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Want to go fast? Want to do it cheap? On Faster with Finnegan, Mike Finnegan and his friends show you the secrets behind making Roadkill-esque heaps into truly raceable junk! Sign up to the MotorTrend App while the deal of the year is still going on! Feature on Mike Cotten’s 1980 Chevrolet C-10 Cotten’s C-10 View the full article

The 2020 Dakar Rally started Sunday in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah. Saudi Arabia is a new venue for the event, which has been held in South America for the last several years. Saudi Arabia has invested millions in infrastructure to host the Dakar Rally. Stage 1 took drivers from Jeddah to Al View the full article

We first caught a glimpse of Kansas Sartin’s 1980 AMC Jeep CJ-5 weaving its way through the crates and boxes of the Upper South Hall on setup day for the 2019 SEMA show. We attempted to follow this diamond in the rough, but our path was blocked in every direction by forklifts, booth paraphernalia, and View the full article

Boutique alternative-fuel carmaker Fisker has unveiled its first-ever fully electric SUV just before the 2020 CES conference in Las Vegas. The 2021 Fisker Ocean is a compact EV crossover with mass-production aspirations and an overtly environmentally conscious vibe. The Ocean was penned by Henrik Fisker, and it’s marked by the onetime BMW designer’s signature wide-mouth View the full article

Jeep is getting serious about electrification, and it now vows to offer an electrified—read: hybridized—version of every model by 2022. Its green revolution ramps up this year, in fact, when the automaker confirms it will roll out plug-in-hybrid versions of its Wrangler, Compass, and Renegade. The three vehicles will carry a “4xe” badge, as will all View the full article

It wasn’t long ago that towing 10,000 pounds required a ¾ or 1-ton truck. For better or worse that’s not the case anymore. Looking at the 2020 model year all but one truck in the ½-ton segment are capable of towing 10,000 pounds or more. Naturally not all configurations carry the same capabilities, and you View the full article

The Truck Show Podcast, hosted by Sean Holman and Jay “Lightning” Tilles, aired its first episode on March 8, 2018. The all-trucks podcast has gained great momentum in its almost two years of existence, with over 100 episodes available for download. With the close of 2019, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the top View the full article

Some truck enthusiasts have a pure passion for building a flawless custom truck, while others prefer to build a truck built for speed and performance. Rarely do you find someone destined and capable of handling both of those in a single build. Sabastian Luna was determined to acheive this feat by the age of twenty-three. View the full article

More on Overlanding! Best Starter Overland Vehicles Where to ’Wheel and Overland Overland vehicle rental can be a great way to take that first step into the overlanding experience before jumping in and making that first big investment. Overland vehicles for rent can be found through a number of sources, including vehicle sharing services, and View the full article

More on Diesel Engines! Driving the 2019 Ram 3500 Heavy Duty Driving Chevrolet Diesel-Powered Silverados 2020 Ford’s Super Duty Pickup 6.7L Power Stroke Dyno Test As we prepare to start a new decade, let’s take a last look at 2019; a year that we’re sure fans of Model Year 2020 Ford, GM and Ram heavy-duty View the full article

Could this be the new 2021 Ford Bronco? So far, the Bronco has only been revealed in profile beneath a dirty sheet. We’ve also had a look at the official iconography—BRONCO alongside a stylized bucking, you guessed it, bronco. Taking what we know from the Ford Bronco R, Ford’s Baja 1000 race machine, and various View the full article

More on Jeep Engines! New Jeep Engines Dauntless V-6 Jeep Engine Rebuild Jeep V8 Engine Swap Options Jeep V8 Engine Swap Options: Late-Model Muscle Jeeps and V-8 engine swaps go together like peanut butter and jelly, ham and eggs, America and apple pie. What the best Jeep V-8 engine swaps are just may be the most View the full article

Jeep dash lights, Ford Broncos, Gladiators, Tesla trucks or LS swaps? What was the off-road community most excited about in 2019? We compiled a list of our top stories from the last year for you to re-live one (or perhaps a few) more times. Here they are! We got a sneak at what might View the full article

Overland Expo East 2019 was one for the books with a record-breaking 12,500 attendees, 1,000 adventure vehicles, 188 exhibitors, and 55 media outlets. The event found a new home for 2019 at Infinity Downs in Arrington, Virginia, a change from its usual locale some 300 miles to the south. With its rolling hills, beginnings of View the full article

Most people that build a truck of this high caliber have had past experiences with custom trucks and companies prior to their build. Gary Brewer and his wife, Molly, own a daycare business in Zephyrhills, Florida, just outside of Orlando and have never completed a truck build anything like this. Originally, Gary grew up in View the full article

Jeep and FCA are using the 2020 CES show in Las Vegas to showcase their newest technology and electrification efforts. CES (Consumer Electronic Show) is the premiere trade show to showcase these advances in technology. The Jeep brand will showcase three plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. Jeep says this is the first step in the plan View the full article

What is a Baja Runner? Designed to be a rolling showcase of the brands Mule Expedition Outfitters offers and the work the company performs, the Baja Runner started life as a Hemi-powered Ram 2500 Tradesman and was outfitted with a Norweld tray bed, Four Wheel Campers Hawk pop-up camper, AEV suspension, bumpers, and wheels, 40-inch View the full article

Some of you may remember a few years back when we dragged this beaten-down 1997 Ford F-150 Lariat out of the parking lot and gave it a new life. The truck is significant because it’s the actual truck that Ford delivered to MotorTrend magazine back in 1996 for testing. This truck won the coveted Truck View the full article

There are certain advantages to being friends with someone high up in the industry in which you are involved. For Keith Federspiel of Denver, Colorado, he has a good friend TJ Hill who runs the company FiveR Trucks out of Colorado. FiveR Trucks was using their builds on a current TV show called “The Lifted View the full article

Everyone is talking about the new Jeep JT Gladiator, and with good reason. Not only is it new, it’s really cool on many different levels. It’s the first Jeep pickup truck to roll off the assembly line in more than 25 years, it has solid axles front and rear (unlike its mid-size truck competitors), and View the full article