Quickest Street-Legal Car Does a Blistering 6.16-Second Quarter Mile Run
16 Sep 2014, 14:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Pardon us, it's pickup truck, not a car. But still, that makes this machine that bit more interesting. C'mon, did you hear anyone saying anything about a Chevy S-10 capable of doing a mind...
HSV GTS Maloo Packs 430 kW of Aussie Grunt · Video
11 Sep 2014, 18:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After Ford unveiled the 2015 Falcon Ute XR6 and Walkinshaw Performance detailed a berserk tune of the Commodore packing 550 kW, HSV hopped in and showcased the new GTS Maloo today. Holden Special Ve...
New Ford Falcon Ute XR6 Unveiled
11 Sep 2014, 17:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At the end of July, the right guy with the right camera at the right moment in the right place caught on film an undisguised example of the 2015 Ford Falcon Ute in a parking lot. After the little ac...
Volkswagen Amarok Dark Label Priced in the UK from £26,125
8 Sep 2014, 14:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Developed as an alternative to pickup trucks such as the Toyota Hilux, Nissan Navara and Mitsubishi Triton, the Volkswagen Amarok is all things to all men that need a reliable and potent workhorse. ...
RHD 2015 Ford F-250 Priced from $105k in Australia
5 Sep 2014, 13:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 2015 model year, Ford North America charges you a tad over 31,000 U.S. dollars for an entry-level F-250 Super Duty pickup truck. But those in Australia that want a right-hand drive F-250 wil...
2015 Chevrolet Colorado Configurator Fires Up
4 Sep 2014, 14:37 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the new Chevy Colorado and its brother, the GMC Canyon, were rated a segment-best 26 mpg highway with the 3.6L V6, GM returns with another piece of info that might interest potential customers...
2014 Volkswagen Saveiro Cross Pickup Gets Crew Cab Version in Brazil
3 Sep 2014, 19:03 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Want a car that combines the VW Amarok, the Baja Bug and the front end of a Golf? If you're a Volkswagen fan, the answer can only be "Ja, das ist sicher!". We have just the thing. It&...
2015 Ford F-450 Can Tow 31,200 Pounds According to the SAE J2807 Standard
2 Sep 2014, 14:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Blue Oval announced a few weeks ago that its most capable full-size pickup can tow 31,200 pounds. But the 2015 Ford F-450 has recently been tested using the Society of Automotive Engineers J2807...
2015 Ford F-150 Test-Driven by Customer in the Desert
1 Sep 2014, 12:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Back in January, when the first bits of info on the all-new Ford F-150 pickup surfaced on the world wide web and the truck debuted in Detroit, the Blue Oval announced the 'You Test It" pro...
Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Praised by Consumer Reports
27 Aug 2014, 19:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Best fuel economy of any half-ton truck in the United States. Now that sounds like a good investment, innit? Even though it doesn't have segment-best payload, the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is just wha...
Dearborn Truck Plant Gears Up to Assemble the 2015 Ford F-150 Pickup Truck
26 Aug 2014, 09:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After factory workers manufactured the last units of the 2014 Ford F-150 last week, the Blue Oval's Dearborn Truck Plant has entered a retooling phase in anticipation of the aluminum-laden 2015...
2015 Ram 3500 HD Cummins Turbo Diesel Hiked to Best-in-Class 865 lb-ft
25 Aug 2014, 09:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's a pretty well-known fact that marketing is probably the most important detail in selling a product these days, be it a hair conditioner or a heavy-duty pickup truck. In the latter's c...
2015 Nissan Frontier, Xterra US Pricing Announced, Enhancements Included
23 Aug 2014, 02:46 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / On sale now at dealerhips nationwide, the 2015 Nissan Frontier pickup truck and the 2015 Nissan Xterra SUV have been enhanced for the new model year, with focus on in-car tech and new exterior hues....
2015 Ford Super Duty Power Stroke Diesel Gets Distinctive Cobra Head Downpipe
22 Aug 2014, 16:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 2015 model year, the F-250, F-350 and the F-450 Super Duty trucks equipped with the 6.7-liter V8 Power Stroke oil burner boast with best-in-class 440 horsepower and 860 lb-ft (1,166 Nm) of t...
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Rally Editions Look Sinisterly Good
21 Aug 2014, 15:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / General Motors' main weapon in the light-duty pickup truck segment just got three new wicked appearance packages. Available with the 2015 Chevy Silverado 1500 in double-caw and crew-cab guise, ...
2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 With the 8L90 Auto Can Tow 12,000 Pounds
20 Aug 2014, 16:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As it transitions from GM's 6L80 six-speed automatic to the new 8L90 eight-speed, the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with the 6.2-liter V8 engine will maintain its 12,000-pound maximum available...
2015 GMC Sierra 3500 HD Beats Ford F-350, Ram 3500 HD in Towing Challenge
18 Aug 2014, 16:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to the SAE J2807 standards, the 2015 Ram 3500 HD with the 6.7L Cummins turbo diesel offers a best-in-class 30,000 pounds towing capacity. However, that was not the case in the 2014 Ultimat...
Range Rover Sport Pickup Truck Rendered
14 Aug 2014, 12:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / While Land Rover is busy preaching its latest behemoth, the 550 hp Range Rover Sport Supercharged SVR, other people have different plans for the Range Rover Sport. Totally different plans, we may ad...
Dodge Challenger or D Series Pickup Truck?
12 Aug 2014, 18:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / That's what we were wondering when we first saw the picture above. Then we started analyzing the details and put the lid on the mystery after we saw the shoulder line of the contraption and the...
Updated Heavy-Duty Trucks are the Fastest-Selling Pickups in the Month of July
7 Aug 2014, 11:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As of recent months, the pickup segment in the United States was met with high demand for heavy-duty models. Due to its popularity and low starting MSRP, the 2014 Toyota Tacoma Double Cab sits at th...