Rivian R1T
Why 6.3: Doug's Fun Factor (9) and Practicality (9) rarely show up on the same car — usually one comes at the other's expense. The R1T's party trick isn't a screen or a light show, it's a real gear tunnel and approach angles that get used.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
Motor whine, all-terrain tyre roar and the legally required pedestrian tone below walking pace. Rivian adds no cabin layer at all, which suits a truck sold on escaping noise, but it leaves nothing here to actually rate.
electric · rated 0.6 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €69k (2021) → €57k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
Crew-cab rear bench has LATCH lower anchors at both outboard positions and top tethers; Rivian markets the R1T explicitly on family and gear-hauling practicality.
No LATCH hardware up front.
FMVSS 225 (US federal LATCH mandate, lower anchors + top tether required from Sept 2002) (owner-community sourced, not manufacturer documentation)
The long version
Rivian shipped before Ford's Lightning and years before Tesla's Cybertruck, which bought it a genuine early-adopter base of outdoor-recreation buyers rather than speculators chasing a badge. The gear tunnel, the real off-road geometry, and the camp-kitchen accessory line all point at a company that built for actual weekend use, not a trade-show stage, and the ownership data backs that read: these trucks rack up trailhead miles the way the Hummer EV racks up cars-and-coffee appearances. It is the rare electric truck bought to be used exactly as advertised.