This Old Toyota Land Cruiser Is The Weirdest Place For A Supra Engine

We've seen the twin-turbo Toyota Supra 2JZ engine powering , but I never would have thought that big boosted six banger would find a home, or even fit, under the hood of a 1970 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser. 4Runner, sure... even an 80-Series Land Cruiser seem like viable truck candidates...

May 4, 2025

This Might Be The Worst Pickup Truck Made Out Of A Car In America

Somebody went ahead and replaced the trunk of their Ford Crown Victoria with some kind of wooden pickup truck-style bed basket and it looks, just, awful. I'd guess this car lost it's rear quarter to rust or an accident. I respect the owner's determination to come up with a creative...

May 4, 2025

Scale 6x6 Tow Truck Completes Amazing RC Rescue

There's some great river rock crawling in this video. But then, oh no! Trouble strikes at 5:50 when the scale Chevy Blazer hits the ditch! Will this tiny tow truck be able to recover it!? The music adds a nice dash of drama. is your daily dose of scale-sized off-road...

May 4, 2025

Just How Much Water Can An FJ Cruiser Really Handle?

This dives right on in to a deceptively deep puddle, abruptly coming to a stop at the worst possible position. Hilarity ensues, and the carpets get a good rinse but I think the truck will fight another day. Let's take this as a reminder to sound for depth before plowing...

May 4, 2025

Ram Runner Developer Calls Chrysler Out On Half-Assed Off-Road Effort

In 2011 Mopar enlisted Baja champion Kent Kroeker to help them create the ; Chrysler's off-road upgrade kit that made the outgoing Ram into something of a Raptor competitor. Ram says they couldn't make a business case for a dedicated dirt machine, Kroeker thinks they're a bunch of pussies. Mr....

May 4, 2025

Gravel Truck Drops Contents, Creates Off-Road Hellscape In Downtown DC

Some jackass driving a gravel truck failed to secure their load properly resulting in two blocks of Washington DC's Connecticut Avenue turning into a rock garden. reports that police spent most of the day cleaning the mess up, but they still don't know exactly who to blame for this assault...

May 4, 2025

2015 Jeep Renegade To Get Over 30 MPG In Every Configuration

Chrysler has just dumped out another batch of specs on the , most importantly reporting that both the 2.4 and 1.4 turbo engines will be able to get more than 30 miles per gallon on the highway. It might not be a dune-bashing off-road beast, but it just might prove...

May 4, 2025

Watch The New Land Rover Discovery Make Itself Invisible

The will feature an incredibly intuitive pairing of grille-mounted cameras with a heads-up display in the windshield. The setup will project the view obstructed by the SUV's hood onto the window, effectively creating a "transparent truck" from the driver's perspective. Here's the system in action: Land Rovers have been bristling...

May 4, 2025

Ram Says Screw You, We've Got The Most Off-Road Capable Pickup Now

Just days ago, someone close to Ram's off-road efforts for passing on a production pickup with real off-road performance. Today balls'ing up and bringing back the Power Wagon; a truck they claim will own the title of "most off-road-capable" pickup out of the box. With a 2" lift over a...

May 4, 2025

Chevy Silverado HD High Country Brings More Bling To Work Trucks

To the surprise of nobody GM's introducing a luxury trim variant for the and 3500HD pickups. The gas, CNG, and Duramax diesel will all be available with the saddle brown leather and banjo bangin' Bose stereo I came to like in Chevy's top-tier pickup. 2500's get some sexy split five-spoke...

May 4, 2025

World's Most Advanced Private Expedition Truck, Built For A 4-Year-Old

Bran Ferrern overdid it with the ultra-equipped Unimog expedition rig he dubbed "" back in 2005. Now he's taken the idea of an overlander to a whole new level and basically built a spaceworthy liveaboard vehicle I couldn't even conceive of having the budget to execute. Brian Raftery of spent...

May 4, 2025

Toyota Hilux Dakar Is The ​Weakest 'Off-Road Edition' Ever

What's synonymous with off-roading and makes any truck look extra badass? "Bolted-on polished tube nudge bars!" said no one. But apparently that's what makes the Toyota Hilux Dakar "the ultimate Hilux." This is only a couple notches away from stick-on port-hole vents. Yes, here in America we're properly jealous that...

May 4, 2025

Somebody Built The Ford Performance SUV The World Was Missing

Ford has been pretty good to the truck community with radical variants of the F-150, but they've never brought quite as much craziness to their SUVs. So somebody went ahead and dropped the running gear from an into a 2002 Expedition to make one clean machine that hauls ass and...

May 4, 2025

That Time Land Rover Made A Futuristic Taxi For Hollywood

Before Land Rover was using cameras to , they were making to carry people around the post-apocalyptic hellscape that would be the year 2139. This was far and away my favorite futuristic movie machine from our Answer Of The Day, and warrants revisiting if you didn't catch the video this...

May 4, 2025

Safety Board's Plan To Stop Semi-Trucks From Crushing People

The National Transportation Safety Board says more than half of the semi-trucks that hit pedestrians had no idea they'd crushed somebody. They're aiming to fix that with blind-spot mitigation tech, and protective side skirts. In a the Safety Board published earlier this month, a pitch is being made to the...

May 4, 2025