A crew cab is a truck body that allows more than two passengers to sit comfortably in the cab, usually with four doors and a full-size or short bed. It is different from an extended cab, which has less space and no rear doors. Crew cabs are common in larger work trucks and midsize pickup models.
A crew cab is a type of truck body that allows more than two passengers to sit comfortably in the truck’s cab. The crew cab of a truck is usually quite long and usually features four doors: two front doors and two rear doors. The truck bed may be a full-size bed attached to the crew cab, or it may be a short bed to prevent the overall length of the truck from being too long. Some larger trucks also feature crew cabs; Utility trucks, like city maintenance vehicles, sometimes feature a larger cab style to allow more workers to sit inside during transport.
Sometimes a crew cab is confused with an extended cab, which is similar to a crew cab in that it allows for additional space inside the cabin behind the two front seats. However, a crew cab is usually much smaller and doesn’t always have rear doors. Instead, passengers sitting in the rear seats must enter and exit the truck through the front doors after the front seats have been moved forward. The seats in a crew cab are also much smaller, and many trucks with a crew cab feature jump seats, or seats that fold flat for use and fold into the cab walls when not in use.
The rear seats in a crew cab are usually full-size seats in which adult passengers can sit comfortably without having to sit sideways or stick their knees into the back of the front seats. The passenger will sit facing forward, unlike extended cabs where they will sometimes sit with their legs to the inside of the truck. The rear crew cab doors can open like traditional doors, or they can swing backwards instead of forwards, in the exact opposite direction to the front doors.
While crew cabs have been around for quite some time in larger work trucks, they only hit the market in midsize and full-size consumer vans several decades later. They became common on larger trucks, but then midsize trucks began to feature the design as well. Many midsize pickup models will feature a short bed to offset the additional space the crew cab will take up; this allows the same chassis to be used for both trucks with crew cabs and trucks with extended cabs and full-size beds.
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