I have 2 corvettes as well, they aren't great when you have to take littles to daycare. Yeah, you could get a sport sedan, but at that point you're playing compromises. IMO, the compromise at that point is less ideal because I have the added weight and sze and stuff of a sedan, but none of the practicality of the SUV or truck. I'd take the next step up in size and weight for that practicality.
Yea......The misconception most people have is that the "sport truck" is a replacement for a "sports car"........It's not. It's still a truck and still handles like one. They're big, heavy, and awkward.
@Jim_in_Delaware the thing us sport truck guys like, is that we're car guys at heart, but we have to do grown up things often. So something like a 4 door pickup truck checks a LOT of boxes for us, but still drives like we're on marshmallows. SO, we can put big wheels/tires, big brakes, lower it a bit, and throw some stiff springs and sway bars under it and get an acceptably handling machine. Once you make a few of those mods, it will keep the commute entertaining, but still retain a very large portion of the utility that you need. For those of us that have to limit the playing field to a single unit, a sport truck has a lot of positives without many negatives.
Something like this would be pretty close. 2015 Sierra Denali that has the active ride suspension, the big 6.2L engine, and has been lowered a bit to help mitigate body role. Still get to keep the bed for random house crap we have to deal with and the second row of seats for the kids, however the handling will be improved enough to keep the entertainment factor high on expressway on ramps, or the random back country road.
I drove this for about a decade. It was small, light and handled like it was on rails. Giant/wide tires, super stiff sway bars, big brakes all around. I actually won 2 seasons in the local SCCA Autocross series with this thing. I was forever using the bed for "something". Often time retrieving engines/transmissions/parts for my buddies project cars. But the other 90% of the time I was just driving back and forth the work, it still kept me reasonably entertained with the driving experience without sacrificing the usefulness of a pickup.
Vehicles like his TBSS, my Q7, and a plethora of other "sport SUV's" thread this needle somewhat acceptably. They're big and heavy, but still pretty "sporty" in nature. They handle better than their mom-mobile base models, have more power, and have (subjectively) better aesthetics. For me......if I could get a sport wagon with a tow rating that's what I would drive every day, a Q7 is about as close to that as I can reasonably expect. The point he was making here is that while there are "sporty SUV's" available in the market currently, the premise of a "sport truck" has somewhat fallen off the radar of most manufacturers. You used to be able to get a Lightning with a supercharger and a drop. Ram had the SRT-10, and GM had the Silverado SS. Toyota never really fielded a Tundra, but they had the Xrunner in the mid-size for awhile, and I think Nissan just never competed.
Anywho, it's not just about having one dedicated vehicle for each "activity", but rather having a swiss army knife that does all the things you need it to do, and retaining that entertainment for a driving enthusiast the rest of the time.
