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Honda was the most competitive bike in Stage 6, the last test of the rally before the mid-event rest day, as its riders topped the timesheets at every checkpoint. Jose Ignacio Cornejo and Kevin Benavides were fastest early on but Brabec took over after 200 kilometres and never surrendered the lead afterwards. Brabec's lead was never comfortable as Benavides was able to keep the gap at less ...Keep reading View the full article

As well as revealing the car’s livery for this season, the Japan show was also the maiden appearance of the team’s three new crews in this season’s overalls. Sebastien Ogier, Elfyn Evans and Kalle Rovanpera were all present with co-drivers to help team principal Tommi Makinen pull the covers off the car. As well as discussing the team’s prospects for the year ahead, Makinen talked ...Keep reading View the full article

The XE SUV took part in the shakedown for this year’s Dakar last week and it has been invited to complete the event’s final 12.4-mile test - the ‘Grand Prix of Qiddiya’. It will run in the ‘future alternative’ category, which includes E-bikes, E-trucks and hybrid cars, at the start of the rally’s final run. “Dakar is always something I’ve been interested in experiencing so ...Keep reading View the full article

Larson participated in a news conference in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway in which it was announced he and Ross Chastain would each drive two Cup races this season with sponsorship from AdventHealth. A car adorned with the sponsorship colors was brought in for the announcement and it was one of Ganassi’s updated Chevys. The car looks similar to what has been run the last ...Keep reading View the full article

There’s a scene in Pulp Fiction where hit man Jules (played by Samuel L. Jackson) tells his partner Vincent (John Travolta) that he’s quitting and wants to “walk the earth—like Caine in Kung Fu. Walk from place to place, meet people—get in adventures.” Well, when Jules gets tired of walking, can we recommend the EarthRoamer XV-HD? It’s the View the full article

More often than not all you hear in media is a truck’s maximum towing capability. But what about those people that don’t need to tow a barn, or two. There are quite a few people that tow large bumper pull trailers, or small 5th wheels. They need more capability than a ½-ton can provide, but View the full article

Chastain will compete in two NASCAR Cup Series races in 2020 with Ganassi, competing in the No. 77 Chevrolet owned by Spire Motorsports. With sponsorship from AdventHealth, one of the country’s largest faith-based health systems, Chastain will drive in the Daytona 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 this season as teammates to Kyle Larson and Kurt Busch. Larson will also drive an ...Keep reading View the full article

Van life is all the rage these days, but most 4×4 conversion vans are used for simple overlanding and few 4×4 conversion vans can be found on technical rockcrawling trails. We don’t fault most 4×4 conversion van owners for not wanting to drop of six-foot ledges or crawl through tight chutes. The difficulty factor was View the full article

Factory KTM rider Sunderland won the Dakar in 2017, but crashed at the 187km point of Stage 5 in 2020, and required medical assistance for his multiple injuries. “Sam is OK,” reported KTM team boss Jordi Viladoms. “He has an injury in his back. Some fractures, but small ones, with no compressions. So surgery is not necessary. “He also has an injury in his shoulderblade, but nothing ...Keep reading View the full article

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

X-raid Mini Buggy driver Sainz came into the stage with a 3m03s lead over Toyota rival Al-Attiyah, and looked set to drop further time as he lost two-and-a-half-minutes in the opening 50km of Thursday's 353km Al Ula-Hail test. But the two-time World Rally champion recovered to take a slender lead at the 250km and ended up pulling out 2m56s over Al-Attiyah over the remainder of the stage. It ...Keep reading View the full article

The car, which features a mainly white and blue paint scheme for 2020 instead of the predominantly blue and silver livery of last year, is inspired by the early 1990s Ford World Rally Cars, according to M-Sport boss Malcolm Wilson. Wilson mentioned the livery of 1993, with the then manufacturer-run Ford Escort RS Cosworth run out of its infamous Boreham base and driven by Francois Delecour ...Keep reading View the full article

Price took the lead at the beginning of the 564km stage, and was fastest through the remaining four checkpoints. In the first half of the test, he was rivalled by Sunderland, who was stripped of a stage victory on Wednesday for exceeding speed limits in a neutralised section. But the 2017 champion suffered a heavy crash 187km into the stage and he was forced to retire from the event, having ...Keep reading 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

Sunderland narrowly beat Jose Ignacio Cornejo by just 11 seconds after a strong end to the stage, having made up more than two minutes after the last checkpoint. But the 2017 champion was found to have gone faster than allowed in a speed limit zone, which is a part of the route where competitors can't go faster than 30 kph. Sunderland was handed a five-minute penalty, which dropped him to ...Keep reading View the full article

Wednesday's Neom - Al-'Ula stage included the marathon's longest timed test so far at 453km, which was split by an 80km neutralised zone and was completed by Peterhansel in just over four hours. The 13-time Dakar champion was sixth in the starting order, but his X-raid Mini buggy was the third car to arrive at the finish line and had clocked the fastest time at all but the first ...Keep reading View the full article

The fourth stage of the event was run between the cities of Neom and Al-ʿUla, and was led by three different riders before Sunderland snatched the top spot right at the end. Brabec carried on his strong form from Stage 3 to lead early on despite opening the road, but lost around three minutes at halfway point and KTM's Toby Price and then Honda rider Kevin Benavides moved ahead. Benavides ...Keep reading 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

Go Fas Racing on Tuesday named Sparks as the new crew chief of its No. 32 Fords. Sparks most recently worked as a race engineer at Richard Childress Racing with Austin Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet team. He also worked as a race engineer during Dillon’s 2011 Truck and 2013 Xfinity series championship seasons. “I am beyond ecstatic for the opportunity that the St. Hilaire family has given ...Keep reading 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

The procedures will be used for Xfinity Series races at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Iowa Speedway and Road America. In the Truck Series, the new procedures will be used at Iowa, World Wide Technology Raceway and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. Highlights of the new rules: ¨For these races, team rosters will consider of eight crew members and the pit crew – four to service the car, one ...Keep reading View the full article