Since black is a slimming color, I chose to show a white example so you could actually see it.
Then along came RAM. Dodge may not have been the first one to name a truck, but they certainly were the first ones to make literally every production unit sold sound mean. You could get a basic Ram, or a loaded Ram (as loaded as Dodge got back then), but the days of the boring old D100 code were done. Sport utility vehicles like the Blazer, Jimmy, Scout, and Bronco always seemed to have names, but trucks were just sold as coded work vehicles. To this day, Ram stands strong as a tough-sounding truck. I’m not even sure they say “Dodge” on them anymore. They may not have a big, massive cast metal mascot bolted to the hood anymore, but they still sound tough. Proportionately, a truck that’s not so tough might not need to sound as tough. Dakota, Ranger, Sonoma, Tacoma, all truck sounding, but not necessarily big and rough and able sounding. The award for most appropriately named truck of all time? No, this isn’t sarcastically going to be handed to the little ‘Chevy Luv,’ but rather the Suzuki Mighty Boy.
Some truck jobs just don’t need a strong man, and for that reason, there’s the Mighty Boy. Weighing in at not much over a thousand pounds and measuring under eleven feet from end-to-end, the Mighty Boy could theoretically fit in the back of a full-size pickup like a golf cart or ATV does. Unibody construction keeps the body looking sleek and unnecessary lines to a minimum. Under the hood is a just-mighty-enough 550cc three-cylinder engine that puts under thirty horsepower down to the front wheels. Would it satisfy most truck owners? No, not in cargo space, payload, or power. That being said, it has adequate interior space, room behind the seats that both slide and recline, and a bed length of around two feet. Honestly, I think One would make a pretty cool substitute for a side-by-side. The Mighty Boy has ten-inch wheels factory, so big, chewy ATV tires would likely fit, and if the desire to go bigger was there, I’m sure that most are rusty enough after three decades to justify cutting a larger radius into the wheel wells. Front-wheel drive isn’t ideal, but in a slippery situation, it’s usually more convenient than rear-wheel drive. If not, there’s always room for a small winch, also from an ATV. Suzuki made some turbocharged stuff in that same era, as well. Although the Mightiest of Boys was never offered in turbocharged trim, the parts are out there to make it happen.
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