Offroad

Jobs in cars. Is there anything better? We certainly never forget how lucky we are to get paid to write about and breathe 4x4s, 24/7, 365. But imagine being someone whose job is to design vehicles from the ground up, using the most futuristic automotive technology ever? Well, we had a chance to play the View the full article

Read More on this Ford F-150 Project! Installing a 3.5-inch Readylift kit on a ’09-’14 Ford F-150 Installing ADD Steps and Raptor-esque Trim on Our ’09-’14 Ford F-150 At this point we’re knee deep in the latest Truckin project, this 2010 Ford F-150 SuperCrew XLT. It was pretty well used but definitely not beat up. We View the full article

I drove two hours and bought this CJ-2a not too far from Heber, Arizona, in August 2018. I’d seen the Jeep for sale on the internet for a few weeks, and I had inquired about it a few times. I could tell that it was a fairly early and mostly complete project, albeit pretty well View the full article

It’s a safe bet that you—and many other trucktrend.com followers—actually own pickup trucks. And, like many enthusiasts, you probably have at least a small loyalty to your rig’s manufacturer (Ford, GM, Ram, etc.) Well, make doesn’t matter for this report, nor do other typically critical criteria such as powertrain details, suspension, cabin amenities, or anything View the full article

In the new series, MotorTrend: Working from Home, we show you what all your favorite MotorTrend stars are up to during quarantine. This week, we dig into random automobilia in David Freiburger’s garage! View the full article

Toyota Engineers Talk Cool Tech, Favorite 4x4s, and Automotive Innovation Jobs working with cars—is there anything better? We certainly never forget how lucky we are to get paid to write about and breathe 4x4s, 24/7, 365. But imagine being someone whose job it is to build vehicles from the ground up, using the most futuristic View the full article

On This Week’s Show: Jeep’s Jim Morrison 3.8L Nissan Frontier Jeep’s Head of North America, Jim Morrison, returns to the podcast to talk about his history in the automotive industry and what it’s like to run a major automotive brand. Find out what it takes to keep a brand relevant to its core customers and View the full article

For starters, if you’re looking to haul the absolute most weight possible, you’re giving up payload capacity by selecting the 4×4 option. The transfer case and front drive assembly in any 4×4 truck adds weight over its 4×2 counterpart. And not only weight, but also more spinning and potentially fragile components into the mix. And View the full article

Zach Canadas spent $200 on a 1968 Jeep Wagoneer tub without any axles or transfer case. His pair of Ben Franklins scored him, however, a Buick 350, transmission, and a pre-smog title—just enough to get his project off to a start. We met Zach outside the 2020 King of the Hammers race in Johnson Valley, View the full article

Let’s use our imagination for a few minutes. In a stroke of luck, say you’re the grand-prize winner of a rare experience—racing up one of the world’s most dangerous roads in a legit race truck. Not a racer? No fear; you’re just the passenger. Rest assured that all of these race rigs have fully spec’d View the full article

Jobs in cars. Is there anything better? We certainly never forget how lucky we are to get paid to write about and breathe 4x4s, 24/7, 365. But imagine being someone whose job is to build vehicles from the ground up, using the most futuristic automotive technology ever. Well, we had a chance to play the View the full article

The 2020 GMC Sierra 2500 HD AT4 combined an off-road package with an already ironclad heavy-duty platform, and we made sure to flog the truck on the dirt and the tarmac. Read on to see how the HD fared on- and off-road in the 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year test. What’s Hot “Irresponsible” amount View the full article

What is a Prerunner? A question a child might ask, but not a childish question. In actuality, what a “real-world” prerunner is and what an OE prerunner package is are two very different things. The term prerunner came from the world of desert racing, where teams would go run the race course prior to the View the full article

Mel Wade and Aleksander Tonkovich piloted a Jeep Gladiator to win the Stock Production Truck class in the 2020 Mint 400 desert race in Las Vegas, Nevada. Because winning the Mint 400 is more about endurance than pure speed, Wade and Tonkovich found the Jeep Gladiator was well-equipped for the 400-mile desert track. The truck View the full article

We’ve brought you what we feel are the best off-road vehicles, both new and old, in this article HERE. (insert hyperlink before publishing – I can provide, but story isn’t live yet with URL – should be 4/24 or 4/27). And while many of the vehicles we listed in that article were, indeed, pickup trucks, View the full article

The hyper-crowded Las Vegas we’re used to seeing during events like the SEMA show sharply contrasts the empty, lifeless quarantined Vegas of today. Indeed, while the Las Vegas Convention Center halls and surrounding streets could trigger a fear of confined places during SEMA (claustrophobia), today it’s more likely you’ll be struck by the fear of View the full article

Automotive enthusiasts often get pigeon-holed into one category of the gearhead spectrum, depending on what their main squeeze is, but the reality is most people who like cars and trucks appreciate more than just what’s in their driveway or saved as the background of their digital devices. Muscle-car people go overlanding, drag racers enjoy rockcrawling, View the full article

What is the best off-road vehicle? Man, that’s a loaded question. Off-road encompasses so many differences compared to on-road. With on-road, you’re talking hills, curves, dry, rain, and snow. Those are your variables. With off-road, you can be talking mud, sand, rock, regular trail, woods, washboard roads, and everything in between. And breaking it down View the full article

According to the internet, top bucket list items include going on a safari, riding in a hot air balloon, seeing the Northern Lights, attending the Super Bowl, swimming with dolphins, traveling the world, bungee jumping, and going to a nude beach. If you’re a truck guy or girl, your bucket list might look a little View the full article

The 2020 Chevy Silverado 2500 HD Custom came to us with a gas-powered 6.6L V-8, 20-inch wheels, body-color exterior trim, and a six-speed automatic transmission, and we put it to work on the highway, dunes, mud, snow, and more over our week-long 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year test. What’s Hot Lots of truck for View the full article