A Dodge Neon Mud Truck For The Frugal Redneck Who Wants To Have It All

I doubt there's much Dodge Neon left below this poorly-spray painted body, but it sure looks like a viable compromise between the backcountry-capability of a compact car and frugality of a lifted truck. Or do I have that backwards? If you really want to stir up your local Home Owner's...

May 6, 2025

This Desert Racing Video Illustrates Exactly Why We Love Going Fast

2014 race winner Loren Healy keeps it simple; "I love going fast, there's nothing else like it!" He's only the second person ever to win that ball-busting race twice, and from the looks of these moves he might be up for a third title! This is another clip from the...

May 6, 2025

The Jaguar Pickup Truck Nobody Asked For Is Surprisingly Elegant

A Jaguar XJ with the cargo capacity of a pickup truck just might make a complete trip. You know, because you can carry all the spare parts you'll need? Zing. Regardless of reliability, this luxury sedan-turned-truck is actually pretty fetching. The rear section is a little choppy, and that roll...

May 6, 2025

Fire Truck Crash Reminds Us That Australian News Anchors Are Beautiful

Early this morning a Freightliner fire truck hit some barriers and flipped over en route to an apartment fire in Flemington, Australia. But I had to watch this newscast three times to figure it out, and not just because I had to look up what "bollard" means. The four fire...

May 6, 2025

Tiny Truck Vs. Cute Dog

"Aurthur" the dog hates this remote control truck. Or maybe he loves it. Either way, he wants to eat it real bad but the truck isn't about to sit around and be devoured. Cuteness and hilarity ensue. ...

May 6, 2025

LA Kings Paraded The Stanley Cup Around With A Badass Armored Motorcade

Los Angeles is over their Stanley Cup victory just a few days ago, and might have had the coolest "trophy transport truck" of any sports victory parade I've seen. Ray Wert and Mallory McMorrow watched a SWAT armored personnel carrier touring the trophy through Redondo Beach, and said it was...

May 6, 2025

Watch This Maniac Torch His Truck And Dance Around It In Traffic

Apparently some nutter hopped out of his Ford F-150, set it on fire, and danced around it blocking four lanes on the San Francisco Bay Bridge this morning. Update: Video! initially Homeland Security is on the scene, that the driver was "acting erratically" and "may have" intentionally torched the truck....

May 6, 2025

Even BMW Can't Tell Their SUVs Apart: Accidentally Called X3 An X5

BMW just shared a rather nice photo of an X3 posing with some mountains on their Facebook page. Unfortunately they called it an . Oops. They have since , but reader Asphalt was quick on the screen-grab! Hat tip to ! ...

May 6, 2025

What Is SAE J2807? What Does It Really Mean For Your Pickup Truck?

The maximum-claimed towing capacity of most pickup trucks is bullshit. Those numbers are created by manufacturers and vetted by no one. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) wants to change that, with a standard test for measuring truck towing capacity called "J2807." The standard was written 2008, revised in 2010,...

May 6, 2025

Why GM Lowering 2015 Silverado & Sierra Tow Ratings Is Such A Big Deal

J2807 is an developed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Ford, GM, and Ram have promised to adopt this standard for the 2015 model year and GM's just made good; announcing revised ratings for the 2015 Chevrolet Silverado and 2015 GMC Sierra. The Big Three were slated to change...

May 6, 2025

Watch An Enormous Wild Bear Casually Sit Down, Hang Out With A Human

Drew Hamilton, an Alaska Department Of Fish & Game tech, was chillin' by one of the McNeil River State Game Sanctuary's waterways when a gigantic bear came lumbering over to his campsite, sat down, hung out, and went on his way. The bear is actually really cute, also menacing. I'm...

May 6, 2025

Will Robby Gordon's HST Gordini Truck Be Able To Finish Dakar This Time?

Robby Gordon and his custom-build race truck with the face of a Hummer and ass of a Ford Raptor were spotted testing in Parker, Arizona today making test runs for the 2015 Dakar Rally next January. I sure hope has better luck than he did at the ... where at...

May 6, 2025

Tow Truck Driver Swarmed By 'Thousands Of Bees' Hiding In Vehicle

"I tried to load it up and all of a sudden there were thousands of bees everywhere," said Wayne, Maine tow truck driver Jason Small describing what had to be the guy's worst day on the job ever. Don's No Preference Towing, the wrecking outfit Small works for, got a...

May 6, 2025

This Is What A Wildland Fire Fighting Crew Looked Like In 1933

Here's a picture of the Olympic National Forest's fire fighting team in Washington state, dated August 1933 by the US Forestry Service. Can anyone tell us more about this lovely truck? Image: National Forest Service ...

May 6, 2025

Aww Yes: We're Finally Getting A Hardcore, High Performance Range Rover

Forget the tacked-together aftermarket garbage, Land Rover has just confirmed they're introducing a new variant with "More performance [added] to the mix. A lot more." Truck SUV YEAH! Ass-hauling SUVs have been around for awhile. The GMC Typhoon, Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 and SRT, BMW X5 M, and of course...

May 6, 2025