Everyone knows that a Raider is the SAME THING as a new Dodge Dakota, right? It looks a little different, but it is nearly identical under the skin. It's even built on the same line in Warren, Michigan.

The Dakotas have always been great trucks, so expect good things. My only disappointment in the latest and greatest Dakota (which I drove recently) was a sensation that the roof was too low. Headroom is not a problem, but I expect the view out the front to be much less constricted in a truck. Instead, the rearview mirror location and thick windshield pillars made me feel as though I was driving a jacked up Sebring convertible. I would rather have a Ram 1500 with a Hemi in it, but that's just me. IMO, there is not a cooler pickup truck on the market today (except for maybe Dodge's own SRT-10 version of the same truck).