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This was the worst video I've ever seen. Only 1 vehicle on the list was an actual truck, the Chevy LUV, and none of these were built to compete with traditional full size trucks. The Chevy SSR was underpowered? 400 HP is underpowered? The GMC Caberello was underpowered? Well so was every other car in the 80's, the Camaro Z28 in 1987 only had 215 hp, the Corvette only had 240hp, so a Caberello with 170 wasn't bad. But with the exception of the LUV none of these were built to be like a traditional truck, none had a body on frame construction. This video is horrible and I hope they never make another so full of nonsense.
Right off the intro, The Pinto pickup FIRSTLY was NEVER a production vehicle, the one shown is a 79 or 80 not a 70 and it is based on the pinto WAGON which did NOT have the exploding fuel tank issue. I wish you videographers would learn about cars before making this garbage.
Absolutely. Only the 71-73 coupes needed the impact plate between the tank and rear axle. Any WAGON chassis, had the tank filler on the side. They didn't have the tendency for fire. Please use a real human voice. AI generated voice is just lazy
Well it is bad facts cause the dude is a hater. And I never heard of a Pinto pickup before. And he has no proof of any photo or video accident of that pickup so yeah, he's a hater...
Very true the Pinto truck wasn't even produced by Ford.The GMC Cabalerro was just an El camino.It has a great following today and then!!!Chevy LUV was popular and good for it's rime.Plus,false info with a crappy pronounce sucked.
@@imrytebeehyneu You are saying the presenter is an anti-car guy? I even still hear bad comments about the Mustang II, it was stifled from being a Mustang by the government, but the Pinto/Mustang platform was one of the best handling chassis to come out of 1974. Even if the Pinto had a crucial safety fault, first it's not a pickup, second at least know which car had the fault. The fact is he compiles some cars, edits them into a video, says some words and as crappy as it is, we are here giving him ratings with our comments all be them negative.
I appreciate the younger generation getting into the past and making documentaries on it. But for God sake get it right. This is painful. The intent is great just research the content.
You mean i wasn't the only one annoyed by that bullshit? I'm still undecided if i 👎🏻 for the bad voice-over, of the subtitles. Honestly, why TF does anyone use those.
The pinto "pickup" was a custom conversion. Not a production car. The luv, well, you were actually right on that one... The rampage and Caballero (pronounced ca-ba yer-o) were great vehicles, not meant to be actual trucks. Now on to the SSR, not the SR, it wasn't supposed to be practical. It was a show piece. Better luck next time picking out PICK UP TRUCKS, instead of utility vehicles. There were FAR worse pickup trucks that should have replaced all, except the luv, the vehicles in this video. Better luck next time.
A lot of the names of the vehicles were pronounced wrong. He claims these are the worst trucks. Listening to the narration of this video that has got to be the worst narration I have ever heard.
Ford Motor Company NEVER built a Ford Pinto Pick-up! The little bastardized Pinto that you have in your video was built by a totally non-affiliated automotive company. Perhaps a little due diligence and some active research would have helped. The use of A.I. voice reading absolutely makes this video incredibly difficult to watch and the fact that you would use a Ford that didn't ever exist in the mainstream automotive market as your only GOMOCO listing .and only one Chrysler product, and the fact that all of the rest of the vehicles are G.M.C. products, makes this video look like a brand hit on Chevy.... not a great look for your channel.
Do you even read about any of these vehicles? The pinto wagon the truck was based on never had the fuel tank issues. And Pintos sold like hotcakes the whole time Ford built them! You don’t build a car that doesn’t sell for a decade! Speaking of decades, the Toyota truck didn’t really come on strong until the 80s. The LUV and Ford Courier (Mazda) were far more common than Japanese trucks. It was the late 70s before Japanese car lots became common everywhere. They had been mostly a west coast thing and European cars were more common in the rest of the country. Finally, I know you must think folks was ignorant back then, but we weren’t. There is only one truck on this list. The rest are coupe utilities. Nobody cross shopped trucks and coupe utilities! Nobody walked onto a Dodge lot and said “do I want a D150, a D50(Mitsubishi), or a Rampage. Also, nobody built a coupe utility expecting high sales figures. They were a way to add another body to an existing platform and squeeze a few extra sales out of it. Maybe you should consider researching more, or talking to someone who actually was alive during that time!😂
I used to have Chevy Luv and I loved the thing. I would pull an 18' enclosed trailer behind it on a daily basis and it did fine except it did not like to turn when it was raining.
