CARJAM TV – Subscribe Here Now www.youtube.com Like Us Now On Facebook: www.facebook.com For The World’s Best Car Videos Website: www.carjam.tv Radio www.rte.ie Twitter: www.twitter.com Youtube: www.youtube.com A pickup truck or pick-up, often simply referred to as a pickup, is a light motor vehicle with an open-top, rear cargo area (bed). In North America, the term pickup is used only for light trucks,[citation needed] while in other parts of the world it includes coupé utility vehicles, based on car chassis. Some countries have their own terms similar to pickup, such as ute in Australia and New Zealand, or bakkie in South Africa. Pickup trucks are rare in Europe, likely because vans are commonly used for similar roles. Several North American vehicles, the Chevrolet El Camino, Ford Ranchero, Dodge Rampage, Honda Ridgeline and Subaru Baja have beds, but they are not usually referred to as pickups in North America, because their design and construction does not conform to normal expectations of “trucks”.[citation needed] Although the El Camino and the Ranchero were built with body-on-frame architectures, they were based on existing station wagon platforms, while the Ridgeline uses a spot welded sheet steel monocoque (unibody) chassis in the same style as modern passenger cars. Trucks typically have either a tubular or channel rail chassis with a fully floating cab and separate cargo section to allow for chassis flex and prevent warping of the sheetmetal. The sheet steel in …