The Truck Trend future vehicle section features the latest concept vehicles, spy photos, and other news with an eye toward trucks, SUVS and other vehicles. Use our unofficial guide to track what’s coming, what we’ve caught on the road and what the automakers are dreaming up in their design studios.
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Spied: The Raptor is Unofficially Official
At Ford's recent Dealer Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, dealer sources attending the event revealed what they've seen and heard about the... more |
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Spied: VW's Pickup (MULE)
There have been plenty of rumors that VW has been working on a small pickup truck for the U.S. market. more |
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Future: The rules of building a truck have been thrown out the window
The traditional pickup is moving rapidly beyond its leaf-sprung, boxy boundaries, and what were once SUVs have been replaced with... more |
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Future Shock: The Truck Market Is Evolving at a Blistering Pace
The rules of building a truck, sport/utility vehicle, or crossover have been thrown out the window, and the future of this category is... more |
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BMW's Crossover Offensive: From Mini SUV to
Mini's new crossover SUV makes its first official appearance in 2009, part of a BMW crossover offensive that begins with the X6 due this... more |
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Spy Wars: What Ford and Dodge Don't Want You To Know, and Chevy and Toyota Are Dying To Find Out
It wasn't that long ago when we were talking about how unusual it was to have two significant players -- Chevrolet and Toyota -- in the... more |
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Behind the Scenes: Full-Size Pickup Design
Everyone obsesses about automotive styling. Just look at auto shows, where the aisles overflow with sexy concepts pointing to the direction... more |
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Future Shock: Vans & Minivans
When your whole brand centers on a single retro icon, success hinges upon stirring the pot with niche variations on the central theme. more |
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Spied: 2008 Dodge Dakota
Look for the revamped Dakota to make an official appearance in the fall of 2007. more |
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Spied: Dodge Aims At Edge With Crossover
There's an Edge competitor in Ford's future. It's this Dodge, codenamed JC49 and built on the longer Dodge Avenger/Chrysler Sebring version... more |
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Is Kia Ready for a Pickup?
Rumors have again bubbled up that Kia is poised to begin selling a body-on-frame V-6 and V-8 pickup truck in the U.S. by the 2011 model... more |
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Quick Look: Ford Transit Connect
At the New York auto show, Ford displayed a concept Transit Connect taxi, noting it brings architecture's trend of building upward where... more |
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Concept: GMC Denali XT -- Trend or Gimmick?
GMC Denali XT -- Is this the kind of little truck GM needs to compete with vehicles like Toyota's futuristic A-BAT, Honda's Ridgeline, and... more |
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Land Rover Black and Silver LRX Concept Photo Gallery
Click here to see more photos of the Land Rover Black and Silver LRX Concept! more |
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Future: The rules of building a truck have been thrown out the window
The traditional pickup is moving rapidly beyond its leaf-sprung, boxy boundaries, and what were once SUVs have been replaced with... more |
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Bull MKT: Lincoln gets its own Enclave. Sort of
The cheapening--ahem, popularization--of Lincoln is working. Migrating to mostly Volvo-based front-drive platforms and targeting Buick... more |
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Future Shock: The Truck Market Is Evolving at a Blistering Pace
The rules of building a truck, sport/utility vehicle, or crossover have been thrown out the window, and the future of this category is... more |
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An Explorer for the 21st century: Unibody concept signals life for an old favorite
At the peak of the sport/utility boom, Ford sold nearly a half million Explorers a year and ran three factory shifts to build them. Today,... more |
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A Look into the future: 2008 GMC Denali XT Concept
GMC will show the Denali XT concept at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show to gauge reaction. Our guess is the response will strong. This will be... more |
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2008 GMC Denali XT Concept Photo Gallery
Pontiac has won the battle over which GM brand will sell a version of the Australian-built Holden Ute in the U.S., but it looks as though... more |
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Posted May 5 2008 08:24 AM by Mark Williams
Much of our time is spent traveling places to drive a given manufacturer's latest and greatest. Usually that means flying to some familiar place, staying is some familiar hotel, and more times than not driving on some... more
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To prove how rugged its Diesel-powered LR3 TDV6 is, Land Rover took a group of journalists to the highest drivable pass in all of the Americas. more
At a briefing for the 2009 Ram, a Chrysler spokesman confirmed that a diesel will be offered in the half-ton next year, probably as a 2010 model, but declined to say which diesel it will be. more
Jay Leno (writing under the headline " I hope we don't ruin 'Top Gear '" in The Sunday Times), about NBC's plan to make an American version of the BBC hit with host Adam Carolla ("The Man Show"): more
Off-Road Top 20 According to SEMA , off-road enthusiasts are still spending on truck modifications. More than half of survey respondents fitted larger tires, with air filters and exhaust systems close behind. Rounding out... more
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Posted April 11 2008 02:33 PM by Allyson Harwood
While it would make sense for cars, trucks, and SUVs to be painted in simple colors like "red" and "blue," that's never the case. Automakers use their own brand-specific paint mixes, and each one gets its own name.... more
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Much of our time is spent traveling places to drive a given manufacturer's latest and greatest. Usually that means flying to some familiar place, staying is some familiar hotel, and more times than not driving on some... more
To prove how rugged its Diesel-powered LR3 TDV6 is, Land Rover took a group of journalists to the highest drivable pass in all of the Americas. more
At a briefing for the 2009 Ram, a Chrysler spokesman confirmed that a diesel will be offered in the half-ton next year, probably as a 2010 model, but declined to say which diesel it will be. more
Jay Leno (writing under the headline " I hope we don't ruin 'Top Gear '" in The Sunday Times), about NBC's plan to make an American version of the BBC hit with host Adam Carolla ("The Man Show"): more
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Posted April 11 2008 03:38 PM by thomas_voehringer
Some trucks and SUVs have huge blindspots. Here's a technology that overcomes them. more
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Much of our time is spent traveling places to drive a given manufacturer's latest and greatest. Usually that means flying to some familiar place, staying is some familiar hotel, and more times than not driving on some... more
To prove how rugged its Diesel-powered LR3 TDV6 is, Land Rover took a group of journalists to the highest drivable pass in all of the Americas. more
At a briefing for the 2009 Ram, a Chrysler spokesman confirmed that a diesel will be offered in the half-ton next year, probably as a 2010 model, but declined to say which diesel it will be. more
Jay Leno (writing under the headline " I hope we don't ruin 'Top Gear '" in The Sunday Times), about NBC's plan to make an American version of the BBC hit with host Adam Carolla ("The Man Show"): more
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Posted April 18 2008 12:09 PM by Melissa
My sunny Friday mid-morning drive yielded a lot of eye candy and beater-classics on the open road. Take a look at what caught my eye this wonderful morning. more
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Much of our time is spent traveling places to drive a given manufacturer's latest and greatest. Usually that means flying to some familiar place, staying is some familiar hotel, and more times than not driving on some... more
To prove how rugged its Diesel-powered LR3 TDV6 is, Land Rover took a group of journalists to the highest drivable pass in all of the Americas. more
At a briefing for the 2009 Ram, a Chrysler spokesman confirmed that a diesel will be offered in the half-ton next year, probably as a 2010 model, but declined to say which diesel it will be. more
Jay Leno (writing under the headline " I hope we don't ruin 'Top Gear '" in The Sunday Times), about NBC's plan to make an American version of the BBC hit with host Adam Carolla ("The Man Show"): more
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