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America's favorite living room, except it tows things and judges your other vehicles.
means A light truck with an open cargo bed at the back, used to haul gear, tools, or anything you can strap down.
from From the verb phrase "pick up" — to lift or gather something — which by the early 20th century had attached itself to small delivery trucks you'd use to pick up and carry loads. The phrase itself joins the old verb "pick" (Middle English picken, to pierce or pluck) with "up," and the truck sense rolled out of America's early automobile age, when a "pick-up" body simply meant one built for grabbing and moving stuff.
- best seller
- Ford F-Series tops US sales for 40+ years
- growing breed
- modern trucks dwarf 1990s versions in size
- hidden math
- most owners rarely use the bed for hauling
- word origin
- named for goods you'd pick up and carry
- global outlier
- beloved in America, rare on European roads
ford f-series — best-selling vehicle in the us for 47 consecutive years since 1977
chevrolet silverado — second best-selling pickup truck in america with 2.7m sold since 1999
dodge ram 1500 — third major us pickup truck, known for smooth ride and luxury features