Offroad

More from Jp Dirt ‘N Drive! Stretched 1942 Willys MB Custom Brett Thompson in His 1994 Grand Cherokee 1984 CJ-8 Scrambler Built for Trail Fun It’s not often that you run across a 1972 Jeepster Commando that’s clean and unmolested, and it’s even more rare to see one powered by a diesel engine. Don Scott’s View the full article

The Truck Show Podcast Presented by Nissan in association with DECKED… …is a fun, irreverent, and edgy look at today’s world of custom and factory trucks, hosted by automotive journalist Sean Holman and veteran Los Angeles radio personality Jay “Lightning” Tilles. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the latest episode of The Truck Show Podcast. View the full article

2020 Ford Super Duty Chassis Cab F-350, F-450, F-550: 7.3L gasoline V-8: 350 hp and 468 lb-ft of torque (best-in-class gasoline torque) 6.7L Power Stroke diesel V-8: 330 hp and 825 lb-ft of torque Maximum payload of 12,750 pounds (best-in-class) Ford has done its homework on how to make the 2020 Ford Super Duty Chassis View the full article

Another Transformation from AEV! AEV Collaborates on 2019 Colorado ZR2 Bison Most Jeepers know American Expedition Vehicles (AEV) as a manufacturer of highly refined aftermarket accessories. The company also sells complete turnkey vehicles through select dealerships for Jeepers who want complete point-and-shoot vehicles that are also covered by factory warranties and are financeable. Its 20th View the full article

More Rigs from Overland Adventure East! Meet the 20 Participants of the 2019 TireRack.com Overland Adventure East A Look at the Sponsor and Support Rigs From Overland Adventure East Matt Patterson and Samantha Wilson are a case study on how to build a vehicle. That’s because they turned a stock ’01 Jeep Cherokee into a View the full article

Auto manufacturers Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) and Peugeot S.A. (PSA Group) have joined forces by signing a binding Combination Agreement today providing for a 50-50 share merger where each will own half. FCA, which employs nearly 200,000 people, has the following brands: Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Fiat Professional, Jeep, Lancia, Ram, and View the full article

It’s no secret that trucks are hot right now. And the notion of, and desire for, an electric pickup has ramped up in ways never before thought possible. The loudest noise maker in the space is obviously Tesla and Elon Musk’s cyber monstrosity. Thanks in part to Tesla, however, and their fabulous marketing machine the View the full article

The tire industry has been hard at work over the last decade or so when it comes to supplying a wide range of high-performance off-road tires for our needs. Improved molding processes have resulted in smoother-rolling tires. Better rubber compounds have increased both traction and wear lifetimes. Furthermore, better-engineered tread designs have added to traction View the full article

When our friends from Oregon made a trip to Lake Tahoe recently, they asked for some recommendations on trails to wheel. They had been to the Rubicon and Fordyce, but were looking for more challenging options. These guys all have tube buggies and wear helmets when they go rockcrawling, to give you an idea of View the full article

Dick Cepek is a household name in the off-road community; it’s also a name that’s synonymous with adventure. The company joined us on Four Wheeler’s 2019 Overland Adventure, where we journeyed with a group of participants across the Arizona backcountry from Wickenburg to Flagstaff, driving almost exclusively off-road and camping each night. We outfitted a View the full article

The way Patrick James signed off on one of his emails evoked a variety of feelings, with jealousy being pretty much at the top of the list. OK, the only thing on the list. He wrote, “Text me. I am traveling and enjoying life.” There was a hard start to that sign-off, though. In January View the full article

If you are buying a new truck, you will want to check out all the new truck technology. It’s over-the-top compared to previous years, which made us ask, “Are there too many buttons and switches on new vehicles?” We decided to compare the pickups on our Four Wheeler 2020 Pickup Truck of the Year tests View the full article

First Look at the All-New 2021 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe Top Ten Differences Between the 2020 and 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe First Ride in the 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe with New Independent Suspension If you’ve spent any time around Chevrolet trucks and SUVs in the past half-century you’re undoubtedly familiar with the Z71 off-road package. Over the View the full article

It’s been said that after a momentous birth, the infant Ford Bronco soon became a neglected child. When it debuted for 1966, it was a very timely upgrade in a sport/utility revolution that was gaining steam year by year. Looking at how it evolved from that point, a reasonable person might wonder why it almost View the full article

We saw the Nissan Destination Frontier at Overland Expo West in Flagstaff, Arizona, and needed to get a closer look at the company’s budget overlander. Instead of simply walking around the impressive rig parked at Nissan’s booth, we decided to take it on a whirlwind three-day backcountry trip of our own and see how the View the full article

Once upon a time way back when in the Dark Ages (the ’90s), there was this little bitty magazine in Florida named Jp. It was underfed and malnourished, but the staff had a heart of gold, and the editor was intent on bringing the best of the Jeep culture to the world. After a few View the full article

The new 2020 Chevy Silverado 1500 3.0L Duramax inline-six cylinder turbodiesel and 2020 GM Sierra 1500 3.0L Duramax inline-six turbodiesel pickups are out and we had one of each on our 2020 Four Wheeler of the Year contest. And we also had a 2020 Ram 1500 Rebel with the newly revised 3.0L EcoDiesel turbodiesel V-6 View the full article

It was like swimming upstream into a flood. The flow of new Jeep JT Gladiator parts coming toward us while we walked the aisles of the 2019 SEMA Show was a steady stream of upgrades, accessories, and must-haves for anyone planning a custom 2020 Jeep JT Gladiator pickup build. There are plenty of great new View the full article

Shifting your transfer case into low range for off-road probably isn’t something that you spend much time thinking about. There are actually several different ways to accomplish this, as we saw during the 2020 Four Wheeler of the Year and Pickup Truck of the Year testing. The simplest is a mechanical lever that passes through View the full article

Once upon a time way back when in the Dark Ages (the ’90s), there was this little bitty magazine in Florida named Jp. It was underfed and malnourished, but the staff had a heart of gold, and the editor was intent on bringing the best of the Jeep culture to the world. After a few View the full article