10 Best 4-Door Trucks

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The best 4-door trucks can be the perfect vehicles for active families, offering two rows of seating with all the cargo versatility of an open pickup bed. Further, many trucks have 4-door cabs in two different sizes: crew cabs, with four traditional doors and maximum rear legroom, and double cabs, which have two full-size front doors, two smaller rear doors, and more compact accommodations for rear-seat passengers. In either case, the trucks also boast some of the industry’s latest infotainment and safety technologies, as well as surprisingly high levels of luxury. Yet, don’t be fooled. These are still work-friendly pickups with all the off-road, towing, and payload capability you expect from the species—and a few features you may not.

2018 Ford F-150

The best 4-door trucks from the Blue Oval are about to get a whole lot better. That’s because this fall, the 2018 Ford F-150—available in 4-door SuperCab and SuperCrew configurations—will introduce a host of new advances for pickup owners. Perhaps the most important will be Ford’s first mobile Wi-Fi technology, but other notable advances will be Pre-Collision Assist with Pedestrian Detection and a breakthrough engine choice. The former is complemented by automatic forward braking, and the latter is a 3.0-liter Powerstroke diesel engine—the first diesel powerplant ever produced for the F-150. Shoppers also can look forward to refreshed design elements in the 2018 F-150, including a revised grille, a resculpted tailgate, and six new wheel designs.

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2017 Chevrolet Silverado

Any number of 2017 Chevrolet Silverado models could be considered one of the best 4-door trucks of the year, but we’ll focus on one that really raises the bar for Chevy pickups: the Silverado High Country trim with the new High Desert package. At this altitude, customers enjoy crew cab models with a healthy 40.9 inches of rear seat legroom and a child seat tether, plus all the rugged cues that come with the off-road-oriented High Country model. The High Desert bundle then satisfies customers’ thirst for more upgrades with extras like power-retractable assist steps, a bed-mounted sport bar and side sails, Magnetic Ride Control, and innovative side box storage bins that are lighted and lockable. Also standard is a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot.

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2017 Chevrolet Colorado

The Bowtie brand’s midsize pickup presents additional candidates for our list of best 4-door trucks, such as the 2017 Chevrolet Colorado. Here, a definite highlight is the new ZR2 crew cab model that sets new benchmarks for off-road performance. This is the real deal for enthusiasts, thanks in part to two segment exclusives: front and rear locking differentials, along with Chevy’s Multimatic Dynamic Suspensions Spool Valve dampers. Massive 31-inch all-terrain tires, cast-iron control arms, a 2-inch lift kit, and a shielded Autotrac transfer case also bolster the ZR2’s trail credibility. Nor did Chevy hold back on key technologies, so the Colorado ZR2 counts a rearview camera, heated front seats, mobile Wi-Fi, navigation, and an 8-inch touchscreen among its standard equipment.

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2017 Ram 1500

For the Ram brand, one of its best 4-door trucks also is one of its newest. The 2017 RAM 1500 Copper Sport when on sale this year, only in a crew cab body style and only with a HEMI V8 engine that serves up 395 horsepower and 410 lb.-ft. of torque. Next, the Copper Sport lives up to its name as the first Ram 1500 model to ever wear the Pearl Copper exterior finish, and that’s accented by a body-color grille with black ram’s-head badge, a black hood decal, and super-sized 22-inch polished aluminum wheels. For the cabin, Ram provides copper-colored accent stitching, ram’s-head headrest embroidery, sport-mesh seat inserts, and a 9-speaker Alpine sound system with subwoofer.

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2017 GMC Sierra

To meet the demands of today’s customers, the best 4-door trucks can have nearly as many luxury cues as the best premium sedans. Consider our go-to choice for premium pickups, the 2017 GMC Sierra Denali. The Sierra range-topper is sold solely with a crew cab body style—and with an ultimate Professional Grade interior that furnishes leather seating, impeccable craftsmanship, and an extensive array of connectivity technology and driver-assistance measures. Of course, the Sierra Denali is rugged looking and a hard worker, too, complete with a standard 5.3-liter V8 engine and 6-speed automatic transmission. With 355 horsepower and 383 lb.-ft. of torque, this unit enables the Sierra Denali to deliver a max trailer rating of 9,300 lbs.

