20 of the Craziest Pickup Trucks Ever

Looking for a sporty road-going F-150 , but don't want to buy a decade-old truck? Pioneer Ford, a dealer in Bremen, Georgia, makes a tribute package based on a new rear-wheel-drive V-8 F-150 that uses lowering springs, Bilstein shocks, stylish five-spoke wheels, and a Roush supercharger. It makes 650 horsepower and does great burnouts.

Not many people know this but, you could actually get a two-door-pickup version of the Hummer H1. Very few were sold, and just like the "normal" Hummer H1, it has a serious presence on the road. This one has the 6.5-liter diesel engine, and you can own it.

We know, the Holden HSV Maloo Ute isn't really a pickup truck per se, but we still think it deserves a spot on this list. It's a supercharged V-8 pickup sports car with rear-wheel drive, a manual transmission, and a solid towing capacity. A true all-rounder.

Dodge kicked off the whole fast-pickup-truck thing back in 1978 with the Li'l Red Express. It came standard with a 360-cubic-inch V-8, and yes, those vertical exhausts are functional. It only made 221 horsepower, but it was genuinely quick for the time. This one has just 44,000 miles on the clock, and it's up for sale for $20,000.

The previous-generation 577-hp Mercedes G63 is already one of the silliest SUVs on sale, but add a second set of rear wheels and jack the thing up on portal axles, and you get a truck that's truly unhinged. You're more likely to see one of these tearing up a Middle Eastern desert than at your local job site, but, hey, it's got a bed and a tailgate.

Offering a limited-run nut job like the G63 6x6 is one thing, but it's truly amazing Ford sells such a crazy off-roader as a production vehicle from the factory. The first-generation F-150 Raptor generated quite a cult following, and the second-gen doesn't disappoint. Here's one you can buy today for under $65,000.

If the regular Raptor just isn't crazy enough for you, Shelby American has a solution: the Baja Raptor. You get better Fox Racing shocks, 75 more horsepower, and even more off-road equipment for bombing through the desert. Plus a couple of sweet bed-mounted spares. This one's listed on eBay now, and it can be yours for $117,460.

Though Ford hasn't made plans to bring the Ranger Raptor to the U.S. (yet, at least), it still deserves a spot on this list. It's everything great about the F-150 Raptor in a smaller, more nimble package.

Ford built a few thousand Ranchero GTs, but only 11 of them were optioned with the iconic 428-cubic-inch Cobra Jet V-8 engine. Who doesn't love a ute that can do burnouts? The one you see here sold at Barrett-Jackson last year for $66,000.

Tiny pickups weren't that uncommon in the 1970s and the 1980s, and yet there's something undeniably quirky about the Subaru BRAT. Perhaps it was the name, or the bed-mounted seats installed to avoid a tax on imported trucks in the U.S. This one's in good running condition, and you can own it.

Of all the retro cars that came about in the early 2000s, the Chevrolet SSR was easily the strangest. Combining a rear-drive V-8 chassis with a folding hard top, throwback styling, and a small bed answered a question no one asked, but it's a compelling car all the same: something that could have only existed in the early 21st century. This manual one for sale on eBay can be yours today.

Stick a 500-hp V-10 from the Viper in a pickup truck? Why not? The Ram SRT-10 is puzzling, but we're very happy it exists. If only Dodge would do it again.

The GMC Syclone wasn't great at being a pickup considering its tiny bed and low towing capacity, but thanks to a turbocharged V-6, it was Corvette quick. It was only built in limited numbers, but it still became a cult classic. This one has low miles, and it's up for grabs on eBay.

The convertible pickup truck fad never caught on, but not for lack of trying. In 1989, Dodge produced the Dakota convertible, which was produced in semi-limited numbers for two years. Nowadays if you want a convertible pickup, your only choice is the Jeep Gladiator. Here's a used Dakota for sale right now.

The H3T was one of the last Hummers you could buy. It was outrageous, but not in a good way. The short bed made it pretty useless as a pickup, and the awkward proportions didn't do any favors for the look.

Mazda was very proud of its innovative rotary engine. So proud, in fact, that it stuck one in a pickup truck and named it, creatively, the Rotary Engine Pickup. Rotaries are high-revving, low-torque engines, which is precisely the opposite of what you want in a truck. Needless to say, Mazda abandoned the concept after a few years.

The LM002 might have the least useful bed of all the trucks featured here, but it still merits inclusion. It marries a 450-hp V-12 from a Countach and a desert-ready suspension in a thoroughly over-the-top pickup. How many other trucks share their engines with supercars?

If the regular F-150 isn't outrageous enough for you, consider Hennessey's heavily modified six-wheeled version, the Velociraptor 6X6. It's a lot like the 6x6 G-wagen, except it's based on the Raptor. That means Fox Racing shocks at all six wheels, and a 600-hp twin-turbo V-6. Here's one you can buy now for the low, low price of $299,000.