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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Truck racing out in Thailand is extremely cool , with its production-based pickups that make our American NASCAR trucks look like Le Mans prototypes. Yet Toyota has found a way to up the coolness ante, by offering a Gazoo Racing-backed race-ready version of its cheapest pickup: The Toyota Hilux Champ. Read more.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

For many, the telltale sign of a heavy-duty truck is a set of dual wheels mounted on the rear axle. Truck customizer Red’s Miami unveiled a unique dually Tesla Cybertruck. While I’m under no impression that Red’s produces shotty work, this project is the off-road equivalent of putting a time machine in a DeLorean. Read more.

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JULY 10, 2024

Trucks have replaced sedans and wagons as the everyday driver from thirty years ago, that’s just a fact. Remember when your friend’s mom in high school had a wagon with seats in “the way back” that folded out of the floor ? What’s old is new again. Ram filed a patent for a third row of seats that fold out of the back… Read more.

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OCTOBER 3, 2024

A truck driver in the UK found themselves in a sticky situation this week when they headed down a narrow road that was too skinny for their enormous trailer to pass through. The truck and its cargo ended up wedged on the narrow country lane for three days, before a crane could be called in to lift the enormous load up… Read more.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Then boy howdy do I have the truck for you. Are you a weird dork, but the prepper kind that lives in a bunker because they’re afraid of EMPs instead of the wannabe-future-tech kind who lives in the metaverse ? This 2020 Terradyne Gurkha RPV is a ’roided up Ford F-550 Super Duty with real actual armor and real military… Read more.

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MARCH 1, 2024

A truck driver in Louisville, Kentucky will have one hell of a story to tell after his rig crashed through the barriers lining the George Rogers Clark Memorial Bridge on Friday. Louisville Metro Police stated that the Sysco tractor-trailer was involved in a collision before the cab was left dangling 70 feet over the… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

It’s come to my attention that readers love extended cab trucks. I do, too, but not as much as single cabs since the most useful truck for cargo is a single cab long bed. Though, I admit that extended cabs are great. Let’s not forget the first-generation Raptor — back when it was called the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor — had… Read more.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

As a car lover , how many times have your Christmas presents been wrapped in paper that’s covered in little red trucks hauling Christmas trees? How about all of the automotive-themed Christmas decorations at the store – there are always plenty of little red trucks hauling Christmas trees , whether they’re tree… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

We all love watching videos of trucks being being dragged down into the briny depths while their drivers scramble unsuccessfully to save them. And obviously, those of us who have occasion to launch boats live in fear of becoming one of the poor saps in the videos. But why do cars slide in there, anyway? Can you… Read more.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

Two cyclists died near Napa, California, Tuesday by a lumber truck when its load suddenly shifted of the picturesque roadway. Read more.

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MARCH 22, 2024

A group of tourists in South Africa got the scare of a lifetime when an elephant approached their safari truck and lifted the front end of it into the air earlier this week. Note to self: do not p**s off elephants. Read more.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Texas has had some rather wet winter weather this winter, and the soggy ground proved a real problem for one confirmed truck guy and his giant Hummer EV. Read more.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

The reborn Volkswagen-owned Scout Motors unveiled its Terra pickup and Traveler SUV concepts last week;a pair of new EVs that will be available with a unique range-extender powertrain when they enter production in South Carolina in 2027. I was able to get up close and personal with the Terra and Traveler following… Read more.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Americans have a real issue with restrictions on their roads, whether it’s speed limits that nobody sticks to , height restrictions that all kinds of tall vehicles miss or weight limits that certain bridges can’t sustain. Case in point, a driver in Maine crashed through a historic crossing last month after attempting… Read more.

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APRIL 30, 2024

The SEMA show is always great. It can kind of be a downer though because most of the vehicles you see will never be made for sale. Not unless you want to spend a lot of time and dollars parting one out. But sometimes, one of those special vehicles from the show pops up for sale in a random place. Take this Ford… Read more.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For the most part, as long as you have regular access to charging, even just a basic cable plugged into a wall outlet , you can daily an electric vehicle around town without running into many problems. Sure, you can find an old Nissan Leaf with only 50 miles of range left to cover your weekend errands, but even a… Read more.

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MARCH 13, 2024

All my homies hate the chicken tax and want it to end. It’s stifling market creativity, pushing up prices for American car buyers, and denying us access to some of the coolest vehicles. This is an infringement on my freedoms, and I will not stand for it! If it was possible to get the 25 percent tariff on imported… Read more.

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MAY 22, 2024

Now more than ever before, automakers are catering to customers that genuinely want to go overlanding or off-roading (or at least look like they do), introducing trim levels of everything from hatchbacks and minivans to pickups and large SUVs that are designed to be better in the rough stuff. Reintroduced as a trim… Read more.

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JULY 17, 2024

Tesla now offers a tailgate protector for its “bulletproof” Cybertruck , a move that has been soundly mocked online. Yet, dumb as that combination is, the Tesla “ Tailgate Shield ” is even dumber than you think. Read more.