I was confused by the narration on it, 1st part bashed it, middle praised it, last 2 sentences bashed it again...ugh...My brother had Ford Couriers iniddle to late 70s 4speed and a 5 speed, Courier and Luv had some same similarities. My brother's was white with a black hood, he put a brush guard on it and a black rollbar with fog lights, of course installed a CB, his 1980 one lasted about 300,000 miles (he was in Air Force and stationed in Michigan and Nebraska, long drive to Pennsylvania and back racked up miles
@@vintvarner16 I also had an old Ford Courier and loved it. I ended up using it in a business I had.In recent years I have only driven full size trucks. I have exceeded 300,00 miles in every one I had. Ford or Chevy. Now seeing if I can no that in a RAM.
The El Camino should have never gone away, they are great vehicles, corporate people are always making mistakes trying to save money, they will spend millions to save thousands.
This English-2nd-language robot is unacceptable for special auto vocabulary. Also to rave about Chevy Luv, then slap an insult on at the very end is irresponsible. I quit watching midway. 😡😡
What is a "two point real engine"? Ford NEVER produced a Pinto pickup, that is some sort of custom hack job done to a wagon. You sir, are full of prunes.
I drove an El Camino for years it's never a truck it's never a car it's always something in between but it's Unique and i loved it so I don't agree with all of your video
I don't think that this is AI narrated! I hear and detect some nasal in the voice, so i am near to it is actual human. Although this narrator does not seem to know how to how pronounce, and/or perhaps having trouble reading from a script. The person who created this video appears to not be knowledgeable at automotive history. As sone have mentioned vehicles like the El Camino and other Ute style vehicles were not intended to replace a traditional pickup truck, nor were they marketed as such. They were more of a precursor of the present day crossovers, although their design was more towards sport and their cargo space was open, as opposed to being enclosed as the crossovers. Also at the time most of those vehicles were produced fuel efficiency was more of a factor, and such vehicles offered an alternative for people who did not need the features and performance of a full size pickup. That's my two cents worth of my personal opinion. I endured and made it through the entire video! 😆 I really interested in part 2. Sorry 😔
Why the subtitles? What do they add, man? Totally unnecessary. The "Pinchero" was a custom one-off. never went into production. Pretty low-effort attempt.
My Dad bought a Chevy LUVin 1977. It got great mileage, but lacked power. his truck had the 2.0 liter engine. I think this engine would have run stronger, oe had more percieved power if it had had a lower rear gear set. The LUV came with a 4.11 axle ratio. This allowed it to get heavy loads moving, but the engine ran out of power at speeds above 45-50 MPH.
This was a flat waste of a quarter-plus of an hour. Combine an irredeemably bad robovoice with more errors than a Braves game and I wish I could vote this video down five times: once for each clip. I want my time back!
Seriously dude you have no idea what you are talking about. I never heard about the pinto truck but the others are hugely popular to collectors. I would have no hesitation in buying any of these vehicles
-Ford Pinto truck = baby Ranchero, which in the past had been made on both the compact Falcon and mid-size Galaxie platforms -Chevy LUV = Isuzu captive import. Literally done to compete with Ford's Ranger, which was a Mazda import -Dodge Rampage = An El Camino-ized Dodge Omni/Charger, which there was a market for until mini-vans were created -GMC Cabellero = An El Camino with GMC badges and power windows, and it had the same issues as the El Camino -Chevrolet Esser = Chevrolet SSR. I've done voice-over work in radio. Contact me so you won't sound like an idiot in your next video I hate it when people that know nothing about cars or trucks, make videos about cars and trucks.
On the Caballero, I don't understand all these negative reviews regarding its engine strength and performance. Negative styling remarks, I can understand as up to the B pillar it is a Chevrolet Impala. The 78-85 Impala, a workhorse in law enforcement city state and federal levels, if the Caballeros having the same power train options, if not more performance, which is the hallmark of the GMC badging, what could then be the cause of its reportedly lo performance in comparison even to a gmc 1500 pickup truck, them both having the exact same powertrain? an 85 s10 pick up? a caballero was faster than the 4 cylinder datsuns, toyotas and nissan hardbodys of the era. And ssyling? the El Caminos and Caballeros had it hands ov er the plain jane "stylings" of the same trio of the period.
