Dive Brief:

• The only three pickups in the running for 2014 Truck of the Year are a Silverado 1500, its GMC cousin the Sierra 1500 and the Toyota Tundra.
• Auto writers who make the awards decided no Ford or Ram was new enough for the 2014 model year to be considered.
• The rest of the nominees are SUVs or crossovers.

Dive Insight:

When is a new truck new enough to be considered for Truck of the Year? Apparently when it has as many changes as the Silverado and the Sierra and more than any Ford or Ram, though there already are complaints about the judgments.