Pickup Truck Road Tests
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Road Test: 2005 Ford Super Duty Pickups
Midmodel freshenings are typically boring. That's when manufacturers roll out the new paint colors, interior option packages, and possibly... more |
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Road Test: 2005 Dodge Power Wagon
The Power Wagon is back. Maybe not with all the glorious and heroic fanfare it deserves, but the name is back nonetheless. more |
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First Look: 2005 SRT-10 Ram Quad Cab
Fast on the heels of its Guinness World Record, the Dodge Ram SRT-10 (Truck Trend, May/June 2004) will now appear in Quad Cab... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2004 Toyota 4Runner Limited 4x4 V-8
Bringing a new long-termer into the Truck Trend garage is a bit like meeting college roommates for the first time... more |
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Road Test: 2006 Dodge Ram Mega Cab
You only need look around to understand that "Bigger is better" has become the underlying theme for the times in which we live. more |
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First Drive: 2004 Chevrolet Colorado Sport
It's not easy to make a compact/midsize pickup capable of handling the highway and trail with equal enthusiasm. more |
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First Test: 2004 Harley-Davidson F-250
Bad looks, universally recognizable sound, and solid American iron more |
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Road Test: Moving Mountains: 2004 Dodge Ram 2500 4x4 Quad Cab SLT, 2004 Ford Harley-Davidson F-250 Crew Cab 4x4 Super Duty, 2004 GMC Sierra 2500 HD 4WD Crew Cab
Moving Mountains: You've got 8500 pounds of boat and trailer behind you and a steep grade ahead. Let's hear it for Rudolph Diesel. Here, we... more |
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The Ultimate 4x4 Challenge: Jeep Wrangler Rubicon, Hummer H1, Range Rover HSE, M-B G55 AMG, Lexus GX 470, Nissan Titan, Hummer H2 SUT
There's something about a barroom brawl that we like. The easiest way to choose a clear winner is to look for the last guy standing. more |
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First Looks: Mitsubishi Sport Truck & Honda SUT
It's no surprise that a car company, import or domestic, decides to go where the money is. more |
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Road Test: 2004 Ford Lightning vs. 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10
Ah yes, the horsepower wars. We're talking serious ponies here, the kind, until now, you would only find in exotic supercars. more |
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Road Test: 2004 Ford F-150 Payload Package
In our last issue, we gave you our first impressions of Ford's all-new '04 F-150. Since then, Ford has given us the opportunity to get... more |
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Boulevard Cruising: Chevrolet SSR
We've been watching the SSR's development for more than three years now, since it first appeared as a design concept at the Detroit auto... more |
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First Drive: 2004 Toyota Tundra Double Cab
Toyota can't be accused of blindly jumping into any market with both feet. After much study and consideration, the company now offers four... more |
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First Test: 2003 Modified Dodge Dakota R/T Regular Cab
An early pioneer of the sport-truck genre, Dodge is putting its Dakota R/T out to pasture, but not without one last ride: the company... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 Sport
Rarely does a weekend go by when there aren't Truck Trend staffers arguing about who gets weekend dibs on our long-term Ram. more |
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Road Test: 2005 Dodge Dakota and 2005 Nissan Frontier
If you haven't heard by now, there's a midsize-pickup eruption going on. There used to be a choice of either compact or full-size pickup... more |
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Long-Term Introduction: 2004 Toyota 4Runner Limited 4x4 V-8
This isn't an inexpensive SUV, nor does it lack any of the creature comforts of many of today's luxury-SUV offerings more |
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First Look: 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10
Viper firepower for an American workhorse more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 Dodge Ram 2500 HD
We take a winner for a drive more |
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First Look: 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10
The SRT-10 surely will mix things up a bit in the war for pickup horsepower more |
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Road Review: 2004 Chevrolet Colorado
General Motors takes the broad, middle ground with its new small truck more |
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Road Test: Performance West Searing Silverado
So I'm standing there at our test facility, watching Performance West's Chevrolet Searing Silverado click off mid-5-second 0-60 runs. more |
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Road Test: 2000 Nissan Frontier Crew
After a cold, rainy spring morning spent infutile pursuit of the wary wild turkey, my hunting buddies debated idealvehicle configurations... more |
