<P> In South Africa pickups account for about 17 per cent of the passenger and light commercial vehicle sales, mostly the Toyota Hilux, Ford Ranger, and Isuzu KB (Isuzu D - Max). The Volkswagen Amarok and Nissan Navara are also sold . </P> <P> In the US and less - so in Canada, nearly all new pickups are sold with automatic transmissions . The Cummins diesel - equipped Ram is the only full - size pickup truck available with a manual transmission . It has an ultra-low first - gear ratio for heavy hauling . The Chevrolet Colorado, Nissan Frontier, and Toyota Tacoma are available with a clutch, Fords are automatic only . </P> <P> A regular cab has a single row of seats and a single set of doors, one on each side . Extended or super cab pickups add an extra space behind the main seat, sometimes including small seats . The first extended cab truck in the U.S. was called the Club Cab and introduced by Chrysler in 1973 on Dodge trucks . A crew cab, or double cab, seats five or six and has two full - size front - hinged doors on both sides . The first crew cab truck in the U.S. was made by International Harvester in 1957 and was later followed by Dodge in 1963, Ford in 1965 and Chevrolet in 1973 . </P> <P> Cab - over or cab forward designs have the cab sitting above the front axle . An early cab - forward drop - side pickup was the Volkswagen Transporter, introduced in 1952 . This configuration is more common among European and Japanese manufacturers than in North America, since the style allows a longer cargo area for the same overall length . The design was more popular in North America in the 1950s and' 60s, examples including the Chevrolet Corvair Rampside & Loadside, Dodge A-100 & A-108, Ford Econoline & Jeep FC - 150 & FC - 170 . </P>

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