Pickup trucks are one of the most frequently confirmed vehicle classes in Grand Theft Auto VI, fitting naturally with the rural and coastal regions of Leonida. Both trailers feature pickups prominently, from the Bravado Bison seen parked near Vice City's artificial islands in Trailer 1 to the Vapid Caracara with a legible hood decal and a dual-axle Bravado pickup performing a Fast Five-style vault heist stunt in Trailer 2.
Overview
In the Grand Theft Auto series, pickup trucks straddle the line between the Off-Road class and the Commercial class, offering good ride height, decent cargo space, and enough weight to bully smaller vehicles off the road. They tend to show up heavily in rural counties and blue-collar industrial zones. Given that Leonida's footprint includes the Everglades-inspired Grassrivers, rural Ambrosia, and outlying towns like Port Gellhorn, the pickup class has a natural home in the game's geography.
Key truck brands in the GTA universe include Bravado (the Dodge Ram analog), Vapid (the Ford analog), Declasse (the Chevrolet analog), and Karin (the Toyota analog). Trailer footage to date confirms both Bravado and Vapid as returning brands for GTA VI.
Confirmed Models
Model | Manufacturer | Real-World Inspiration | Where It Appears |
|---|---|---|---|
Bravado | Dodge Ram 1500 / Quad Cab | Trailer 1 (black Bison near Vice City islands); Trailer 2 utility Bison in Vice-Dale livery along Interstate 97 | |
Vapid | Ford F-150 Raptor (4x4 variant) | Trailer 2 (character arrives in a modern Vapid pickup with hood decal reading "Caracara") | |
Bravado Dually (unnamed) | Bravado | Fifth-generation Ram Heavy Duty, dual-rear-wheel crew cab | Trailer 2 (about 2:00 mark, towing a vault in a Fast Five homage scene) |
Bravado Bison
The Bison is the series' long-running Dodge Ram analog. Its presence in GTA VI was first confirmed in Trailer 1, which showed a black Bison parked in the distance during a shot of Vice City's artificial islands. Trailer 2 returned to the model in a new utility configuration, with a Vice-Dale County fleet Bison seen parked along Interstate 97. Beyond the standard Quad Cab, Trailer 2 also showed an older model often identified as a Sandking with a two-tone burnt orange and faded white finish, suggesting that the Bravado lineage supports multiple body styles across model years.
Vapid Caracara
The Caracara is Vapid's modern 4x4 pickup, named after a bird of prey. In Trailer 2, a character is shown arriving in a modern Vapid pickup whose hood carries a legible "Caracara" decal, which was one of the cleanest direct-text vehicle confirmations in either trailer. Outlets identified the specific version as a Caracara 4x4, with design cues drawn from the Ford F-150 Raptor. The truck's off-road wheelbase and ride height would make it a natural fit for the rural stretches of Leonida where paved roads give way to trails.
Bravado Dually (Fast Five Homage)
At roughly the 2:00 mark in Trailer 2, a dual-rear-axle Bravado crew-cab pickup is shown performing the Fast Five vault heist homage, towing a safe down a highway. The truck's design is heavily based on the fifth-generation Ram Heavy Duty, and the Fandom wiki currently catalogs it as an "unnamed Bravado dually pickup" pending Rockstar's official naming. The scene is one of the most talked-about moments of Trailer 2 and cements pickups as key heist vehicles in the game.
A separate Trailer 1 shot shows what appears to be a Bravado pickup coupled to a boat trailer carrying a small airboat, reinforcing pickups' role as utility vehicles that pair with the Grassrivers airboats class.
Gameplay Role
Pickups in GTA games typically serve these purposes:
Towing and utility: Trailer 1 shows a pickup hauling a boat trailer; Trailer 2 shows a dually towing a vault. Expect tow-hitch interactions to be a repeatable mechanic, not a cutscene-only moment.
Rural transport: the Caracara 4x4 is built for unpaved roads, rough brush, and the swamps around Grassrivers.
Crew hauler with cargo: a crew-cab pickup seats four plus cargo, making it a natural fit for heist escapes that also need to carry loot.
Collision weapon: a full-size truck's weight advantage against sedans and sports cars makes it a favored ramming tool in police chases.
Setting and Usage Notes
Trailer 2 specifically highlights pickups in multiple environmental contexts: urban Vice City traffic alongside sports cars on the highway, a rural utility Bison with county livery parked on the interstate shoulder, and an outlying area with the dually doing cinematic stunt work. This variety reflects the class's real-world Florida ubiquity.
Protagonist Jason Duval appears alongside pickups in multiple trailer moments, including an early Trailer 1 shot of a crew in a truck bed, though he is not tied specifically to one make or model. Lucia Caminos has not been framed driving a pickup in either trailer so far.
Tips and Notes
The Bison, Caracara, and an as-yet-unnamed Bravado dually are the three pickup-class vehicles confirmed through direct trailer analysis. Other pickup nameplates mentioned in fan databases should be treated as predictions.
The Trailer 2 Fast Five homage is one of the strongest signals that scripted vehicle stunts and towing will be part of mission design in GTA VI.
Pickups pair with the boats and watercraft class whenever trailers or airboat hauling is involved.
Additional pickup models and specific stat details will be confirmed closer to the November 19, 2026 launch.