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Road Test: 2001 Toyota Tacoma S-Runner
Customizing trucks has evolved into big business. Toyota's been keeping an eye on what owners do with their compact trucks and has released... more |
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Posted July 28 2008 12:15 PM by Mark Williams
When you finally move into your dream home, most people throw a house-warming party. When Nissan recently finished its new Tennessee headquarters in Franklin, about 20 minutes outside of Nashville, it threw a huge... more
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The practical voice inside your head and commenter CR-V Rental 4 Me Well For Now are telling you to suck it up and get a minivan, forgetting about the crossovers you were eyeing last week. Do you really need a crossover?... more
I was especially interested in the Hardcore 4x4 category in your " Best In Class 2008 " feature (Truck Trend, May/June 2008). The Hummer H3 Alpha has a 6000-pound tow rating, 32-inch tires, 300 horsepower, and a rear... more
MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS - U.S. car and truck sales took another hit last month. Ford plans to cut production by 50,000 units in the fourth quarter and says the total market will be on the low end of its earlier 14-... more
We've seen it coming. For all of this decade and most of the last, compact and midsize pickup truck sales are on the endangered species list. With aggressive pricing on full-size pickup trucks, it didn't make any sense to... more
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Posted March 15 2008 04:12 PM by Allyson Harwood
I imagined what it would be like if I'd just won big on "Jeopardy!" and had money to burn on some dream vehicles. Here's how I would fill a three-car garage. Even though all are off-road capable, each one has a very... more
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The practical voice inside your head and commenter CR-V Rental 4 Me Well For Now are telling you to suck it up and get a minivan, forgetting about the crossovers you were eyeing last week. Do you really need a crossover?... more
I was especially interested in the Hardcore 4x4 category in your " Best In Class 2008 " feature (Truck Trend, May/June 2008). The Hummer H3 Alpha has a 6000-pound tow rating, 32-inch tires, 300 horsepower, and a rear... more
MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS - U.S. car and truck sales took another hit last month. Ford plans to cut production by 50,000 units in the fourth quarter and says the total market will be on the low end of its earlier 14-... more
We've seen it coming. For all of this decade and most of the last, compact and midsize pickup truck sales are on the endangered species list. With aggressive pricing on full-size pickup trucks, it didn't make any sense to... more
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Posted May 30 2008 03:28 PM by thomas_voehringer
I routinely drive my daughter to school in the morning before work. Today, I witnessed her nearly getting run down on the crosswalk by an idiot...well, let's just say, inattentive driver, in a Chevy Avalanche. Thank... more
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The practical voice inside your head and commenter CR-V Rental 4 Me Well For Now are telling you to suck it up and get a minivan, forgetting about the crossovers you were eyeing last week. Do you really need a crossover?... more
I was especially interested in the Hardcore 4x4 category in your " Best In Class 2008 " feature (Truck Trend, May/June 2008). The Hummer H3 Alpha has a 6000-pound tow rating, 32-inch tires, 300 horsepower, and a rear... more
MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS - U.S. car and truck sales took another hit last month. Ford plans to cut production by 50,000 units in the fourth quarter and says the total market will be on the low end of its earlier 14-... more
We've seen it coming. For all of this decade and most of the last, compact and midsize pickup truck sales are on the endangered species list. With aggressive pricing on full-size pickup trucks, it didn't make any sense to... more
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Posted July 11 2008 01:04 PM by Melissa
It's been a couple months since I last jumped into our long-term 2007 Honda CR-V , and it didn't take long for me to fall for its charm all over again. more
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The practical voice inside your head and commenter CR-V Rental 4 Me Well For Now are telling you to suck it up and get a minivan, forgetting about the crossovers you were eyeing last week. Do you really need a crossover?... more
I was especially interested in the Hardcore 4x4 category in your " Best In Class 2008 " feature (Truck Trend, May/June 2008). The Hummer H3 Alpha has a 6000-pound tow rating, 32-inch tires, 300 horsepower, and a rear... more
MAASTRICHT, THE NETHERLANDS - U.S. car and truck sales took another hit last month. Ford plans to cut production by 50,000 units in the fourth quarter and says the total market will be on the low end of its earlier 14-... more
We've seen it coming. For all of this decade and most of the last, compact and midsize pickup truck sales are on the endangered species list. With aggressive pricing on full-size pickup trucks, it didn't make any sense to... more
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