Truck Reviews: Page 2

When the radio in our truck crackled to life, we never expected to hear the words that came from the guide in the lead truck: “There’s a dog on the trail, watch out.” We were on one of the old fire roads that leads into Grand Canyon National Park. Instead of taking the paved highway,

The 2020 Ford Explorer has a hard road ahead, now that it’s facing brand-new and significantly improved rivals like the Honda Pilot, Chevrolet Blazer, Kia Telluride, Volkswagen Atlas, and Subaru Ascent. The Ford Explorer traces its roots back to the ’90s, including a memorable Hollywood career outrunning some extremely cranky dinosaurs, but that doesn’t mean

If ever there were a vehicle in need of an overhaul Toyota’s Tundra would be it. With its last major redesign in ’07 and two minor facelifts in ’14 and ’18, Tundra is currently the oldest of the ½-ton pickups with no indication of that changing soon. Despite this, the truck has aged remarkably well.

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

While we try our best to break up these reports by quarter and keep a relatively even number of miles in each one, sometimes it just doesn’t work out. In the previous report we covered more than 7,000 miles, while in this one we hit just over 3,000. Regardless of that, we’re still learning a

The trendy winter-ski/summer-festival town of Telluride, Colorado, population roughly 2,500, looks like a former mining town because it is. Nestled in a canyon surrounded by forested mountains and cliffs and weathered ruins of old mining operations, it once yielded deposits of zinc, lead, copper, silver, and gold. Its impressive Historic District, one of Colorado’s 20

Haters, don’t fire up that typewriter just yet. We know the current Acura MDX has been on sale since the 2014 model year, and it’s probably overdue for a total redesign like its little brother, the RDX. But the MDX still acquits itself incredibly well, matching newer competitors jab for jab. Among its aces are