The Old-Ass 2014 Toyota Tundra Still Has Something To Offer

Remember your first car? Probably wasn’t too fancy, fast, or “Best In Class” at anything. But it was easy to master, resilient, and way more fun than it had any right to be. The 2014 brings those feelings right back, and I promise it’s still worth looking at. We all...

Jul 17, 2025

Check Out The First Ford Transit Van To Try Off-Roading In Moab

Quigley is a small family-owned van upfitter that specializes in turning cargo carriers into off-road animals with 4WD. They already did the Baja 1000 in a Chevy 2500, and now they’ve turned a 2015 Ford Transit into an enormous EcoBoosted “rock-crawler,” sort of. This is one of the first new-generation...

Jul 17, 2025

Make The Truck Of Your Childhood Dreams On The Ford F-650 Configurator

The 2016 Ford F-650 and F-750 super-big work truck (actual classification: “medium duty”) lineup has been locked in, and I’ve been playing with the configurator making ultimate work machines all day. How would you set yours up? Take a break from being so darn productive at work already and check...

Jul 17, 2025

Yes, These Idiots Went Off Roading With A Lowrider

Headed to Las Vegas on dirt alone? You got to go three-wheelin’ Monte Carlo bro! What can you do when your off-road maniac friend buys a full on crazy lowrider right from the hood instead of a Jeep or something sensible, but your plan is to go all the way...

Jul 17, 2025

A Ford F-150 Just Flipped Me Off

Just now, I got in my press-fleet F150 2.7L EcoBoost to go pick up my kid from preschool, and this is what greets me. The bird, flipped right at me. The F150 telling me — in clear, confident pixels — that I should sit, and then, perhaps, spin. Well fuck...

Jul 17, 2025

How To Perform An Off-Road Winch Rescue The Right Way

A winch is tool you use to pull heavy things. Mounted to an off-road vehicle, it’s an invaluable insurance policy against getting bogged in the backcountry. Here’s a primer on how to use a Jeep-mounted winch to rescue a truck suck in a hole of slickrock. In our demonstration, international...

Jul 17, 2025

Proof The Chevy Reaper Is Just A Bumper Away From Full-On Awesomeness

Renown tuner and Southern Comfort Automotive birthed their idea for a “GM version of the Ford Raptor” as the Chevy Reaper some months ago. Cool concept, egregiously ugly. Now they’ve rectified that with a stately GMC version. The wheels could still stand to be a little smaller and... unshinier... but...

Jul 17, 2025

Freightliner Just Revealed The First Real Road-Legal Autonomous Big Rig

The Freightliner “Inspiration Truck” will be the first autonomous commercial truck to drive on American roads. Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and Daimler Chairman Wolfgang Bernhard just bolted on its Autonomous Vehicle license plate to prove it’s the real deal, and it’s already been spotted in action. Big rigs might seem...

Jul 17, 2025

The Street Legal Self Driving Semi-Truck Is Real, Here's How It Works

Freightliner just unleashed on the roads of Nevada. Here’s what that actually means and why it really matters. We’re talking about the Freightliner Inspiration Truck here. Freightliner is a subsidiary of Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz and Smart. Daimler also runs the Thomas bus brand and Setra, Western Star, Mitsubishi Fuso,...

Jul 17, 2025

Get Your Cummins Diesel Engine Ringtone Right Here

Love the sweet sound of diesel? Wish you could fall asleep or wake up to it, but don’t want to asphyxiate yourself on exhaust? Well Nissan’s been kind enough to provide a quality recording of their starting up and idling, which you can download here. The noise (song?) is available...

Jul 17, 2025

Dubai Police Have A Sweet New Dune-Stomping 'Work Truck'

We already knew the Dubai Police were, so I guess it’s no surprise their new utility vehicle has a fairly massive lift, desert prerunner bumper, and fender flares like Terry Crews’ deltoids. What do you think of Dubai PD’s 2015 GMC Sierra off-roader? Haven’t heard back from the boys in...

Jul 17, 2025

Toyota's Going Rally Racing With This 2WD RAV4

Toyota’s factory racing outfit is backing off-road pro Ryan Millen to take on Rally America’s open modified street car class in this basically stock 2015 Toyota RAV4 LE 2WD. I’m finding myself... genuinely curious about how well it does. Ryan Millen is the same guy who won his class in...

Jul 17, 2025

Robby Gordon Casually Wins Big Off-Road Race On His Way Home From One

Everybody’s favorite wrecking ball racer is on a roll. Wielding his superfast scratch-built HST Gordini last month, and just smoked everybody at the Dos Mares 500 on his way home. I don’t know if it’s the million-dollar car, portable R&D center he travels with, expert support staff, or possibly driving...

Jul 17, 2025

What Do You Want To Know About The FWD 2015 Jeep Renegade?

I was actually really excited to drive the until I learned that my press fleet tester was the front-wheel drive model. That’s right: I went from what I believe was to a Jeep with an economy car drivetrain. The Lord giveth, and the Lord taketh away. Maybe it’s just as...

Jul 17, 2025

New Jersey Just Explicitly Banned Rolling Coal

It was already considered illegal by , but now the great state of New Jersey has explicitly banned the practice of “rolling coal.” , signed into law by Governor Chris Christie last week, will make sure you can breathe easy in the Garden State. I mean, relatively. It’s still New...

Jul 17, 2025