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A few weeks back, we published an article on TruckTrend.com and FourWheeler.com that outlined a certain criterion for categorizing what is—and isn’t—considered a pickup truck. The history of this breakdown dates back many years and has been the subject of many spirited debates around the Truck Trend office. If you haven’t had a chance to View the full article

As if the Dodge Durango SRT wasn’t cool enough, the wicked minds at Dodge have gone and crammed a supercharged 6.2L Hellcat engine in the three-row soccer-mom-mobile for 2021. No, this isn’t April Fools in July; for one year only, you really will be able to purchase a Durango with 710 hp, which will make View the full article

As true vehicle enthusiasts, or, using “car guys,” the all-encompassing moniker that includes truck fans, members of the Truck Trend and Four Wheeler staffs collectively have owned an impressive number of rides since the moment they took ownership of the first whip they called their own. While enthusiasts still possessing their Number One vehicle is View the full article

Since owning a Mahindra Roxor, a 2018 LE to be exact, one of the comments that I’ve gotten the most is about the size. It’s larger than most people think. In fact, even I was surprised at how large of a vehicle it is when I first got it. I’ve spent a lot of time View the full article

NASCAR and IndyCar have come together for an unprecedented weekend of racing at Indianapolis Motor Speedway View the full article

Classic, new, used, restomod, or custom cars and trucks—the world is your oyster when it comes to hunting down cool automobiles to own. There is an option, however, that just may beat all choices. Armored vehicles. Perched menacingly alongside its usual collection of awesome vehicles, South Jersey Classics of Newfield, New Jersey, also has an View the full article

Ineos Grenadier: The Origins When Land Rover ended production of the original Defender in 2016, more than two million of the rough-and-rugged utility vehicles had been sold, the majority of which continue to exist on roads today. Add to that the millions of Jeeps and other off-road ready vehicles sold through the decades, plus the View the full article

The 2020 season was put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic after just three rounds and several ensuing rallies have since been cancelled, including Finland, New Zealand and Rally GB, delaying the resumption of the championship. However, on Thursday the FIA and WRC Promoter revealed plans to host at least five more rounds this year, with five events scheduled between September and ...Keep reading View the full article

The 2020 season was put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic after just three rounds and several ensuing rallies have since been cancelled, including Finland, New Zealand and Rally GB, delaying the resumption of the championship. However, in a press release issued on Thursday, the FIA and WRC Promoter revealed plans to host at least eight rounds this year, with five events scheduled between ...Keep reading View the full article

Not familiar with Roadkill? Now is the perfect time to dive in headfirst and be immersed in the five-show gearhead universe David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan have created! View the full article

Read More on This 1946 CJ-2a Project! Rebuilding a T-90 and Spicer 18, Part 4 Finding an L-134 Engine and Getting It Started, Part 3 Buying Verne’s 1946 CJ-2A, Part 2 Verne’s 1946 CJ-2A Walk-Around, Part 1 Tink is the nickname for our 1949 CJ-2a. It’s one classic Jeep that has somehow survived the last View the full article

The race moves from Charlotte Motor Speedway to Bristol for the first time July 15 in a Wednesday night primetime event. This week, NASCAR announced the race format, which features a 'choose cone' rule. Drivers will be able to choose which lane they want to be in for each restart at a designated area on the track following pit stops. Normally, drivers would try to position themselves in a ...Keep reading View the full article

Never one to sit on its hands, Benchmade is always looking forward and creating products that address the needs of knife and tool users. One of its newest offerings, the 202 Leuku, is a fixed-blade outdoor survival knife that also dips into the edge of the tactical and overlanding worlds. The word “Leuku” is Finnish View the full article

To add to that, NBC will kick off its NASCAR coverage this weekend with the first combination IndyCar Series/NASCAR race weekend at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. While IndyCar has occasionally shared a weekend at a track with a lower tier NASCAR series such as Trucks or ARCA, it has never run the same venue the same weekend with NASCAR’s Cup Series. This weekend will feature IndyCar and ...Keep reading View the full article

While NASCAR Trucks and ARCA racing have shared the bill with IndyCar on some tracks in recent years, the compression of the NTT IndyCar Series schedule due to the coronavirus pandemic restrictions provided IndyCar and IMS owner Roger Penske with a rare chance to strike a deal with NASCAR to share a venue with the Monster Energy Cup Series. Consequently, on July the Fourth weekend, IndyCar and ...Keep reading View the full article

The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. Ford’s all-new 7.3L gasoline V-8 engine, codenamed Godzilla, has finally hit the Ford Performance catalog as a crate engine. The big-block V-8 joins other legends such as Ford’s Coyote Aluminator 5.0L V-8, the 5.2L XS V-8, the 2.3L EcoBoost I-4, and about a dozen variants View the full article

Dr. Rose Mattioli, co-founder of Pocono Raceway and matriarch of the Mattioli family that still owns and operates the track, died on Monday at the age of 92 View the full article

Dr. Rose and her late husband Dr. Joseph ‘Doc’ Mattioli co-founded Pocono in 1968, which remains a family-owned-and-operated business. Dr. Rose and Doc worked side-by-side and, through their tireless passion and commitment, became one of the most admired and loved families in motorsports. Dr. Rose’s death came one day after Pocono completed the first doubleheader weekend in the NASCAR Cup ...Keep reading View the full article

On the season premiere of HOT ROD Garage, Tony Angelo and Lucky Costa want to finish some project cars before starting something new, then hit the dragstrip at Famoso Raceway for some shenanigans. View the full article

Would-be Nikola customers can now slap down money to preorder the company’s forthcoming Badger electric pickup truck, which is slated to be available—someday—in hydrogen FCEV (fuel-cell electric vehicle) or BEV (battery-electric vehicle) forms. We’re told that the futuristic hydrogen-electric truck touts some pretty impressive (yet seemingly still theoretical) stats: 906 peak horsepower and 455 continuous View the full article

After initially reviewing the new-to-U.S. Ford Ranger upon the nameplate’s return to the American market for 2019, we were unimpressed with its already-old styling, so-so ride and handling, and low-rent cabin. To be fair, the Ranger had already been on sale for some time globally before it was modified for American customers, and we nonetheless deem it View the full article

The Jeep brand’s Badge of Honor program, which was launched in 2013, just announced the addition of seven new off-road trails to the program. This update brings the total number of trails, which range from tame and mild to totally wild, to 56 nationwide that include the famous Rubicon Trail in California, Hell’s Revenge in View the full article

Chris Gabehart began working with Hamlin at the start of the 2019 season and they immediately found success winning the season-opening Daytona 500. Hamlin ended up with one of the most successful seasons of his career, piling up six wins, career-bests in top-fives (19) and top-10s (24) and advancing to the final four to contend for the series championship. Hamlin and the No. 11 Joe Gibbs ...Keep reading View the full article

The seven-time NASCAR Cup champion announced the news via Twitter this afternoon, with the message: “I get to test an @IndyCar next week! A big thanks to my friends @CGRIndyCar & @GanassiChip for the opportunity. Now back to the gym for a crash course in IndyCar specific strength training." Legendary team owner Chip Ganassi responded with, “Hey 7x champ @JimmieJohnson! Looking ...Keep reading View the full article

The one thing NASCAR has always gotten right is its ability to keep racing through a crisis View the full article