Being a loyal American buyer it pains me to say it but the new Honda Ridgeline is about just what a half ton truck should be. The big three do still make reasonable priced work trucks, with normal size tires and height, but you have to order them. The new small Chevy is decent size but all on the lots are decked out and cost as much as the big ones. I read that Ford is bringing back the Ranger to America but I've yet to see one. Dodge Ram keeps talking about a new Dakota but they can't make the big Ram's fast enough so why bother. The new full size trucks are built tuff though, they carry and pull as much as my 96 Chevy 3500 did even as they are classed as 1/2 ton's. My brother has a new Ford Diesel Super Duty that has as much power as the Semi trucks I used to drive for a living, it's crazy.
