Pickup Truck Road Tests
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Long Term Update: 2008 Toyota Tundra
With the $92.37 5000-mile service in its rearview, our 2008 Truck of the Year continues to soldier on. more |
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First Drive: 2008 Harley-Davidson F-150 SuperCrew
An ominous pall of white smoke drifts across the frontage road. Our new Harley-Davidson SuperCrew Saleen F-150 rolls out of the plume of... more |
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Quick Drive: 2008 Dodge Dakota Crew Cab TRX4
Dodge's midsize pickup with all the off-road bells and whistles more |
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First Look: 2008 Ford F-150 Foose Edition
Another F-150 permutation before the 2009 makes its debut -- You can't blame them for trying. With the mostly new and improved 2009 F-150... more |
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Quick Drive: 2008 Dodge Dakota 4x2 Crew Cab
A Midsize pickup with a Fullsize personality more |
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Truck Trend's Best in Class 2008: Factory Power Runner
There's no question that German manufacturers have a long head start in this category, and traditionally, American truck makers competed... more |
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Truck Trend's Best in Class 2008: Crew Cab PICKUP, 2WD
This is a now huge category (one that didn't really exist 10 years ago) with prices all over the map. more |
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Truck Trend's Best in Class 2008: Compact Pickup
Admittedly, this segment of the auto industry hasn't been getting much love over the last few years. Prices of full-size pickups have been... more |
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Truck Trend's Best in Class 2008: Topline Power Puller
This is the evolutionary equivalent of the biggest, baddest, meanest carnivore on the planet, but raw numbers is just one way we select... more |
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Truck Trend's Best in Class 2008: Work Truck
Work Truck -- This class is about back-breaking heavy-duty work chores and abuse. As such, we look more closely than usual at things like... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2007 Chevrolet Silverado
Motor Trend copy chief Jacqueline Manfredi noted that on a freeway drive down to Long Beach the Silverado imparted "a sense of safety and... more |
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NewComers: 2008 Ford Super Duty
If such topics as tongue weight, payload, and bed size percolate to the top of the considerations list, the newest iterations of Ford's... more |
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NewComer: 2009 Chevrolet Silverado 2-Mode Hybrid
Appearing first in the Chevy Tahoe (on sale now), the new 2-Mode Hybrid system was jointly developed by Daimler-Benz, BMW, and GM. more |
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Classic Drive: Dodge
Concept car? Custom? the Dodge Deora is both. It started as an idea for one of the most radical, cutting-edge customs ever made and became... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2007 Chevrolet Silverado
After amassing 12,000 miles on the Silverado, we decided to change the look and utility of the Chevy by installing a Leer camper shell,... more |
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First Look: 2009 Dodge Ram
Size, Solutions, and a New Face from Dodge--Is It Enough? However, from what we've seen and heard from Ralph Gilles (famous for his... more |
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First Drive: 2009 Hummer H3T prototype
Broken-Down Mule: Driving, testing, and breaking Hummer H3T development mules off-road more |
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2009 Ford F-150: Make or Break
Chief engineer O'Leary and chief designer Schiavone seem remarkably relaxed about it all, however, as they walk us through the detail of... more |
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Event Coverage: The 2008 Canadian Truck King Challenge
Now in its second year the Canadian Truck King Challenge is a non-partisan pickup truck testing event that is put on and judged by Canadian... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2007 Chevrolet Silverado
With the 2007 Chevrolet Silverado's on-board computer nagging us that it was time for a tuneup, we took in our Truck of the Year for its... more |
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Newcomer: 2008 Dodge Dakota
Dodge's 2008 Dakota adds several important improvements during its latest refresh, but keeps the same foundation. more |
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Long-Term Update: 2007 Chevrolet Silverado
Since its last update two months ago, the Silverado has accrued 2113 miles, thanks in large part to road trips to Arizona and California's... more |
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Long-Term Wrap Up: 2006 Honda Ridgeline
When the Honda Ridgeline won our 2006 Truck of the Year competition, we fully expected the hard-cores to be outraged. more |
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Newcomer: 2008 GMC Sierra Denali
The engineers at GM's Milford Proving Grounds' Black Lake skidpad suggested we run the GMC Sierra Denali through the test site's twisting... more |
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Ultimate Truck Road Test: 2007 International MXT
However, a truck like this, tricked out for civilian use, has just one purpose--letting its owner show off. That's exactly what the new MXT... 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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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... 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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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... 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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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... 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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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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