Yeah, the Raptor has really thrown the glove. It would be cool to see some offerings from Dodge and Chevy. Or, if Chrysler really wanted to come at Ford sideways, they could put out a new Jeep Commanche.

No do not miss them at all. I knew someone who had the latest lighting and an svt focus, and I always preferred the focus. And can the raptor be a muscle truck? Isn't it more of an off road truck?

I do wish they'd have them again but I don't exactly miss them. I guess people realized it's cheaper to build a muscle truck than buy one, from what I remember they weren't all that fast, at least for the price tag most were going for. The Raptor is probably the closest thing to a muscle truck (actually that's probably Hennessey's upgrade of it called the VelociRaptor). The Raptor is an awesome truck but there's one drawback, the payload and towing capacities suck. I understand why because it's the suspension being soft to be able to hit bumps and hills at high speeds. It's just that personally if I have a truck for whatever reason I have it I want to be able to use it for work, even if I was into bagged trucks that lays the frame (which I'm not). Only way I'd have a truck that wouldn't be able to tow or haul is if I made the truck so it wasn't street legal.

I love the old muscle trucks from about 1990. Although I am not a Chevy guy the SS is a pretty cool deal with the 454. My 1977 Ford F250 has a 460, but I really wouldn't call it a muscle truck as it is really only rated for about 180 hp and is slow as you can get under 40 mph. I'm going to do some engine work to it this spring to get some more hp, but any of these new mod motor trucks today completely trounce anything for even 10 years ago. The technology in new motors is just crazy now.

How about the Ram Adventurer? Maybe not a "muscle" truck but definitely a sport truck, and affordable, too! http://autoholics.com/2011/02/16/Chrysler-Adds-Another-Low-Buck-Hemi-Ram-to-the-Mix-503226

"Muscle Trucks" where a brilliant idea... until it came down to owning one. I'm sure we all know they just ended up making a good truck useless at two different things. Again; great idea, horrible execution? (Possibly) They were enticing to everyone (including me). When lets face it a truck platform isn't the best for making a "sports car". Trucks are Trucks... don't get me wrong I'm not "hating" on them. It's simple trucks are meant to be badass in a whole different way. When you try to turn one into a sports car it becomes to "soft" to do truck activities; since it was built around the premise of being a truck it makes a horrible sports car. My math's not so good but I'm pretty sure that equals NOT AWESOME "homie". Unfortunately the only thing the owners are left with is the prestige of having one, and a dream of a perfect world were this concept would work.

Yes I do miss these trucks, however 1 of the points of a truck is to use it as a truck, and these trucks are too nice to use as a truck (hauling, off-roading) If I were to run out and buy a truck it would be used as a truck, then again any vehicle I buy gets used as intended.

[Point B] If you are into any interpretation of a lowered "sporty" truck: Lowrider, Mini Truck, Hot Rod, Cruiser, Show Truck, Rat Rod; the list goes on. I'm no expert... but threw the evolution of the build don't you end up replacing everything the OEM Manufacture did to make it sporty? Of course there is positive, and negative exceptions to my point. Such as your probably not going to get rid of the motor on the SRT-10 Ram [Point made] So in my mind if a manufacture is going to equip a truck with a special package why not make it more of a truck, and less like a car package? I'm sure over 90% of the demographic I listed above in point B would be 100% okay with it because they tend not to use "Muscle Trucks" as a starting point for there projects... Just makes sense to me, to make a Truck more of a Truck package (I hope I don't have to explain that) SCREW IT. What I mean its don't sacrifice what makes a truck a truck. To make a truck package. Example: driver seating position, ability to tow/haul, go off road, cruise. [Conclusion] Trucks such as the "Muscle Trucks" listed above, and the glamour ones not mentioned (Lincoln Mark LT, and Escalade EXT). Defeat the purpose of having a truck... If having one isn't your purpose of owning one. YOU know buying it because other people do.

[Continued] or because it's cool, and you don't actually need one. I'm no market researcher but people buy trucks for two reasons. They need one, they want one. So appeal to the people who buy them

What, no love for the 1997-'98 Dodge Ram 1500 S/S-T? Pre-dating the Dakota R/T by a year, these were basically a continuation of the '96 Pace Truck. They were all short-bed, standard-cab Rams, with the 5.9 Magnum and the alloy wheels introduced on the aforementioned Pace Trucks. They were available in black, red or dark green with silver stripes, or white with blue stripes. I drove one when they first hit the lots in January of '97, and it was a pretty hot ride. Excellent acceleration, ride and handling. If not for the ride height, I wouldn't have thought I was driving a truck. I might have tried to buy one if my commute had been shorter--and I hadn't already decided to buy a house that year. They were about $23k new. The introduction of the smaller, lighter Dakota R/T the next year killed them pretty quickly.

love these trucks, special respects to the chryslers

Lightning and Raptor are above all the others, hell you couldn't even tow anything in the SRT "truck".

