“I think we’re all looking for ways to carve out these individual niches,” Nagode said. “I expect continual back and forth happening.” Matt Degen, a senior editor of Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader, said the extra passenger space likely would be viewed similarly to smaller SUVs’ third rows. It may not be used all of the time, Degen said, but people enjoy having that capability just in case.
Karl Brauer, executive analyst at iSeeCars.com, sees the Revolution as further blurring the line between pickups and SUVs.
“Trucks and SUVs, I feel like, have been slowly moving closer together,” Brauer said.
“The trucks have gotten more carlike and comfortable like an SUV, and the SUVs have gotten bigger, with better towing and all these capabilities that usually you associated with pretty hardcore trucks.
“So, certainly, you could start to have essentially a three-row truck that’s feeling extremely SUV-like.”