2014 Silverado 1500 – First impressions

jalichty wrote:
I know, Consumer Reports and the truck magazines who have tested these vehicles downgrade car because the sync doesn't work as good as they think it should or because the car has plastic, weak upholders. But, what does the interior of a truck have to do with what we buy them for, to tow our toys around so we can enjoy life. Ram has stepped up to the plate and made a huge leap in payload in their big boys, Ford has amped up their HP and torque and GM is upping their payload a bit and keeping their good-performing engine that has been around since 2002 or so, with tweaks and their Allison transmission. If I were to buy a truck because of how the interior looks or is laid out, I might as well forget why I want to buy a truck. When you are buying a truck, for example $50,000 or so, the addition of some of the goodies inside the cab will add another 10% or so to the cost. Unless, it's buying a diesel engine over a gasser, then the addition is around 15-18%. We bought all the goodies for my wife's last car and you know, they didn't make the car drive one bit better or perform one bit better.

You forget that most truck buyers are buying a life style and probably don't need or even use a truck like a truck. The mfgs have to appeal to thoses buyers as well as the buyers like us, here, who will use them like trucks.

I guess in the end we get nicer interiors then we need and they get more capability then they will ever use.