Ford vs RAM vs GM Diesel Truck Wars: Why Does Ford Care So Much About...
If we know anything about the diesel pickups produced by the Big Three, it’s that loyalists emotions run high any time one brand outperforms the other two. When Chevrolet and GMC HD’s are running the...
View ArticleReview: The 2022 Toyota GR 86 Brings More Power To The Affordable Sports Car...
Since it arrived just over a decade ago, the biggest knock against Toyota's most affordable sports car—the 86 (born as the Scion FR-S)—has been its perceived lack of horsepower. Few of those complaints...
View ArticleThe Power of i-VTM4: What Makes Honda's AWD System so Great Off-Road
Given how many there are and how similar they can often look, one can be forgiven for thinking that all crossovers and CUVs perform about the same when it comes to off-road capability.When it comes to...
View Article5 Best Cadillac V8 Engines of All Time
Cadillac is the brand historically most responsible for the V8 engine's association with power, luxury, and prestige. Having pioneered the production of the 90-degree V for eight-cylinder motors in the...
View ArticleTire Tech: All-Terrain versus Mud-Terrain Tires
All-terrain versus mud-terrain tires. It’s something every off-road enthusiast has battled with when trying to pick their next set of treads. Ask any experienced off-roader and they will tell you that...
View ArticleOriginal V: The Groundbreaking First Gen Cadillac CTS-V was a Sedan with a...
For the last two decades, fans and buyers of American enthusiast cars have enjoyed a number of high-horsepower, enthusiast-grade Cadillacs that have taken the idea of the American luxury performance...
View ArticleReview: Is The 2022 Honda Ridgeline Still 'Enough' Truck In The Age Of The...
The Honda Ridgeline has always operated on the fringes of the pickup mainstream. For many years the only modern truck that made use of a crossover-sourced unibody platform in place of a traditional...
View ArticleTurbos, V8s, V10s & More: The Five Greatest Toyota Engines of All Time
A few weeks back we presented our picks for the five greatest Honda production (car) engines—and picking five from Honda's long lineage of race-bred motors was not easy. Now we've decided to challenge...
View ArticleLong-Travel Ford Bronco: The Ultimate Fun-Haver
For quite some time now, the new Ford Bronco seems to have been the focus of many in the off-road world ever since its launch in late 2019. Ford has been pushing hard to showcase the capabilities of...
View ArticleOff-Road Mustang? Should a Mach-E Badlands or Timberline be Ford’s Next EV?
As more and more battery electric vehicles, mainly CUVs and crossovers, hit the market, we’ve increasingly seen automakers work to differentiate these EVs by giving them unique personalities and...
View Article2022 Formula Drift Round 4 at Englishtown Results: Travis Reeder Wins First...
The weather was all over the place in northern New Jersey for Formula Drift Round 4 at the famous Englishtown Raceway Park. The venue is unique as they took a former NHRA dragstrip and built a stadium...
View ArticleExhilarating Driving Experience: The LS3 V8 Troy Indy Roadster
When discussions about the purity of the driving experience occur, most enthusiasts will refer back to the vehicles of their youth. Today’s millennials are currently trying to find and preserve the...
View ArticleUltimate Callout Challenge 2022: Drag Racing At Lucas Oil Indianapolis...
The Ultimate Callout Challenge may have truly outdone itself this year. At the top of the event’s breakthroughs were the first 4-second eighth-mile passes made by full-size diesel trucks. You read that...
View ArticleReview: 2022 Mazda MX-5 Miata Still Delivers Sports Car Thrills In A World...
The advent of turbocharging has made it easy to add big power to a small package simply by turning up the boost, leaving any automobile that chooses to walk a different path on the outside looking in...
View Article3,000 Miles In: The Nitto Nomad Grappler Makes Our Toyota RAV4 Prime Funner &...
As I’m writing this, I just dropped off our 2021 Toyota RAV4 Prime at the local dealership for its scheduled 5,000 mile maintenance.And for more than half of those 5,000 miles, this plug-in-hybrid CUV...
View ArticleFull Flex: Building A True Muscle Truck Out of A 2017 Ford F-150 Pickup
Whatever happened to manufacturer-offered muscle trucks? You know the ones, like the Chevy 454 SS and the Dodge Ram SRT10. These trucks delivered on special styling packages and increased horsepower...
View ArticleUltimate Callout Challenge 2022: 15 High-Powered Trucks Take On The Chassis Dyno
As the sun rose over Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the Northwest Dyno Circuit’s SuperFlow chassis dyno was in position near the west side grand stand, ready to do some truth-telling. Combined...
View ArticleTackling Superstition Mountain Open OHV Area by Jeep Wrangler and Ford...
If you've ever dreamed of off-roading next to a military gunnery range, we have just the place for you. In this edition of On the Trail, we take to Superstition Mountain OHV in the Colorado Desert near...
View ArticleNeed a Bigger Bronco? Is the Ford Explorer Timberline or Expedition...
We don’t need to tell you that Ford has really been on a roll with its off-road pickups and SUVs over the last couple of years.There’s the legendary F-150 Raptor and the upcoming V8-powered Raptor R to...
View ArticleULTRA4 Off-Road Racing Course Lives Up To Its Name At The 2022 Tear Down In...
The blistering heat made this race so much more intense that anyone expected. Most of the 80 racers start rolling in Tuesday morning and start setting up camp, getting the cars ready, and begin...
View Article