Hmmmmm, a possible advantage to the pickup... I weighed mine a few years ago and it was just over 3300 with me (230) and my 3 year old and my usual tool box and grab box (spare parts, jumper cables, tow straps, etc.). When driving my truck back to back with my old five speed 3.0L Raider, I always noticed that the truck was quite a bit quicker and pulled grades better. Both had 4.62 gears. The truck had bigger tires. At the time, my truck only had around 85K on it and the Raider had 175K, so that was certainly part of it. But if you look at the construction of the Gen 1 body, you can see there's alot of sheetmetal packed into that little cube!!