Best Trucks with Adaptive Cruise Control for 2024

Today’s pickup trucks serve as more than just basic workhouse vehicles with a wide range of flexibility and functionality. Modern truck buyers expect their vehicles to offer the latest in advanced technology, including infotainment systems displayed on large, high-resolution touchscreens and a full-spectrum of driver assist features to make driving easier. The single most useful driver assist technology for modern truck buyers is adaptive cruise control.

Adaptive cruise control, or ACC, allows a driver to set a preferred vehicle speed, just like standard cruise control. However, an adaptive cruise control system uses a combination of sensors and an advanced braking system to adjust the truck’s speed and following distance based on the vehicle ahead of it. This greatly reduces the effort required by the driver to adjust the truck’s speed as the speed of traffic changes around it.

Because adaptive cruise control requires the same sensors needed for other safety features, such as forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking, these features are included in every truck equipped with adaptive cruise control. Additional features, like lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, and blind spot monitoring, are also typically packaged together with adaptive cruise control, making it possible for drivers to remove their hands from the steering wheel for short periods of time.

This type of hands-free driving is only possible on the highway, while low-speed driving can be enhanced by adaptive cruise control with stop technology, which essentially means the truck can come to a complete stop in heavy traffic and then resume forward movement when the vehicle head starts moving again. As with higher horsepower engines, LED headlamps, and improved towing capability, these advanced cruise control systems may not be included on base trims, requiring buyers to pay for medium or top-end trim levels to enjoy these features.

But even when limited to higher-priced models, it’s impressive to see advanced safety technology one would normally associate with Volvo available on full-size and midsize Chevy, Ford, and Ram trucks. This level of safety tech has combined with the popularity of crew cab models (offering two roomy rows of seats) to expand the practicality and appeal of modern trucks. These features, along with advanced powertrains delivering higher fuel economy, let today’s trucks serve as daily commuters and family vehicles.

Midsize models like the Honda Ridgeline and Nissan Frontier have an advantage for buyers who prioritize fuel economy over towing or hauling needs, while compact models, including the Ford Maverick and Hyundai Santa Cruz, are most fuel efficient trucks you can buy (not including electric vehicles, like the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T). Buyers open to the idea of a compact, car-based pickup should give the Maverick and Santa Cruz a closer look.

iSeeCars has identified the best trucks with adaptive cruise control and listed them below. The trucks are organized by size and ranked based on their iSeeCar quality score, which takes reliability, resale value, and safety into consideration. In addition to adaptive cruise control, each model includes information on new MSRP and used pricing, along with mpg ratings.