2013 Light-Duty Challenge

2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Overview

With so many pickups overhauled, we knew we had to bring all the half-ton players back together again.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Judges' Impressions

Let's meet the judges of the 2013 Light-Duty Challenge and find out what they thought.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Acceleration

This is how we conducted the Acceleration tests in the 2013 Light-Duty Challenge.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Braking

We conducted our brake testing near the same wide-open blacktop strip where we performed our acceleration runs.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Mileage Drive

Some of the most significant half-ton improvements have come in fuel economy in the last few years.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Hill-Climb Acceleration Test

Longtime readers will recognize this 7.2 percent hill-climb contest from past heavy-duty shootouts.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Autocross

Of all the tests, the autocross could be the one that truck shoppers might like to do most on their own.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Calculated Max Payload and Towing

How we scored the Calculated Max Payload and Towing in the 2013 Light-Duty Challenge.

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2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Results

We thoroughly judge these trucks on their tested capabilities and their qualitative characteristics.

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