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MAY 9, 2024

Pickup trucks are everywhere these days. without spotting at least one truck. So why buy a truck that merges into the crowd? Whether it’s million-mile Tacomas , hybrid runarounds like the Maverick or monstrosities such as the Cybertruck , you can’t walk more than a few paces in the U.S.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

GMC is doing the single cab pickup justice at SEMA this year with a concept that dials up the off-road capability and finally scales back the number of doors. GMC partnered with AEV to develop the GMC Sierra Grande Concept , built off of a GMC Sierra 2500 HD in a single cab, long bed configuration. The finished… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2024

A slammed, sparkly pink Japanese pickup truck from the 1990s is the last thing I’d ever thought I’d see from Rutledge Wood. Yet that’s exactly what the former “Top Gear” host brought to Toyota’s SEMA booth. Read more.

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MAY 28, 2024

Summer is just about here , right? So it’s time to head to the park with some friends, wrap a couple of tinnies in brown paper like it’s the 1920s and grab a delicious ice cream to cool off from the sun. Well if a hankering for a Magnum comes calling and you happen to be in one of London’s Royal Parks , not only will… Read more.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

The reborn Volkswagen-owned Scout Motors just unveiled its body-on-frame Terra pickup truck and Traveler SUV, a pair of new EVs that boast awesome retro styling, serious off-road chops and an optional gas range-extender. What you see here are technically concept models, but Scout promises the real things will be super… Read more.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

I recently returned from a trip to snowy Montana where I had the privilege of driving several different vehicles on both regular tires and dedicated winter tires. Obviously, since we were driving on snow, the winter tires performed significantly better than the all-seasons or summer tires used on the control vehicles.… Read more.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

By definition, a big truck like a Ford F-150 or Chevy Silverado struggles to be small. Even in its smallest, most trucky configuration — a two-door single cab — a full-size truck is relatively large and comes with a sizable bed for hauling cargo. But a small truck like the third-generation Ford Ranger can do a good… Read more.

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JUNE 17, 2024

That’s not ideal if you want to use your Cybertruck for real truck things. Sure, it is technically six feet, one inch long, but an item that big will only fit the bed if it’s less than 6” tall. Read more.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

If you recently watched the film “Twisters” in theaters, or saw our pro-Jeep truck propaganda about it, and decided you needed to get yourself into a vehicle that you could reasonably call a “rig,” then this is the Jeep for you. This 4-wheel-drive manual-transmission Jeep J-10 is built for the explicit purpose of… Read more.

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Tesla Cybertruck fans are raving about the truck’s latest OEM accessory : A light bar that sits atop the windshield and blinds all oncoming traffic with its copious lumens. The light bar only has one real problem — it’s illegal for street use, and it’s illegal for Tesla to even install it on your shiny new truck. Read more.

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OCTOBER 31, 2023

but Ford is debuting a midsize truck at SEMA to showcase the new Ranger’s off-road aspirations. The truck maker calls it the 2024 Ford Ranger Ford Performance ORV Concept, which is too wordy. The most anticipated Ford Ranger is the Raptor in the U.S., The operative words could possibly be meant to evoke vehicles from … Read more.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

The world of off-road pickup trucks seems to grow every year; if you want something fast, powerful, and capable of tackling tricky terrain, you’re spoiled for options. By building a narrower truck… Read more. But with so many options at hand, you’ve really got to pull out something special to stand out from the full-size crowd.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Tesla claims the truck has a coefficient of drag of just 0.34, which is significantly better than a JL-generation Jeep Wrangler’s 0.48, but… Read more. Tesla engineers have done a lot of work to get the Tesla Cybertruck as aerodynamically efficient as possible , while keeping the faux-futurist design that excites children.

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APRIL 30, 2024

If you like the Tesla Cybertruck for its angular styling and alleged toughness, then consider this Zeal Motor Fat Truck 2.8C The Fat Truck does however seat… Read more. that’s currently for sale on Bring A Trailer. It may not be able to beat a Porsche 911 in a drag race while towing a Porsche 911, but neither can the Cybertruck.

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JULY 5, 2024

Here in America we never really got utes, the car-based pickup trucks that are so popular in Australia in other markets. There were outliers like the Ford Ranchero, Chevy El Camino and Subaru Baja for a time, but they never really caught on here in the U.S, and we came so close to getting a Pontiac G8 ute at the end… Read more.

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MARCH 28, 2024

The rugged, off-road segment is exploding; every truck or crossover now seems to have some sort of either legit off-road trim, or at least one appearance package inspired by ruggedness. From Chevy’s Activ trims to Ford’s Raptors and Toyota’s TRD-Off and upcoming Trailhunter trims, it’s a booming business. Not everyone… Read more.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

While the more pressing news around the latest Ford Ranger is likely the release of the PHEV model , the single cab model looks like a glorious return to the pickup trucks of yore. The 2024 Ford Ranger is being released in the UK and other markets abroad as a single cab. Hello, old friend. Where have you been? Read more.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2023

People love putting cars in situations they weren’t originally designed for, like off-road Miatas and slammed trucks , and while seeing a stock Ford F-450 Super Duty King Ranch dually get hucked around a gravel rally course was not on our bingo card, it sure is cool! Read more.

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