Offroad

The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 will make its racing debut in the Best In The Desert racing series. Following the success of the ZR2 racing program with Hall Racing, the Silverado will be used as a development truck. Engineers will then take the racing data back to their home offices to design parts based on View the full article

The FourWheeler show is now available on the MotorTrend App, the only subscription streaming service dedicated entirely to the motoring world. Sign up for a free trial to start binge watching right now! FourWheeler Show Description: If it has wheels and goes off road, Ian Johnson will work on it! In FourWheeler we work on View the full article

Jeep Therapy A friend sent me their copy of the issue of Jp Magazine with Rick Péwé’s editorial article “Jeep Therapy” (Oct. ’19) because he knows this is exactly how I feel about my Jeep. Now I know I’m not crazy! I bought my YJ brand new in 1995 and have enjoyed driving it every View the full article

It has been a long time coming, and after much anticipation, Kawasaki has finally made a return to the sport side-by-side market with the release of its all-new 2020 Teryx KRX 1000 Sport side-by-side. The new machine is powered by a 999cc liquid cooled four-stroke parallel twin engine mated to a CVT transmission and centrifugal View the full article

Climbing a short, steep section of trail in the Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area just outside of Gilbert, Minnesota, was remarkably easy behind the wheel of the EcoDiesel-powered ’20 Ram 1500 Rebel we were driving. With the low-end torque of the newest V-6 turbodiesel from VM Motori under the hood and the ZF View the full article

In what could be the world’s most skin-deep midcycle update, Chevrolet will give the 2021 Colorado ZR2 small facelift. The public will get its first look at the newish Colorado this weekend, when the ZR2 race truck campaigned by Hall Racing makes its debut at the 2019 Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic on October View the full article

The 2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel has officially been rated by the EPA, and the news is good. EcoDiesel fuel economy goes all the way up to 32 mpg on the highway for 4×2 models, with 4x4s not far behind at 29 mpg. The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel 4×2 also gets 22 city and 26 combined mpg, View the full article

Country music recording artist Michael Ray recently upgraded his 2013 Jeep Wrangler JK Sport. Driving the JK on the Tennessee back roads has inspired Ray to write songs for his next album. “I love driving my Jeep,” Michael Ray says. “There’s a freedom and creative fueling that happens between the fresh air and the music View the full article

With age comes experience. We’ve all heard this expression, and it hits home for anyone who has ever built multiple Jeeps. Take Dave Roberts, for example. With some of the most incredible off-road trails just outside his backyard in Broomfield, Colorado, this off-road enthusiast has spent years building four-wheel drives to get him all over View the full article

Today, Ram will celebrate its first 10 years as a standalone brand within Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The division, which was spun off from Dodge on October 4, 2009, has become one of the automaker’s most profitable and award-winning brands, which Ram claims is due to its “decade of innovation.” Today’s Ram pickup started life as View the full article

With the aerodynamics of a doorstop, five liters of Mercedes-Benz power, and an estimated top speed of 186 mph, you might not expect this machine to also come equipped with four-wheel drive. In July of 1985, we learned about Franco Sbarro and a custom-built, super-fast, go-anywhere car that he called “Challenge.” Whether he was referring View the full article

Due to many requests, we’re republishing some of Granville King’s “From The Back Country” columns as space permits. These columns ran in Four Wheeler from 1984 until Granville’s passing in 1989 at age 70. Granville was a retired aerospace engineer and television screenwriter who lived off-grid in a trailer in Baja, Mexico. His off-road experiences View the full article

How do you get tire dealers to push your brand of tires? The answer is simple—plenty of education and hands on experience. Kenda Tires did just that, inviting some of its biggest tire dealers and shop owners from across the country to a tire “bootcamp” event in Las Vegas. Kenda started the week of training 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

So I’m not sure if I can plagiarize myself or not. Probably should be alright, but hey, in this day and age you never know. Why am I worried? Well, I’m pretty sure what I’m about to write about this Bronco project is the same thing I’ve written about other big vehicle projects, because the View the full article

It was easy to get lost among the many impressive rigs at the 2019 Off-Road Expo, but something large, red, and diesel-powered caught our attention.Brian George, of Sintor Trucks, walked us around this truck which came powered by the 6.7L Ford Power Stroke V-8 diesel, backed by the factory 6-speed automatic transmission and transfer case. View the full article

Vintage Warmth Walls Outdoor Goods now offers the Vintage collection. The Vintage Breckenridge hooded duck jacket is made from 10-ounce duck fabric that is sanded and stonewashed, creating a weathered, lived-in look. The jacket features rib-knit cuffs and waist band; four patch pockets, two with hand-warmer features; a zippered front map pocket; two interior patch View the full article

Sign up for your free trial of the MotorTrend App to start binge watching right now! For any “writer,” especially professionals—people who put proverbial pen to paper for a living—not knowing what or how to “say” something is never a good thing. Each month, my colleagues at Diesel Power and I, as well as scribes View the full article

1. That’s Interesting The Ford Ranger gets an FX2 package, which to be clear, is for the two-wheel-drive truck. The Blue Oval explains it as being for “customers who want tough, off-road style with the functionality of a locking differential, but don’t need four-wheel drive.” The suspension has been tuned for off-road use, and there’s View the full article

It seems like we have cleared a lot of major hurdles with the Ultimate International. The drivetrain is in, it’s sitting on the ground with a largely completed suspension, and the bulk of the extensive sheetmetal work is complete. But why is there still so much to do and so little time to get it View the full article