is as passionate about freedom as a woman, I believe you will get the answer-pickup truck. Yes, there is a small van with a bucket in the back.

In China, when it comes to this kind of car, people may first think of fruit shop owners or seafood stall couriers. People in many places even call this kind of car "slippers" contemptuously. Now this concept has to be changed. Although our government still regards this kind of pickup truck abroad as a truck that will affect the city appearance, in fact, they have long developed into cool, luxurious, high-performance and powerful cars, which are the best cars for men with cowboy dreams in their hearts.

Americans' love for pickup trucks can be said to be innate, which is related to their social and natural environment and people's lifestyle, but pickup trucks themselves also have many comprehensive benefits, with the dual characteristics of private cars and work vehicles. Moving furniture, carrying equipment for an outing, beautiful appearance, decent driving to work. In Silicon Valley, many IT elites drive pickup trucks to work. I once saw a netizen on a car forum saying that when he was working in the United States, his boss drove a pickup truck to work every day in a suit and tie, and some even drove a pickup truck with a cart and dressed up for a very formal party.

It is said that when Toyota engineers studied Americans' preference for cars around the parking lot, Japanese people who were used to looking at small and exquisite were completely shocked by these huge monsters. Their most common question is: "Are these cars really private cars?" After an in-depth study of the market, Toyota launched an upgraded version of Tacoma and Tundra specifically for the US market. In fact, Japanese automakers, including Nissan and Mitsubishi, are aware of Americans' love for pickups, and constantly introduce and upgrade their own pickups.

Compared with Japanese pickup trucks, those classic American brands-Dodge, GM, Ford, the famous three brothers of American automobile industry, are really exciting. For another characteristic car in the United States, the muscle car, Dodge has a challenger, GM has a Chevrolet Camaro, Ford has a Mustang, and three fierce cars that don't give each other; In the field of pickup trucks, these three brothers also have their own fist products. Ford is certainly the F series, Dodge has the Ram series, and GM has the Sierra and Chevrolet Silverado series.

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