Tag: trucks
Quick Drive: 2016 RAM 2500 Power Wagon
What makes the RAM 2500 Power Wagon unique is that it really is the only heavy-duty class pickup from the big-three that has as much off-road hardware and capability as it does. To put it in context, it is to the thre...
Test Drive: 2016 Toyota Tacoma Limited 4×4
The Limited trim grade of the new 2016 Toyota Tacoma has its own unique look and feel from the others like the TRD Off-Road and SR-5. Of note, being a more luxuriously appointed truck it has more chrome and bright wor...
First Drive Impressions: 2016 Nissan Titan XD Cummins
At the Texas Auto Writers Truck Rodeo event last October, I was one of the first journalists in the United States to test the all-new 2016 Nissan Titan XD with the Cummins turbo-diesel engine. Only now the embargo has...
SEMA Show 2015: Toyota Concepts
At the SEMA Show, Toyota likely had more modified vehicles than most manufacturers with a lot of aftermarket parts and product intent, but even a good bit of crazy. The milder forms of automotive candy this year we...
Quick Drive: 2015 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X
In our test drives I recently spent some time in the 2015 Nissan Frontier top dog off-road model, the Pro-4X. And while you might ask why test a truck so old in the market, and I did too. But it was there so I did...
SEMA Show 2015: Ford F-150 Concepts Preview
Seven custom 2016 Ford F-150 concept trucks are headed to the SEMA show this year. The F-150 is always hot at the trade show, having won SEMA’s “Hottest Truck” Award more than any other. This year MRT, know...
Quick Drive: 2015 RAM 1500 Rebel
First of all, the RAM 1500 Rebel is not as far out and comprehensively set up as a Ford F-150 Raptor. It is however more than the sticker and shocks package that some brands offer in their off-road schemes. It loo...
Special: 2015 Active Lifestyle Vehicle Awards
At this year's Active Lifestyle Vehicle of the Year Awards, nearly one hundred athletes and active consumers as well as auto journalists test drove vehicles on a variety of street, freeway and off-road courses to get ...
First Drive: 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Duramax
We test drove the new 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Duramax, which goes on sale soon with its new 2.8 liter four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine, a powerplant also available in the GMC Canyon. Our test vehicles were both Z-71 ...
Reality Check: 2017 Ford Super Duty Frame Test
In our Reality Check, those crazy truck guys are at it again with huge cranes and circus acts to show us how tough the 2017 Ford Super Duty actually is. Ford unveiled their new F-Series Super Duty pickups at the Te...
