BMW has created a handful of pickups over time, however this two-tone monstrosity definitely isn’t one among them.
Based mostly on the second-generation Dodge Dakota, this BMW-ified pickup isn’t going to win any magnificence contests due to its jarring inexperienced and silver paint job.
Nonetheless, that isn’t what makes this truck attention-grabbing as a twin kidney grille replaces the normal crosshairs. In a tragic signal of the instances, the grille seems tiny and has us wishing for one among BMW’s bigger and extra fashionable grilles.
Placing the grille apart, the truck has a BMW roundel on the hood. It’s joined by a second one on the chromed entrance plate, however they aren’t fooling anybody.
The Pep Boys particular additionally sports activities window deflectors, LED lights and rings on the headlights. We’re not fully certain what the latter are purported to be, however not less than they draw among the consideration away from the grille.
Getting again to BMW’s official pickups, the most famous debuted in 2011 as an elaborate April Idiot’s Day joke. It featured a detachable targa high, a diamond-plated mattress and the primary trailer hitch to ever be put in on an M3.
Whereas it’s 420 hp (313 kW / 426 PS) V8 engine was attention-grabbing on the time, it’s slightly outmatched nowadays due to the Ram 1500 TRX which has a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 pumping out 702 hp (523 kW / 712 PS) and 650 lb-ft (880 Nm) of torque.
