2020 RAM 1500

A trio of consumer-interest juggernauts collided in a three-way throw-down this week, as the 2020 Hyundai Palisade, 2020 Kia Telluride and 2020 Subaru Outback vied for the top spot among Cars.com’s most popular articles.

What’s going on in the world of pickup trucks? Here’s everything you need to know for the week ending Sept. 4, 2019, including updates on the 2020 Toyota Tacoma and Ram 1500, plus our drive of a Jeep Gladiator you can’t buy.

This week in pickup truck news, we drive the 2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, tow a boat with the 2019 Ford Ranger, grab a Nissan Titan XD for a fuel economy run and more.

Equipped with perhaps the nicest interior of any American vehicle made today, the new 2019 Ram 1500 works great as a luxury vehicle or as a work truck — but not both.