Our Best Pickup Truck of 2015 Contenders - PickupTrucks.com

This year is particularly interesting given how many pickup trucks qualify for the Best Pickup Truck Award, which PickupTrucks. Chevrolet Colorado The all-new Chevy Colorado — and its sibling, the GMC Canyon — are brand-new entries in the long-ignored midsize pickup truck segment. The Colorado and Canyon have been gone from the marketplace for almost three years but have returned with a completely new chassis and powertrain lineup. Available in both extended- and crew-cab configurations, the Colorado will offer inline-four-cylinder and V-6 engines, two wheelbases, three trim levels and reportedly will offer a small turbo-diesel engine next year. Ford F-150 It would be easy to dismiss the importance of this new F-150 if all you thought was important was the truck's aluminum body panels. The F-150 is reimagined in just about every way with new trim levels, never-before-seen (on a pickup truck) technology, and more payload and towing capacity than any truck in its segment. As to powertrains, there are four choices, two of which are brand new. the standout is the new 2. 7-liter V-6 EcoBoost with the best gas fuel economy for any half-ton. Ford Super Duty F-250/F-350 Ford's biggest changes to its heavy-duty lineup comes in the form of a significantly upgraded Power Stroke 6. 7-liter turbo-diesel V-8. Every Super Duty that gets the big puller will get the segment-leading... Source: news.pickuptrucks.com