Drive next to a towering Ford F-150 or Chevrolet Colorado today, and no-one would bat an eyelid about the sheer size of these trucks. We've become accustomed to them. But back in the 1970s, there was ...

Fifty years ago, Detroit's "Big Three" automakers were caught off guard when compact, inexpensive trucks from the likes of Datsun and Toyota started to gain popularity with American consumers who just ...