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My biggest gripe with the Cybertruck is that it's not technically a truck at all... (lemmy.ca)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There are many reasons to hate the Cybertruck. Looks, shoddy workmanship, flat out performance lies, Man-child business owner, etc...

But my biggest gripe, and this is the unpopular bit, is that in my opinion, it's not actually a truck at all.

The Cybertruck is a uni-body construction, often called a "car chassis". It shares that with the Honda Ridgeline, Hyundai Santa Cruz, and a few others. Trucks that are meant to do actual work use a body-on-frame construction because it has more ability to flex and twist when you put a heavy load in the bed or towing something heavy.

To put it simply, if you put a heavy enough load in the back of a uni-body truck, you're going to lose some traction on the front wheels as the weight will tilt the entire body backwards, whereas real trucks made for work are developed with the bed mounted separately to avoid that issue.

I know that yes, Santa Cruz, Cybertruck, Ridgeline, etc... are still technically classified as a truck. But in my (unpopular) opinion, anything uni-body shouldn't be classified as one.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The Ford maverick is a nice light duty unibody truck. Also, the f150 uses an aluminum frame.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I saw one of those once at a parking lot during a vacation to the usa. I didn't recognize it as first, and thought someone pulled a joke and made their car look like a sardine can.

It does look kinda cool in person.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Not only is it not a truck, it is also not cyber. It just cheap tin can scrap on wheels. The design looks like something a 6yr old kid would draw on paper.

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