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2017 GMC Canyon

This midsize truck shares plenty of comfort benefits with the GMC Sierra—from mobile Wi-Fi to a leather-appointed cabin—while also showcasing a significant advantage of its own: The Canyon crew cab pickup can be configured with a 2.8-liter turbodiesel engine that combines robust power with EPA-certified emissions. More specifically, the diesel-powered Canyon has outputs of 181 horsepower and 369 lb.-ft. of torque, a tow rating of 7,700 lbs., and fuel economy grades of 22 mpg city/30 mpg highway/25 mpg combined. The Canyon’s robust diesel is even available in the brand’s luxurious Denali trim, which supplies standard content such as exterior LED signature lighting, heated front seating, Bose premium audio, and MyLink infotainment with a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot.

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2018 Toyota Tundra

As was the case at Ford, Toyota’s best 4-door trucks already are looking ahead to a little later in the year. That’s when the 2018 Toyota Tundra will debut with a new TRD Sport trim for its 4-door CrewMax and Double Cab pickups. Both will be backed by Bilstein shocks, front and rear anti-sway bars, and aggressive graphics, all fine-tuned by the Toyota Racing Development team. For motivation, drivers can rely on a standard i-Force V8 engine to make 381 horsepower and 401 lb.-ft. of torque. The Tundra TRD Pro also looks the part, since its style updates include a color-keyed hood scoop, LED exterior lighting with smoked chrome headlight bezels, a mesh grille, and 20-inch “silver sport” alloy wheels.

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2017 Nissan Titan XD

Although the rest of the best 4-door trucks are from the light-duty ranks, Autobytel joins Nissan in stretching the boundaries for our next vehicle. It’s the 2017 Nissan Titan XD, and despite having the same sort of double- and extended-cab configurations as other 4-door pickups, the XD actually splits the difference between traditional fullsize trucks and their heavy-duty counterparts. For example, the Titan XD’s available 5.0-liter turbodiesel V8 is from Cummins, one of the top names for commercial-truck powerplants. When that beast is stuffed under the hood, the towing capacity of the truck climbs to 12,640 lbs. The Titan XD is similar to other pickups, however, in its long list of available premium options.

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2017 Toyota Tacoma

Toyota’s TRD group also is responsible for a second of the best 4-door trucks: The 2017 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro. A fresh face in the Tacoma lineup, the TRD Pro puts an off-road spin on the best-selling midsize pickup in the country—but only in crew cab models. Serious off-road enthusiasts also will discover serious hardware on board, such as TRD-tuned front springs, a TRD-tuned rear suspension, TRD-tuned FOX shock absorbers, and a TRD Pro aluminum front skid plate. Protecting the pickup’s 16-inch TRD black alloy wheels are Goodyear Wrangler All-Terrain tires that are reinforced with Kevlar. TRD logos and badges naturally adorn the interior and exterior alike. Meanwhile, among the standard technologies are Entune infotainment and a blind spot monitor.

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2017 Honda Ridgeline

Finally, you don’t have to take our word that the 2017 Honda Ridgeline is one of the best 4-door trucks on the market. An independent panel of journalists also named the Ridgeline—exclusively available as a 4-door pickup—as the 2017 North American Truck of the Year. Certainly helping matters is that the vehicle pairs unibody construction, which delivers a relatively car-like driving experience, with a truck-style tow rating of 5,000 lbs. The Ridgeline runs a standard V6 to achieve that mark, furnishing 280 horsepower and 262 lb.-ft. of torque in the process. And Honda’s full portfolio of driver-assistance technology is on the menu for the Ridgeline, including collision mitigation braking, forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control, and lane keeping assistance.

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