Abstract: A pickup truck with a cab-over-engine and a platform for goods and passenger transport is provided wherein the platform comprises at least one longitudinal drop-level lower loading plate, and adjacent to each lower loading plate, at least an upper loading plate, raised relative to the lower loading plate and parallel thereto, and wherein for each lower loading plate, a longitudinal flap is articulated on an upper loading plate adjacent to the lower loading plate and having a length not less than that of the lower loading plate, the flap being adapted to tilt between a folded position on the upper loading plate wherein it clears a volume located above the lower loading plate, and an unfolded position above the lower loading plate wherein it forms a plate with each upper loading plate adjacent thereto.