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The British engineering firm, which claimed WRC drivers' titles with Colin McRae, Richard Burns and Petter Solberg and a run of three straight manufacturers' titles between 1995 and 1997 when it operated the Subaru world rally team, will form a new company known as Prodrive International for its first assault on the legendary off-road race next year. Prodrive will build two works cars, which ...Keep reading View the full article

When Cadillac first introduced the Escalade in 1999 it was little more than a rebadged GMC Yukon Denali. The original Escalade was available in one trim (base) with one drivetrain (four-wheel drive) and was loaded with nearly every option available to the Yukon as standard. Pricing started at an expensive for the time $46,255. Built View the full article

There probably aren’t many people who remember the last time Cadillac included a diesel engine as an optional powerplant for its coupe and sedans. Yes, there really was a brief period—1978 to 1982—when a factory-installed oil burner (Oldsmobile’s 5.7L LF9 V-8) could be had in Caddy-badged luxobarges such as Eldorado, Seville, de Ville, and Fleetwood View the full article

Event organisers had set a deadline of February 3 for making a decision on whether the rally would go ahead after a lack of snow build-up on the stages, but extended that deadline until one day later. Now the decision has been made that the event will go ahead with around 180km of stages, although the final itinerary is still to be confirmed. Friday’s stages will be repeated on Saturday ...Keep reading View the full article

Born in the days of disco, loud leisure suits, and walnut and brass bedroom furniture, the 1978 Jeep Cherokee Chief employs a mix of classic and ’70s-modern pizazz. Although the super-stylized ornamental design laid into vehicles of the golden age of autos in the ’20 and ’30s waned after World War II, it did enjoy View the full article

The younger brother of Cup Series star Martin Truex Jr. will run at least six races in 2020 with the first coming in March at Texas Motor Speedway. Marquis Spa will serve as the primary sponsor for his races. “I’m extremely excited to continue my partnership with Marquis Spas for a second season and can't wait to go after wins with Niece Motorsports,” said Truex, 28. “Marquis builds the ...Keep reading View the full article

Millions of fans will watch the NASCAR Cup Series season-opening Daytona 500 on February 16, the biggest stock-car race of the year. But how many really know the levels of stress, anticipation, commitment, and preparation that go into competing for the win at NASCAR’s crown jewel? MotorTrend’s new original series, NASCAR ALL IN: Battle For View the full article

The rally is set to take place on February 13-16, but warmer-than-usual conditions in Sweden have meant the usual thick layer of snow hasn’t formed on the surface of the stages. A decision on whether the event would go ahead had been expected for February 3, but that has been extended. Organisers are in discussions with the manufacturers, but the Rally Sweden historic event has already been ...Keep reading View the full article

King of the Hammers 2020 kicked off and we were cruising Hammertown before dawn scouting for the wildest rigs on the lakebed. King of the Hammers Action 2019 Hammertown Must-See Rigs 2005 Chevy Colorado Conquering Hammers Trails 2001 Ford Sport Trac on Rockwells and 54s Tom Pardini, with the help of his cohort of expert View the full article

Looking for more? Check out episode 53 of The Truck Show Podcast: Huge HDisode! On This Week’s Show: YouTube’s Ryan Mayer Hummer, Bronco, TRX Nissan Titan XD Chef Cory Bahr YouTuber Ryan Mayer comes on to chat about the popularity of his channel, and then the guys discuss how their personal YouTube pages compare. View the full article

High Tech Dampening Who: Belltech Sport Trucks What: Dynamic Tuning System Why: Have you ever wanted to go from Off-Road ready to Street driving in a snap? The Belltech Dynamic Tuning System may just be the answer for you. These shocks and coil-overs feature technology that has been inspired by a long history of racing View the full article

Every organization faces different hurdles during such an undertaking, based on its size for one. Chevrolet teams have the added workload of adjusting to a new model Camaro this season and will have upgrades introduced later this year to its engine cylinder hear and block. A lot of questions about the 2021 car still have to be answered – it’s still in the early stages of testing and teams ...Keep reading View the full article

