Offroad

On This Week’s Podcast: Callaway’s Reeves Callaway The insightful and renowned Reeves Callaway steals the show with an enlightening and informative interview that will take you to unexpected places with history, storytelling, and an overview of the latest Callaway Chevrolet Silverado performance truck. This one is a real treat for any true automotive enthusiast. Also, View the full article

In the nearly 5,000 miles since our last report, the EcoDiesel-powered 2020 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon has shown a couple of its gremlins, demonstrated its utility for cold-weather camping, and reassured us of its off-road dominance. Let’s talk snow. On the highway, the 33-inch Falken Wildpeak mud-terrain tires did a commendable job in the slippery View the full article

After a brief hiatus, Jeep and Mopar returned to Moab, Utah during the 2021 Easter Jeep Safari and rocked the Jeep community with the latest class of concept vehicles. Designers stacked the stage with a stylin’ 1968 Commando restomod, three Jeep Gladiators showcasing the platform’s versatility, and a two-door JL Wrangler strutting Mopar’s best stuff. View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: GM Defense ISV 2021 Ford Bronco ISO the best chicken sandwich Ride along in the Army’s latest vehicle, the Chevy Colorado ZR2-based Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV). Utilizing 90-percent commercial-off-the shelf-parts, hear the amazing background on how the ISV came to be and how GM Defense intends to disrupt the defense industry View the full article

We just acquired a 1986 Chevy K30 M1028 CUCV. For anyone unfamiliar, that’s a Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle produced by General Motors. This truck used existing heavy-duty light commercial parts and performed various non-combat duties. In short, there’s nothing bulletproof here; this truck was made to haul a shelter in its bed, pull trailers, and View the full article

Restomod 1978 Bronco Super Duty Vintage Iron and Restoration in Scottsdale, Arizona, put a creative twist on a 1978 Ford Bronco by adding some hints of Super Duty and a Coyote engine. Is this how you wished the latest Bronco would have looked? DMX’s Final Ryde in a Monster Truck Whether you know him by View the full article

Tony Howarth was not a fan of vehicles that seemed to fall apart before their notes were paid off. From his time spent on the African continent, he also realized the growing need for a non-western vehicle that was designed specifically for the rigors of the local road system. It was March 1988 when we View the full article

We love Chevy Blazers, and regardless of the generation, it’s one of our favorites. The Blazer nowadays, however, doesn’t quite hit us the same as an old square-body does. What if the Blazer came back with a bit of the brawn from the good ol’ days? Is this what it would look like? Artist Oscar View the full article

Behind the Rocks is a hard yet popular trail just south of Moab. Like most of the trails in Moab, the scenery is amazing, and the trail keeps your attention with technical and downright hard obstacles. It’s long and gives you the feeling that you’re really going somewhere. The start is right off Utah’s U.S. View the full article

We put out a call in a recent issue of Four Wheeler magazine to share your stories of Classic 4x4s That Earn Their Keep. In the editorial, Christian Hazel talked about some of his old classic 4×4 pickups, Jeeps, and SUVs and how using them to do mundane chores, farm work, or hauling always seems View the full article

Barn finds, survivors, rare one-of-a-kind 4x4s are the true meat and potatoes of what we enjoy when looking at 4×4 rigs. Sure, $100,000 loaded luxo-utes are great, as are high-end custom builds, but often our stew is stirred by the unusual, the neglected, the overlooked. The early Willys Jeeps have and will always hold a View the full article

When Ford first introduced the off-road-focused 2010 F-150 Raptor, it came with a whole host of impressive features. Chief among these were the high-tech Fox internal bypass shocks found at each corner. These dampers featured a 2.5-inch outer body with an inner sleeve, 1.85-inch piston, and 7/8-inch shaft. At the time, these were the largest View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: Roadkill’s Mike Finnegan Our buddy Mike Finnegan makes a surprise visit to the studio to say “hi” and we turn it into an entire show! Find out what’s up with Mike’s Chevy C-10, who has banned him for life (and why it was worth it), how fast he’s been in his View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: 2022 Nissan Frontier Jeep Magneto Concept 2011 Million-Mile Duramax Enjoy a walkaround of the all-new 2022 Nissan Frontier with its lead exterior designer, Hiren Patel, and go for a ride in the Jeep Magneto concept with Jeep’s Jim Morrison. The guys also get a listener truck review and hear from Gene View the full article

When the plug-in hybrid Jeep Wrangler 4xe was unveiled promising an all-electric range of up to 21 miles and a combined torque output from the electric motor and 2.0L four-cylinder turbocharged engine of 375hp and 470 lb-ft while earning up to 50 mpg-e, those facts by themselves were enough to be ground breaking. So we View the full article

As we write this, our 2020 EcoDiesel Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon has seen just over 11,000 miles, and we will argue that it is the best weekend warrior wagon we’ve driven in quite some time. Why We Love the EcoDiesel Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon EcoDiesel gets us an average of nearly 24 combined mpg Rubicon View the full article

When Joe Schigel found the 1967 Kaiser Jeep M715, it hadn’t moved in half a decade, all its tires were flat, and it definitely needed a new engine before he could begin his overland build. However, the body of the Jeep M715 had earned quite the patina throughout its years and the frame was in View the full article

Jimmy Mallios’ 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo was discovered, derelict in a garage, in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. The ZJ had a broken motor mount, a fouled up steering pump, and also refused to even start—a perfect project, and it was his for just over $1000. The plan for the 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee was for it View the full article

On This Week’s Podcast: 1991 Nissan Hardbody SE V-6 Nissan Heritage Collection Jeep’s Mark Allen We meet up with a pristine 1991 Nissan Hardbody King Cab SE V-6 from the Nissan Heritage Collection for a walkaround and convince the powers that be to let us drive it! It’s the ultimate mini truck road test. Holman View the full article

Something big was coming up the road behind us. It sounded like it, anyway. Expecting a musclecar, we kept looking around the truck that was blocking our view. Then it started doing four-wheel burnouts, drifting to the left and right in the rear view mirror, sounding like a giant slide whistle. It had our attention, View the full article