The dirt bikes sitting on the tailgate doesn't do it for me. Too much cab, not enough truck. I've never understood why people pay tens of thousand of dollars for a truck, then put a bed the size of a teacup on it. Of course the answer is overall length but that really limits it's use as a truck. I'm sure there is a market for this but it's not me. I'll stick with the CJ5 and extended cab F250 - each one does what it does quite well.
As a hauler of heavy trailers, a camper and constant full loads, I've always said a half ton truck is fine, as long as it's your car!