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The 2023 Ram 1500 and 2023 Honda Ridgeline were named best-of-the-best in Car and Driver's recent awards.
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Car and Driver ranked the "Best Mid-Size Pickup Trucks" and "Best Full-Size Pickup Trucks" based on roughly 200 data points encompassing acceleration, handling, comfort, cargo space, fuel efficiency, value, and how enjoyable they are to drive.
Car and Driver's rankings are arrived at from the results of instrumented testing of more than 400 vehicles each year and from our expert editors' subjective impressions gained in real-world driving.
For 2023, the following seven trucks were named as "best" of the mid-size pickup truck category:
2023 Honda Ridgeline
2024 GMC Canyon
2023 Jeep Gladiator
2023 Nissan Frontier
2023 Ford Ranger
2023 Toyota Tacoma
For 2023, Car and Driver named the following 10 trucks as "best" of the full-size pickup truck category:
2023 Ram 1500
2023 Ram 1500 TRX
2023 Ford F-150
2023 Ford F-150 Raptor
2023 GMC Sierra 1500
2023 Chevrolet Silverado 1500
2023 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2
2024 Toyota Tundra Hybrid
2024 Toyota Tundra
2024 Nissan Titan
For more than 60 years, Car and Driver has been performing vehicle tests and sharing the results with the public. Those tests have changed over the years, currently focusing on the following areas:
Performance testing.
Acceleration
Braking
Maximum cornering (skidpad)
Following set test-vehicle prep protocols
Interior sound level (noise/vibration/harshness).
Fuel economy and driving range.
Highway fuel economy test at 75 mph on a 200-mile out and back loop.
Highway driving range.
Observed fuel economy.
Cargo space and storage.
Carry-ons (how much standard luggage can it fit?)
Ping pong balls (filling interior pockets with ping pong balls)
Lift-over height.
Visibility and seating height.
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