Oppopinion: What defines a Hot Truck?

"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 08/13/2017 at 14:44 • Filed to: None

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In my Facebook group, fast pickup trucks have been the topic of the past week. We’ve put up things like the GMC Sierra HT and the Chevrolet S10 SS up for debate, and the results have been largely varied. But today I got into an argument with one of my friends as to what constitutes the name, “Hot truck.”

He says that “hot trucks” are trucks that are mostly base in trim but have a faster engine and faster internals to be something a little more for the everyday worker. Some examples would include:

The Dodge Dakota R/T

The GMC Sierra HT

The GMC Sonoma GT

However, he thinks that trucks like the Syclone, SRT-10, Lightning, etc. are not hot trucks because they’re too expensive and too pampered in comparison. I respectfully disagree, because I believe the term “hot trucks” should be applied to any truck that’s faster than normal.

I decided to bring the topic here before I got into a big friendship-ending fight, so...what do you guys think?

Nibby > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 14:46

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a truck on fire

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Nibby 08/13/2017 at 14:47

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Fair

Honeybunchesofgoats > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 14:51

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A truck during the summer time that has been parked in the sun.

X37.9XXS > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 14:58

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The HiLux Technical

Try outrunning it

crowmolly > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 15:10

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Trucks that have extra power for power’s sake. To make them more fun to drive than a work truck.

Porsche was my first word > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 15:26

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Hot sauce

Not hot sauce (according to your buddy).

Mini Guy- Now has a 4Runner > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 15:27

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I’d agree with you. Yes hot trucks are faster than normal, but most trucks are like that. I mean, take the raptor for example. A regular f-150 lariat fx4 (3.5 v6) with a couple of options does 0-60 in around 5.7-6 seconds and cost 55,000$. While the raptor costs 60 ( I think) and does 0-60 in 5.1. So it’s not really pampered. Tell me if any of that made sense

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 15:34

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I mean it’s the same thing as hatchbacks. You have hot hatches, lukewarm hatches and just hatches. So a Syclone, SRT10, Lightning, SS 454 are hot trucks, dakota r/t, sierra ht are lukewarm trucks and everything else, the regular trucks and appearance packages are just trucks.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 16:12

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Does burnouts, goes around corners better than stock truck of the same model, like you said, ford lightening, chevy 454 SS, dodge ram v10.

RT > X37.9XXS 08/13/2017 at 16:38

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That’s a Land Cruiser 70, not a Hilux.

The Snowman > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 18:00

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The HT only has the 4.8, it’s one step above a base model. Not even the 5.3...

Birddog > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/13/2017 at 18:28

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Some blurry lines here. I’d say a “Hot Truck” would have to offer equipment above and beyond it’s standard counterpart.

Dakota R/T barely qualifies. You could get the same 5.9 in an SXT. But you didn’t get the lower suspension or the factory Magnaflow exhaust.

454 SS only qualifies because of the 454. The rest is just HD 1500 stuff.

1g Lighting is a fully executed Hot Truck. Gt40 intake, aluminum heads, special exhaust, and a reengineered twin I beam suspension.

S-10 SS/Sonoma GT is borderline. They were quick but it was mostly a sticker package.

On and on and on.

Pickup_man > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 08/14/2017 at 09:48

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Hot trucks are trucks specifically made for being faster than their standard counterparts, with hopped up engines not found in the standard trucks. I’d also argue that they usually have upgraded suspensions as well.

Examples: Dodge Little Red Express, Ford Lightning, Dodge SRT-10, some Harley Davidson Edition F-150's, GMC Syclone/Typhoon, Chevy SS 454, Dodge Dakota R/T, Toyota Tacoma X-Runner

Examples of trucks that are not hot trucks: S-10 Extreme, Sierra HT, Dodge Ram Daytona Edition

Somewhere in the middle: Chevy Silverado SS (the newer ones)