1988-1991 Chevrolet S10 Baja
What exactly is an S10 Baja? It was another upmarket truck that came out in the 1980s-’90s. The idea behind the truck was to make a fancier S10 model that had color-matching paint and an upgraded off-road package. Like the Ranger GT, the truck was relatively popular but it didn’t last for too long. The S10 Baja had a much more advanced off-road package than your run-of-the-mill S10 model from this era and it managed to provide quite a bit of off-road thrills (via Mecum).
The S10 Baja was a unique offering at a time when automakers were slowly trying to evolve and change the landscape of what a pickup truck was. The truck had everything that you wanted all wrapped up in an elegant package. Today. fancy off-road trucks are all the norm with the likes of the Ram TRX and the Raptor, but back then a truck like the S10 Baja was something unique and everyone wanted to own one.