US Pickup Truck Market Update: May 2014

On the first of every month, automakers crap out reports on how many vehicles they've hocked in the previous thirty days or so. Truck Yeah! has waded through the buzzwords to break down where every truck stands in the US marketplace right now. This is the first "state of the...

May 4, 2025

Willie Nelson's Tour Bus Might Have Just Won Craigslist

Some dude in Tyler, Texas is getting inundated with calls and emails about a 1983 Eagle Bus he claims did tour duty for musician, poet, and living legend Willie Nelson. With air-brushed eagles and a chapel interior it certainly looks the part. Think it's the genuine article? Seller says it...

May 4, 2025

The Greatest Italian Work Vehicles

Today at Jalopnik Word Headquarters Patrick found a great listing for a with Abarth livery heading to auction in the UK next week. Naturally, that got me thinking about my favorite Italian work vehicles; like this lovely Alfa Romeo "Romeo 2." The Romeo 2 (apparently named by Alfa's Department of...

May 4, 2025

The First Food Truck To Legally Lace Your Order With Marijuana

Now that weed is legal in a few American outposts, business ideas are flowing to make sure that sticky green stuff is accessible. Case in point: Magical Butter's food truck, which whips up "four-star food items" infused with marijuana. This bake-bus has already seen action at the pot smokin' party...

May 4, 2025

Driver Dodges Crash By Inches Thanks To Trucker's Reaction Time

Some goofball figured they'd go ahead and drive into the path of a semi-truck running full steam ahead on the highway between Novorossiysk and Krasnodar in Russia. Good thing the trucker was on point, and his rig had really good brakes. Hat tip to Mats Mat! ...

May 4, 2025

Watch The World's Smallest Car Drive Into A Van, Turn Around, Drive Out

The Peel P50 is the world's smallest production car, so fitting in Ford Transit Van's cavernous cargo bay is easy money. But turning all the way around in there? That's impressive, even if it takes a whole lot of working the wheel. The American-Market Transit has 473 cubic feet of...

May 4, 2025

Truck Ignores 'Low Clearance' Sign, Epic Cargo Failure Ensues

Storrow Drive is one of Boston's busiest roads. It also doesn't allow trucks, because it's crossed by several low-hanging bridges. One trucker decided he'd risk it and wound up dumping a shipping container in the center lane. ...

May 4, 2025

Bedliner Company Insists Pickup Truck Bed Hot Tubs 'A Terrible Idea'

Bedliner brand DualLiner has gone to the trouble of creating a complex infographic explaining why filling the bed of a pickup with water to create a mobile hot tub is unsafe and you shouldn't do it, no matter how "fun it looks on YouTube." After seeing this I'm a little...

May 4, 2025

Toyota FJ Cruiser Sales Up 508% With Eight Months Left Of Production

2014 FJ Cruiser sales just about doubled this March over March 2013. Last month, sales skyrocketed up 508% from April 2013. This will be the FJ's last model year, but production will continue through December. If interest stays this strong, assembly workers might have some overtime to look forward to....

May 4, 2025

Watch How Mirrors Make This House Look Transparent

American artist Phillip K Smith III has fitted mirrors on every other horizontal siding slat of an old shack in the California Desert, creating the illusion that you can look right through the building. LED lights add a little extra sparkle and make the structure something spectacular to behold. The...

May 4, 2025

New Jeep Wrangler And Grand Cherokee In 2017, Grand Wagoneer For 2018

Jeep is planning world domination of the SUV market over the next five years with the , an all-new replacement for the Compass and Patriot in 2016, redesigns of the Wrangler and Grand Cherokee in 2017, and a Suburban-sized SUV reviving the Grand Wagoneer badge in 2018. The small SUV...

May 4, 2025

Ram Launching Compact ProMaster City Van Based On Fiat Doblo

The 2015 Ram ProMaster City will be introduced this year, a small commercial van based on the redesigned Fiat Doblo. Ram's ramping up marketing and dealer support for their redundantly-named van lineup as it expands. FCA plans to establish some 900 commercially-focused dealers and boost their vocational marketing to sell...

May 4, 2025

Could The 2016 Fiat Truck Become The Jeep Pickup?

To increase sales by 40% over the next five years, Fiat Professional wants their tiny 2014 Strada pickup and a new mid-sized 2016 pickup to takeover the Latin American, Middle Eastern and African markets. The new truck's launch happens to coincide with the next new mysterious product from Jeep. We...

May 4, 2025

Mater The Tow Truck Has An Evil Cousin That Destroys Drag Strips

What started life as a conservative, utilitarian 1947 Chevrolet pickup has been stretched, slammed, distorted, and overboosted into a delightfully offensive rolling coal rat rod from tuner truck hell. The truck is powered by a 1996 Ford Power Stroke diesel, maxing out at 42 pounds of boost to make 505...

May 4, 2025

What Do You Want To Know About The 2015 Chevy Suburban LTZ?

Truck Yeah! is spending some quality time with the 2015 Chevrolet Suburban over the next few days. So what do you want a closer look at? What do you want to know that you haven't found in other reviews? Ask away and I'll do my best to oblige you. Jason...

May 4, 2025