Car and truck differences

[mjoekingz28]

What makes one a truckand one a car? Before the wize guys take a shot, phrase it like this..... What is the difference between an El Camino and a S10?


Im thinking it has to do with the frame underneath.

 

[bullwinkle]

El Camino were built on the same frame as a Malibu, or (older ones) a Chevelle (the A platform). S-10s were built on a small truck frame shared with the GMC S-15 or Sonoma.

 

[aquariuscsm]

To me,anything with an open "truck bed" is a truck.

 

[NHGUY]

One is unibody styled (no separate bed),and a lesser weight carrying limit.Like a Dodge Rampage vs a RAM pickup.

 

[Donald]

The El Camino was ugly and a lousy car and a lousy truck. Good its no longer made. Add it to the Vega, Pinto, Yugo and Covair list of "mistakes".

 

[eljefino]

Isn't the Ridgeline the new El Camino?

 

[ragtoplvr]

Yes, it is. Even uglier.

Elcamino and Ranchero were great cars, and someone should bring one back to fight the HUGE half tons of today.

Rod

 

[bdcardinal]

Originally Posted By: Donald
The El Camino was ugly and a lousy car and a lousy truck. Good its no longer made. Add it to the Vega, Pinto, Yugo and Covair list of "mistakes".


Better tell Ford and Holden to stop making them down under. I would kill for a Maloo or a Falcon Ute.

 

[andyd]

El Camino, Ranchero are a take off from the Aussie ute. They are a 1/4 ton truck. I had a '62 F 250 with an 8 ft bed that was one with the cab. Sweptline? I know where there is another. It too has a 223 inch straight 6 but is a F 100. Judging from the fact that it hasn't moved in at least the 5 yrs I've been driving by it, there are issues.

 

[dishdude]

Originally Posted By: Donald
The El Camino was ugly and a lousy car and a lousy truck. Good its no longer made. Add it to the Vega, Pinto, Yugo and Covair list of "mistakes".


There are a ton of El Caminos out west, I still see one almost every time I go out. Last week I saw 3 in one day on a short trip to the store.

 

[Oldmoparguy1]

Dodge Rampage, unit body truck, based on the L-body, (Omni), chassis.

Up until recently, Chrysler minivans were classified as trucks. Gave them favorable treatment with emission rules.

It's a truck if the manufacturer calls it a truck.

 

[Errtt]

How about car/truck/van/SUV/CUV & anything in between.
Between - there were those cars you could drive into the lake (maybe troll for trout) and prop yer way to the other side.

Add - then those like a VW bus except 3/4 of the top was lost making it like half van half truck all weird

 

[HerrStig]

I vote for the Subie "Brat" and, by far the "best" (sarc) of the lot....the VW Rabbit pickup with front wheel drive for NO traction with a load in the bed. Most of them were sold to balloon foots because there was so little too them they got good mileage.

 

[RedOakRanch]

I had a customer with a Ridgeline and when he referred to his "truck" a coworker informed him that a car with a shelf on the back isn't a truck. I was rolling... LOL

 

[bullwinkle]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
Isn't the Ridgeline the new El Camino?
At least an El Camino had an actual frame under it-Ridgeline is just a unibody.

 

[SilverSnake]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truck

 

[AZjeff]

Chevy Avalanche. Ladder frame, no separate bed. Truck?

 

[umungus1122]

Originally Posted By: Donald
The El Camino was ugly and a lousy car and a lousy truck. Good its no longer made. Add it to the Vega, Pinto, Yugo and Covair list of "mistakes".

 

[Chris142]

California considers the PT Loser and HHr a truck

 

[hpb]

Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
Originally Posted By: Donald
The El Camino was ugly and a lousy car and a lousy truck. Good its no longer made. Add it to the Vega, Pinto, Yugo and Covair list of "mistakes".


Better tell Ford and Holden to stop making them down under. I would kill for a Maloo or a Falcon Ute.


Sadly, they ARE about to stop making them.