This year’s class – the 11th in the history of the Hall – included Waddell Wilson, Buddy Baker, Joe Gibbs, Bobby Labonte and Tony Stewart. Here are some of the highlights from the induction speeches during the ceremony: Waddell Wilson “Standing here on this stage is something I never dreamed I would be doing. I thank God for the many blessings and people He has put in my life that ...Keep reading View the full article

Moffitt will run the first four races of the season to help the team's transition into the Xfinity Series (Daytona, Las Vegas, Fontana, Phoenix). He will pilot the No. 02 Chevrolet Camaro with Joe Williams atop the pit box as the crew chief. Moffitt, the 2018 Truck Series champion, has three previous starts in the Xfinity Series with a best finish of ninth at Iowa in 2012. “I am really ...Keep reading View the full article

Check out Episode 100, where our first Truck Show guest returns to the podcast. On This Week’s Show: Webasto’s Ryan Evans Brian Dooley from Hummerguy.net The guys enjoy a circuitous chat with Webasto’s Ryan Evans and cover a few topics you might expect and a few topics you’ll never see coming. Holman shares all the View the full article

King of the Hammers 2020 comes back to Johnson Valley and the Means Dry Lakebed. If you know about the Hammers, then you know what a spectacle Hammertown is. For the uninitiated, each year at about this time, the barren desert east of Victorville, north of Big Bear Lake, and west of the Twentynine Palms View the full article

The 2020 Chevy Camaro in the Cup Series features a new body that is similar to what has been run the last two seasons with the most prominent difference being the nose of the car is much more rounded. The Chevy ZL1 had a far more distinctive and pointed nose – a feature which seemed to give the Chevys difficulty when it came to bump-drafting on the superspeedways. “I can tell you this ...Keep reading View the full article

I have two trucks that I wheel, a 1980 K20 and a 2006 Chevy 1500HD. I’m looking for a snorkel that I can adapt to either vehicle, as I can’t find anyone that makes a snorkel for either vehicle. I live in northern Canada and we have lots of deep waterholes, so I need something View the full article

Check out the Top 10 Episodes of The Truck Show Podcast. On This Week’s Truck Show Podcast Show: Go Fast Campers’ Graeme MacPherson Aldan American’s Garrett Harmola Listener Engines In the spirit of companies manufacturing in America, we have two entrepreneurs from different spectrums of the truck market. Lightning and Holman check in with Graeme View the full article

General Motors confirmed a legend’s return—sort of—in the form of the 2022 GMC Hummer EV. Hummer, a name last seen on the 2010 H3 small SUV, will come back sometime next year as a GMC product, built in GM’s heavily modernized Detroit-Hamtramck manufacturing facility. GMC claims the Hummer EV will produce 1,000 hp and an View the full article

Allmendinger, who won the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Charlotte Roval, will return for an eight-race schedule this year. The 38-year-old will be back behind the wheel of the Kaulig Racing Chevrolet, racing alongside teammates Justin Haley and Ross Chastain once again. He will pilot the No. 16 car. "A.J. (Allmendinger) has played an instrumental role in competition for Kaulig ...Keep reading View the full article

The ‘8’ would be a NASCAR-record eighth Cup series championship for Johnson, who is currently tied with the late Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty with seven titles to his resume. Five of those titles came in succession between 2006 and 2010, a NASCAR record. Johnson has also won 83 races (most among active drivers) in a career dating back to 2001 spanning 651 races. He's also a two-time ...Keep reading View the full article

What’s the point of running an NP205 with a crawl box? By the time you buy a 205, rebuild it, buy a crawler box, buy the internal parts for the crawl box, and twin-stick kit, isn’t it just easier to buy an Atlas? It seems like by the time you jump through all the rebuilding View the full article

In this age of maximum—maximum luxury, accessories, parts, products, packages, add-ons, and technology—I set off on a quest to “build” (via manufacturers’ configurator tools) the cheapest full size trucks on the market today and then investigate the possible pros and cons of such trucks. Don’t get me wrong. I love me a luxury pickup truck View the full article

We’ve known about the 2021 Ram Rebel TRX for some time now, and ever since it debuted in concept form at the 2016 State Fair of Texas, we’ve lusted after the prospect of a long-travel off-roader powered by a Hellcat supercharged 6.2L V-8. Confirmed for production last year, the Rebel TRX has just been spotted View the full article