You guys forgot about 1 important Muscle Truck 1978 and 1979 Dodge Little Red Express and Warlock (Black Version) they where pretty quick trucks with a 360 cu in engine. It was faster than the newest Porsche back in the day. Also Chevy produced a Joe Gibbs Performance special edition Silverado in 2004 with an intercooled and supercharged 5.3 liter engine bolted to a t56 6 speed producing close to 400 horsepower!

The Ford Raptor is the Baddest truck ever!

ok I know sombodys gonna say "thats just a v6. its not muscle" but I want to know why the GMC Syclone wasnt included in this... probably because they were so underrated but they were like the Buick Grand Nationals of trucks! Those turbo 4.3s made Syclones the worlds fastest trucks in the world, and if i do recall... they still hold that title.

ok it doesnt hold that title anymore... but it does kill the lightnings!

Im with you slprlesbre, the syclone is awesome and I think it belongs with the other trucks. It seems like there have been muscle trucks for some time, like the Lil Red Express, syclone and Shelby Dakota. I think their performance numbers seem kinda mild by todays standards but in their day they were pretty fast.

I'm just going to leave this right here. http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/comment/12/2011/03/7883c2a92f5d8397fe8abed535a88e5e/original.jpg

I believe the Little Red Express, and slightly before that, the Warlock were the original "muscle trucks" back in the 70's. You also ,left out the GMC Syclone and it's suv counterpart, the Typhoon both built in the early 90's. The Syclone pushed around 275 ponies from a turbocharged, intercooled 4.3 V6 stuffed into an all-wheel-drive Sonoma body and ran the 1/4 mile faster than the Ferrari 348 from the same time period.

I don't know if the warlock should be on the list just because it was more of an appearance package than a performance package. Some of the early Warlocks were available with a 440 but that was nothing that you couldn't get on any dodge pickup. The 360 on the Lil Red Express was the first specially optioned performance package I know of for a truck. If I am correct they had a 340 cam, 4 barrel, big rig style exhaust and a higher top speed than the corvette for that year.

GMC has a concept of a truck called the "Sierra All Terrain HD" very similar to the concept of the raptor, very performance related, honestly looks pretty similar to the raptor too. As for the 5.9 Dakota, in 98 you could also get a Grand Cherokee with the 5.9... and well.. it hauled ass.

i know i missed a few trucks but the Lil Red Wagon, Warlock, The Dude, and the Ram 1500 S/S-T were not really performance trucks... the first 3 were just mostly looks with a standard truck underneath. The Ram S/S-T was just a pace truck... its like the "pace car edition" of the Camaro's, Pontiac's, and Monte Carlo's... it was mostly a special edition appearance package. I ADMIT I missed the Cyclone and Typhoon but really they were not "mass produced" like the rest of the mentioned trucks. i know you could build a new "muscle truck" cheaper than the price of a new one now days but it was pretty nice to walk on the dealership, write a check, and smock that lil smart ass in his daddy's Camaro at the stop light

I'd love a 454 ss chevy truck any day.

i always have and always will love muscle trucks. born and raised around them so its hard not to. i will someday have a completely custom 86 c10 short box, and i will NEVER get rid of it.

The Raptor's only competition (used loosely) is the Dodge Ram Power Wagon. I'd probably take the Raptor over the Power Wagon.

I'd like to build my own version of the 454SS with a real powerplant instead of the stocc powerplant that only gave you 230-255HP depending on what year you got(pathetic by today's standards). I'd like to start with a real 454SS, just make it better with a more modern, bigger power producing big block. I'd like to start with at least a '91 though so that it will already have the 4L80 instead of the TH400. I know the TH400 is a great hot rod tranny, but I like turning less than 3 grand on the highway. Lol.

Agreed with shmak1982. Put a 450hp (starting point) crate motor in one of those and your laughing.

Sport Trucks are what got me into cars. Watching the Baja 1000 on TV. And then going to car show and seeing them in person is what solidified my love sport trucks. And on the weight issue a truck is just as heavy and maybe even lighter than a merc or the lambo. The mighty bugatti is 4160lbs heavier than my truck. But to each his own