This is a trash "A.I." generated video. Chevy LUV/Isuzu PUP terrible trucks? Sorry, but they sold like hot cakes and ran with few issues until they literally were worked to death. If these were so terrible, then why is it everyone opines for trucks like these again? LOL
I noticed that you are new here so I'm going to make a suggestion, try to do a little bit better job editing. Your pronunciation of the luv (you said loove) and liter (you said litter) . 4:41 you pronounce GMC as Genesee Also, do a little bit better research. Ford never produced a pinto truck. Those are aftermarket customizations. The Luv was badass, the rampage was a piece of garbage.
I have noticed so many errors in your speech that I am tempted to give you a thumbs down. Only because you seem to be new do I give you the benefit of the doubt. You do not get a subscription. And you won't gain anymore unless you fix your errors. Chevy SSR (super sport roadster). My gosh kid, do your research. And don't rely on chat GPT to write your script
I found this video to be extremely annoying. No one expected these vehicles to meet the needs of conventional pickup truck owners. They were intended to fill limited roles for enthusiasts and people with small cargo needs. Also, your disturbingly mispronounced use of the English language demonstrates your use of AI to misrepresent the origin of the video. You have no idea of the American experience. Stay in your own lane.
The closed captioning is absolutely hilarious! The Dodge rampage 2.2 was turbocharged, and the Chevrolet SSR is LITERALLY the top of the line Corvette (suspension and all) with a pickup truck body on it. None of this is correct!
AI Narration at its worst. I guess content creators are just too lazy to quality check their videos now. Video is almost unwatchable because of the AI getting words wrong PLUS a bonus of misspelled words in the onscreen captions. Thumbs down to all AI narration videos. Lazy work!
One truck that should have been here, the mid 70s Datsun pickup, many of em had rust issues as the Vega did, and caberator issues that made em very unrealible. (73 to 77) the bodies also dented extremely easy, sometimes leaning on em wrong cause a dent.
Actually the Dodge Rampage was QUICKER than Ranger and S-10 and even fullsize and mid size trucks! It blew them away....it wasnt made to compete against those trucks as Dodge had the D-50 that was the same as a Courier/Ranger and Luv/S-10... It was NOT made to compete with Ranger that never existed when the Rampage came out that was Ford Mazda built Courier...Dodge had the D-50 compact truck to compete against the Ford Courier and Chevrolet Luv then later the S-10... It was just a car based truck not made for towing but for a homeowner or small business that needed a vehicle with more cargo room.. They ran 8 second 0-60 thats quicker than compact trucks of the era that ran 15 seconds and slower!! It was a rocket during those years..
I noticed that too. They tell us how good it was, then tell us it is one of the worst. I had a 1974, and it ran good and was reliable, but the chassis had problems with rotting out due to its enclosed box frame design.
AI is great for a lot of stuff, but doing this type of content is not the best idea! The average viewer may not even notice the errors, but car nerds like myself do!
Did Ford make a pinto truck? I'm not so sure about that. The L.U.V. truck was a fine little truck. None of these little trucks were meant to replace a full-sized truck. They were cheap little haulers and nothing more. So I'm not so sure they were the worst pickup trucks. Besides the young person talking in this video doesn't even sound old enough to be around when these little trucks were on the road, so how would he even know? Just saying.
The GMC Caballero was the generic version of the Chevy El Camino. I rarely saw the GMC twin, but this generation of El Camino was everywhere! Chevy must have done something right. As for the Pinto pickup, that was never a factory model. I don't know what business did the conversions. And the Chevy LUV was also everywhere. Chevy and Isuzu did something right.
They really need how to pronounce the names of the cars/trucks they are featuring. It’s caba yard, not caba Laro! These are are either narrated by AI, or idiots!
Dear Drive TV, hire announcers that know SOMETHING, anything at all about cars built in the last 50 years. while I do take your list with the pound of salt it was wrote with, A V-8, is pronounced "v- eight" NOT "vate". The Chevrolet LUV(pronounced "LOVE") was hated because of RUST. I've never seen a Pinto ute and the only one you got right was the dodge do to lack of ability to haul weight. Heck come get me I'll help you make one of these cheap, having owned and driven many of the cars you try to make videos about.
What is the point of this. Only the LUV was actually a pickup. The rest were basically cars with a bed. I had an El Camino that did some truck duty after I put overload springs on it. They were just Chevelles.
