The Final Scorecard

“WE HAD PLENTY OF DIRT ROADS, RUTTED TRAILS, MILD ROCKS, STEEP CLIMBS, AND DEEP SAND WASHES TO WORK WITH.”

Our Four Wheeler Pickup Truck of the Year scoring method uses six weighted categories as the means to declaring a winner. The rundown is as follows: 30 percent Trail Performance (evaluating each vehicle’s performance and off-road–centric features such as traction aids, tires, and four-wheel-drive system operation in a specific off-highway environment); 20 percent Highway Performance (vehicle handling, ride quality, steering feel, NVH, and so on); 15 percent Interior (instrumentation, ingress and egress, seat comfort, storage, appearance, stance, material choice); 10 percent Exterior (styling, appearance, and features); and 25 percent Empirical Data (acceleration, braking, quarter-mile, weight, pricing, fuel economy, and so on).

These individual categories each contain a series of subsections to which each judge assigns a