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Ram has started production of its highly anticipated 2021 Ram 1500 TRX half-ton pickup truck at the Sterling Heights Assembly Plant (SHAP) in Sterling Heights, Michigan. This plant was originally built for making jet engines and ballistic missiles by the military in 1953. Most recently, nearly $1.5 billion was invested in SHAP to get it View the full article

On This Week’s Show: Retired Air Force Pilot Bert Garrison Jr. Ram TRX Warm Dr. Pepper For those gearheads who love to fly, this episode will be a pretty special one, as the guys become fast friends with retired Air Force pilot Major Bert G. Garrison, Jr. What started as a campfire conversation about overlanding View the full article

Wouldn’t it be nice to get away for a little while? You’d have to be crazy to turn down an overlanding adventure that includes witnessing beautiful views and exploring the remote backcountry, but one problem is that we’re not all lucky enough to go on the Ultimate Adventure or Overland Adventure. The second problem is View the full article

Murray Pfaff has a history of defying convention. He famously sliced and diced a gargantuan 1959 Imperial Crown Custom sedan into a cozy roadster, carving nearly 5 feet out of the car’s length while also sectioning the body 3 inches and narrowing it by 8 inches. And in the Jeep world, a few years ago, View the full article

Campfire stories are usually entertaining. Take a bunch of friends sitting around a crackling open-air blaze on cheap $5 folding chairs under the star-speckled anonymity of night, lulled vulnerable by the radiant heat of burning wood, and embarrassing anecdotes begin to flow. One story I’ve only told to a few people (often around a campfire) View the full article

The UTV and side-by-side market has recently exploded in popularity. Vehicles that were once used on the farm and construction site have now made their way into the mainstream as implements of recreation. And if there’s any manufacturer that has the right to win in this space, it’s John Deere. While John Deere may be View the full article

Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2021 put five of the newest pickups and four of the latest SUVs to the ultimate weeklong on- and off-road test. We evaluated suspension articulation and availability of towhooks, traction control options, ground clearance, powertrain performance, braking, interior/exterior utility, skidplating, and much, much more. We climbed, we crawled, View the full article

Day 5 of the 2021 Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year brought the lineup of SUVs to higher elevations, dropped them back down, and ended on a dry lakebed. Pickup trucks included the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon EcoDiesel, the 2021 Nissan Titan Pro4X, and View the full article

As Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2021 heated up, Day 4 found the test’s crop of SUVs on the trails again for side-by-side comparisons in a handful of real-world off-road scenarios. Pickup trucks included the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon EcoDiesel, the 2021 Nissan View the full article

Now that we’ve experienced the 2021 Ford Bronco Sport range and more specific details have been divulged, let’s take a fresh look at what differentiates the Bronco Sport from its Ford Escape sibling in terms of suspension and all-wheel-drive systems, as well as how the Sport’s base and HOSS (High-performance Off-road Stability Suspension) suspensions compare. View the full article

The February 2021 issue of Four Wheeler is another one for the record books because it continues with Four Wheeler’s first-ever coverage of the incredible 2020 Ultimate Adventure, which began with Part 1 of event coverage in the January 2021 issue. Ultimate Adventure In-Depth If you thought the January 2021 issue of Four Wheeler dug View the full article

A recent memory-lane-style television commercial for Chevrolet’s all-new 2021 Tahoe and Suburban opens with an announcer saying: “Since pioneering the SUV in 1935, Chevy Suburbans have carried many things,” and then it goes on to close with “family being most important” as the sentimental punchline. Yes, when it comes to precious cargo, dad, mom, kids, View the full article

We spent Day 3 of Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2021 almost entirely on the dirt, allowing the panel of judges to put the trucks through various off-road scenarios and learn more about how each performs. Pickup trucks included the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator View the full article

On This Week’s Show: Commercial Trucker René Garza Nikola Badger Update Holman’s Trails and Tribulations While it isn’t quite the Towisode, the guys have a lively discussion with commercial driver René Garza who has over 2 million miles logged hauling freight from the ice roads of Alaska to the turnpikes of Florida. Apportioned at 46,000 View the full article

Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2021 continued on Day 2 as we gathered data on each vehicle’s articulation and then began into the dirt. Pickup trucks included the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon EcoDiesel, the 2021 Nissan Titan Pro4X, and the 2021 GMC Canyon View the full article

Stick your head in the sand all you want, classic truck fanatics—there’s a reckoning on the distant horizon. As much as we like to think the rising swell of both EV legislation and the sporadic bans on new vehicles powered by fossil fuels will not extend to our beloved classics, something’s gotta give. Now, we View the full article

Set the date on the calendar, kids! Top Gear America is (finally!) coming exclusively to the MotorTrend App, starting January 29, 2021! This isn’t some rip-off of that hokey motoring show from across the pond, either—this is die-hard car enthusiasts who live and breathe everything cars. Related: Stream Top Gear America January 29! Sign up View the full article

Pickup Truck and SUV of the Year 2021 kicked off with nine vehicles. Pickup trucks included the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Mojave, the 2021 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon EcoDiesel, the 2021 Nissan Titan Pro4X, and the 2021 GMC Canyon AT4. Among the ranks of the SUVs for this year were the 2021 View the full article

GMC announced on Tuesday that its widely anticipated electric vehicle, the Hummer EV, has arrived at General Motors’ Milford (Michigan) proving grounds for continued validation tests.. Related Articles Would You Reserve This Supertruck for $100? GMC Drops More Details About Its 2022 Hummer EV Pickup and SUV 2022 GMC Hummer EV: An All-Electric Truck With View the full article

Nissan announced a midcycle refresh of the capable Nissan Armada fullsize SUV with a focus on four main areas that elevate the Armada as true contender in the fullsize SUV segment and position it as a flagship of the Nissan brand. Based on the highly capable global Nissan Patrol, the Armada for 2021 features updated View the full article