They do what they do. They're about as agricultural as you can get. Depending on what generation truck you have, the engine model could be 40 years old (4G52) - and they keep going. The Gen 1's still had all the aces over other similar light trucks of the same era. As dash pointed out you don't want to play crash test dummy in one (front or rear you'll be spared up to doing freeway speeds but side on, it ain't gonna be pretty). It isn't a race, somebody is always going to be faster (finger points in LSRMikes' general direction). So Gen 2's max out @ 100mph (2.4 L and RWD) and Gen 1's about 70 in similar trim (?). Jeez, imagine if the US market only got 4G32's! You'd really have something to bitch about then (the little 1.6 was a SLUG but it did run on fumes and was reliable as)