The 2005-2012 Nissan Pathfinder Battled The Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and...
In the mid-2000s, Nissan did an abrupt about-face with its flagship SUV, the Pathfinder. After nearly two decades of design that favored off-road chops and a modest, mid-size footprint, the Nissan...
View ArticleNitto's Latest A/T Tires Tested: LGE-CTS Puts 5,000 All-Terrain Miles on a...
An off-road capable shop truck is essential to the family-run company LGE CTS Motorsports, and they kept that in mind when they built their Baja Forged Super Duty back in 2019. The truck, and therefore...
View ArticleRAV4 Revolution: How Toyota's Crossover SUV Took Over the World in the 21st...
In our first piece on the history and evolution of the Toyota RAV4 we covered how the small SUV evolved from a niche JDM concept vehicle into a massive success story and the leader of a new segment in...
View ArticleV4 2.0 : An Anything but Typical Ford E-350 Evolution
Even the best project vehicles benefit from hindsight. While most of us rarely have the time, energy, or funds to create a newer version of a beloved project car, for Chris Steuber and his Ford...
View ArticleOTT: Off-Roading Wipe-Out Hill Trail with 3 Jeeps in the Rain
This edition of On the Trail takes you to Moab, Utah's Wipe-Out Hill Trail for a day of mud slinging and rock tackling sprinkled with rain and hail showers. Woohoo! (Click here to jump to the video...
View ArticleTurbo Trans Am: How this Buick V6-Powered Pontiac Smoked the Corvette Back in...
When you think of high-profile turbocharged performance cars built by General Motors in the 1980s, the Buick Grand National and the even hotter Buick GNX are likely the first things that come to...
View ArticleUpgrade Your ’11-’14 6.7L Power Stroke’s Factory Turbocharger Before It Fails
Ford’s 6.7L Power Stroke is a great engine, and it’s the longest-running diesel V-8 to ever power the brand’s pickups, but the earliest version was equipped with a turbo that’s prone to failure....
View ArticleThe 1973-1991 Chevrolet K5 Blazer Was GM's Last Old School 4X4 SUV
When the Chevrolet K5 Blazer appeared in 1969, it sparked a revolution in SUV design. Conceived to battle the Ford Bronco, the Blazer one-upped its rival by adopting the larger platform of the C/K...
View ArticleBMW E36 M3 vs NC Mazda Miata | Driver Battles Time Attack
Driver Battles: you call us out, we call you out. Or, as Mike Sabounchi dubs it in this month's Time Attack video, "everyone's favorite internet debate show." We love it. Y'all talk up a good game in...
View Article12 Cylinders, 4 Turbos in a Factory-Built Ford? The 1995 Ford GT90 Supercar...
More than just being historically successful racing cars and the pinnacle of Ford road car performance, the GT40 of the 1960s and the modern iterations of Ford GT have been dream cars for young and old...
View ArticleThe Plymouth Road Runner Invented Cheap Speed In The Golden Age of the Muscle...
Muscle cars had hit the mainstream by the end of the 1960s, which meant rising costs for enthusiasts across the board as automakers did their best to cash in on the desire for big engines in...
View ArticleSpy Photos: 2023 Ford Super Duty F-350 XL Chassis Cab Truck in Michigan
Today, we caught a prototype of the upcoming 2023 Ford F-350 Chassis Cab and we were able to get a couple photos as it drove by. The model seen here is what we believe to be the XL trim with the...
View ArticleBattle of the Big Family Off-Roaders: Sequoia TRD Pro vs Expedition...
Typically if you are buying a new SUV and have a goal of hitting off-road trails or getting out and exploring the wilds, you'd be expected to so with something like the tried and true Jeep Wrangler,...
View ArticleBattle Of The Boosted Half-Tons: 3.5L EcoBoost vs. 3.0L Duramax
In the days of old, heavy towing was reserved for the ¾-ton and larger pickups on the road. But with ever-improving chassis, suspension and powertrain technology being brought to market, today’s...
View ArticleReview: Is The 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz A Legitimate Compact Pickup Contender...
America hasn't seen a true compact truck since the third-generation Ford Ranger left the market after the 2011 model year, with mid-size models taking over at the entry level from that point forward....
View ArticleOptimized for Overlanding: A Custom 3rd Gen Toyota Tacoma
The third generation Toyota Tacoma’s are arguably the most popular mid-size truck on the market today. Due to their popularity, affordability, and the extensive list of aftermarket upgrades available...
View ArticleReturn of the FJ Cruiser? Toyota Teases EV Off-Roader, Electric Pickup,...
With basically the entire global automotive industry rushing to transition from internal combustion engines to battery electric vehicles as quickly as they can, Toyota has been to this point the...
View ArticleMid Travel vs Long Travel Suspension Explained
If you’ve been researching ways to get better suspension performance from your truck or 4x4 equipped with independent front suspension (IFS), you may have come across the terms “mid travel” and “long...
View ArticleReview: How Does The 2021 Ford Bronco Wildtrak 4x4 SUV Handle Daily Driving?
Few recent SUVs have stirred up as much interest as the new Ford Bronco. By resurrecting the rectangular lines of the original '60s-era truck and wrapping that retro sheet metal around a mechanical...
View ArticleRock Crawling in a RZR: How to Clutch Your UTV for Oversized Tires
Rock crawling a UTV has become very popular. Some argue that a UTV is not designed to crawl, others say UTVs can crawl better and easier than full-size rigs in the rocks. Realistically, these machines...
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