Truck Industry News

Lee Iacocca, the legendary automotive executive responsible for saving Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s and inventing the pony car class with the Ford Mustang in 1964, has died. Lido Anthony “Lee” Iacocca was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 15, 1924, the son of Italian immigrants Nicola Iacocca and Antonietta Perrotta. He graduated from Lehigh

The Truck Show Podcast with Lightning and Holman is getting a little more fun, because the guys have to throw a party for their loyal fans as thanks for hitting 500 5-star reviews! On August 10 at the podcast’s home at Motor Trend HQ in Southern California, Lightning and Holman will host the 500 5-Star

Volkswagen will expand its future-technology research and development presence with the new Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC),  celebrating the development with the retro-fantastic Type 20 EV concept. Based on a 1962 Volkswagen Type 2 Microbus with the 11-window body, the Type 20 EV has been converted to an electric powerplant comprised of a 10-kWh

The 2020 Ford F-Series Super Duty lineup is expanding for 2020 thanks to the addition of the already announced 7.3L gasoline V-8, the updated 6.7L Power Stroke turbodiesel V-8, and the TorqShift 10-speed automatic transmission. But keen to capitalize on every kind of fullsize truck buyer, Ford will also offer the truck with a new

Mercedes-Benz will add yet another SUV to its lineup for 2020, the compact GLB 250. Based on the same front-drive–biased architecture as the small A-Class luxury sedan, the GLB will arrive in U.S. showrooms by the end of this year. Mercedes-Benz DNA Styling-wise, the 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB adopts many of the brand’s current design cues,

We might have just gotten another look at the 2020 Land Rover Defender. Some clever person managed to sneak a photo of the start-up sequence on the digital gauge cluster of the new Defender. The photo was posted to @landroverphotoalbum on Instagram over the weekend. The newer Land Rover models display the vehicle on the

If we sat down and walked through the current portfolio of Range Rover products we’d find pavement-scorching supercharged V-8 engines, go-anywhere multi-gear transfer cases paired with locking differentials, and interiors so posh the queen herself might blush. Yet despite all of this, it’s the runt of the litter with an economical 2.0L four-cylinder engine, diminutive

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. first opened for business in June 1959, and the engineering giant is celebrating its 60th anniversary in an unconventional way: restoring another automaker’s vehicle. That’s because shortly after American Honda opened its doors, it purchased a fleet of Chevrolet pickups to deliver products to its first motorcycle dealers in Southern