Crew cab

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Crew Cabs are an extended cab bodystyle commonly found on utes or pickup trucks. This cab design typically has forward-facing rear seating and four front-hinged doors to provide sedan-like accommodations for up to 6 passengers.

In the United States, International Harvester introduced the first crew cab in 1957.^[1] It had 3 doors; the 4th door was added in 1961. Dodge followed with its own factory built crew cab in 1963.^[2] Ford introduced its crew cab in 1965 and General Motors in 1973.^[3] Through the 1980's, most crew cab pickup trucks were sold as heavy-duty (3/4 and 1 ton) models intended for commercial use, and custom vehicle builders such as Centurion built light-duty crew cabs for the personal-use market. Nissan offered the first US-market compact crew cab pickup in 2000;^[4] Ford, GM, Dodge, Nissan and Toyota all introduced their own compact and 1/2 ton crew cab models in the 2000's as demand grew. Crew cabs were popular and widely available in other markets many years before they caught on in the US because of their superior passenger space.

Land Rover used what they described as crew cabs over thirty years ago for their special vehicles (e.g. a crane mounted on the rear for street lighting maintenance being one) providing up to six seats so the whole work crew or gang could be accommodated.

[edit] References

1. ^ Scout Connection FAQ. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
2. ^ Ram history page on Allpar. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
3. ^ Chevrolet Avalanche press release. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.
4. ^ PickupTruck.com Nissan Frontier Review. Retrieved on 2007-06-04.