Pickup trucks were built for towing and hauling, not straight-line speed, yet a handful of factory models have matched supercar acceleration numbers. Independent instrumented testing from outlets like Car and Driver and MotorTrend, plus manufacturer specifications, separates the genuinely quick trucks from the merely quick-looking ones. Here are ten production pickups that posted the fastest 0-60 mph times on record.
1. Tesla Cybertruck Cyberbeast: Supercar-Grade Acceleration
Car and Driver clocked the 834-horsepower, 6,901-pound tri-motor Cyberbeast at a 2.6-second 60-mph sprint, a number that matched the Lamborghini Huracan STO the same publication had tested separately. That pace comes from three electric motors driving all four wheels, a low center of gravity from the battery pack, and a stainless steel structure heavier than any gasoline half-ton on this list.
The Cyberbeast trades some of that motor-driven grip for range and price, since its tri-motor setup pulls more from the battery than the dual-motor Cybertruck does. Buyers get launch control tuned to slam the throttle without wheelspin, useful in a straight-line test but overkill for most owners’ towing and hauling work.
2. Rivian R1T Quad-Motor: Four Motors, One Per Wheel
Rivian’s own specifications for the Quad-Motor R1T list 1,025 horsepower and a 0-60 mph run of under 2.5 seconds, figures the company backs with independent motor control at each wheel rather than a single drivetrain split by axle. That layout lets torque vector individually to each corner, useful for launch traction on pavement and for low-speed crawling off it.
The same quad-motor architecture that delivers the sprint number also supports up to 11,000 pounds of towing, a combination gasoline trucks rarely offer without sacrificing one figure for the other. Owners pay for it in curb weight and price, since the extra motors and larger battery add mass a dual-motor R1T does not carry.
3. Ford F-150 Raptor R: A Shelby Engine Under Desert Suspension
Car and Driver’s instrumented test put the Raptor R at 3.6 seconds to 60 mph, using the supercharged 5.2-liter V8 borrowed from the Shelby GT500 rather than the standard Raptor’s twin-turbo V6. That V8 pushes 720 horsepower through long-travel Fox suspension originally tuned for desert jumps, not stoplight starts.
The same test clocked the V6 Raptor at 5.2 seconds, a gap of a second and a half that shows how much the Shelby engine swap changes the truck’s character. Buyers get a desert-race chassis with genuine straight-line pace, at a price and fuel bill well above the standard model.
4. Ram 1500 TRX: The Hellcat Engine Goes Off-Road
Car and Driver measured the TRX at 3.7 seconds to 60 mph and a 12.3-second quarter-mile, output from a 702-horsepower supercharged Hellcat V8 shared with Dodge’s muscle cars. At the time of that test, the magazine called it the quickest pickup it had measured.
That speed rides on desert-race suspension with over a foot of wheel travel, so the TRX carries its pace onto dirt as well as pavement. The tradeoff is fuel economy in the low teens and a curb weight north of three tons, both consequences of fitting a supercharged V8 into a full-size frame.
5. Chevrolet Silverado EV RST: Electric Torque Beats A V8 Legacy
Car and Driver clocked the Silverado EV RST at 60 mph in 4.1 seconds using its Wide Open Watts launch mode, 1.3 seconds quicker than the last 6.2-liter V8 Silverado the magazine tested. Dual electric motors deliver that pace instantly, without the gear changes or turbo lag a combustion truck needs to build power.
The RST trim pairs that acceleration with a four-digit torque figure and a frame built specifically for the battery pack rather than adapted from a gasoline truck. Owners trade a familiar V8 soundtrack for a quieter, heavier truck that still tows and hauls at full-size capacity.
6. Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum: Ford’s Electric Flagship Pickup
Ford rates the top Lightning Platinum trim at 580 horsepower with a quoted a mid-four-second 0-60 time, alongside 300 miles of EPA-estimated range and a 10,000-pound tow rating. That combination makes it the quickest F-150 Ford builds, edging out the supercharged Raptor R sold in the same lineup.
The Platinum trim adds leather trim, a hands-free driving system, and a front trunk large enough to double as extra cargo space, features aimed at buyers cross-shopping luxury SUVs rather than work trucks. Its extra battery weight helps traction off the line, one reason the electric powertrain outruns every gasoline F-150 Ford sells.
7. Ford SVT Lightning second generation: The Truck That Started The Sleeper Trend
The supercharged 5.4-liter V8 in the second-generation SVT Lightning cut its sprint to a 5.2-second 60-mph time, and a 2001 intercooler update raised output to 380 horsepower and top speed to 147 mph. Ford tuned the suspension lower and stiffer than a standard F-150, a formula aimed at street performance rather than towing.
Its single-cab, short-bed layout kept curb weight down compared with the crew-cab trucks that dominate today’s lineups, part of why the Lightning nameplate still carries weight among truck enthusiasts. Ford retired the second generation in 2004, and no gasoline successor matched its power-to-weight balance until the TRX arrived years later.
8. Ford Ranger Raptor: A Mid-Size Truck That Outruns Its Class
Car and Driver’s 60-mph test on the twin-turbo Ranger Raptor came in at 5.3 seconds to 60, a number the magazine says nothing else in the mid-size pickup segment can match. The turbocharged V6 sends power through a chassis borrowed from Ford’s Raptor off-road program, scaled down from the full-size F-150 version.
That speed comes without the V8 or electric motor found on the larger trucks on this list, relying instead on twin turbochargers and a lighter body to close the gap. Buyers get F-150 Raptor-style desert capability in a smaller footprint, at a price well under the full-size trucks it keeps pace with.
9. Dodge Ram SRT-10: A Viper Engine In A Pickup Bed
MotorTrend recorded a 0-60 mph time of 5.3 seconds and a 13.7-second quarter-mile from the 5,572-pound 2005 Ram SRT-10, powered by the same 8.3-liter V10 Dodge used in the Viper sports car. Dodge offered the SRT-10 in both a lighter regular-cab short-bed and a heavier quad-cab body style.
That V10 made 500 horsepower in a truck otherwise built on the standard Ram 1500 frame, a combination that set a production-pickup speed record when it launched. Dodge discontinued the SRT-10 after the 2006 model year, and no factory Ram has matched its V10 output since.
10. GMC Syclone: A Compact Truck That Beat A Ferrari
When new, the turbocharged all-wheel-drive Syclone ran 5.3 seconds to 60 mph and covered the quarter-mile in 13.4 seconds at 98 mph, numbers that reportedly outran a contemporary Ferrari 348 in period magazine tests. GMC built the 1991 Syclone on a compact S-15 pickup frame rather than a full-size truck.
A turbocharged 4.3-liter V6 and full-time all-wheel drive gave the Syclone traction most trucks of its era lacked, at the cost of a cargo bed rated for barely 500 pounds. GMC built it for one model year before folding the formula into the similarly limited Typhoon SUV.
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