Why The List Of 'American-Made' Vehicles Keeps Shrinking

The Ford F-150 topped Cars.com's ninth "American-Made Index" which rates how "American" vehicles are based primarily on where they're built and where parts come from. Only ten 2014 vehicles were eligible for the list, the smallest crop ever. That's right, according to 's criteria, there are only ten American-made cars...

May 6, 2025

The Porsche Cayenne Woody Wagon CrossCabriolet You've Always... Wanted?

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May 6, 2025

'Off-Road' VW Beetle Dune Is Go For Production, With Ragtop Version!

In a righteous win for fans of automaker irreverence, the jacked-up has been to hit the European market for 2016. It's a freakin' Beetle with a tilt gauge and inclinometer! And it's going to be real! Watch out , looks like "adorable toy beach buggies" is about to become a...

May 6, 2025

Shortage Of Truckers Could Make Pretty Much Everything More Expensive

Many trucking companies cut staff in the height of the recession a few years ago. Now that business is picking back up, they're finding themselves hard-pressed for drivers. The drivers who are left are charging more, and now folks who need to ship things are bitchin' about it. Marty Koppelman,...

May 6, 2025

How A Small, Open-Source Automaker Got Their Car In Transformers 4

Local Motors marketing guy Buddy Crisp pulled off a great get convincing Michael Bay and friends to put the in Transformers 4: My Big Fat Robot Wedding Strikes Back. Here's what Crisp had to say about his car starring in the (second?) most successful film franchise based on a toy....

May 6, 2025

Should Chrysler Make A 707 Horsepower Ram SRT Hellcat Truck?

You bet your ass I'm fired up about . is nothing short of absurd in a car. Now it's time for Chrysler to prove they've completely lost their shit and stuff that engine into a pickup truck. I started writing this as a joke, but the more I think about...

May 6, 2025

Celebrate July 4th With Monster Trucks & Violence In Grand Theft Auto V

Rockstar Games is dropping an "Independence Day Special" for Grand Theft Auto V Online in which you'll be able to download a red white and blue monster truck and motorcycle and blow stuff up with muskets and rocket launchers. U-S-A! U-S-A! has the full rundown of all the patriotic weapons...

May 6, 2025

The Overfinch Range Rover Sport Is Your Bespoke SVR With 552 Horses

There are a few companies out there specializing in Range Rover customization, but Overfinch is probably the most famous one. Their latest car is limited to 100 units and beats Land Rover's own über Range Rover by 2 horsepower. The Overfinch Range Rover Sport starts at £87,995 ($150,755), but each...

May 6, 2025

How This French 2WD Diesel Hatchback Just Might Dominate Off-Road Racing

A few months ago, Peugeot introduced the and declared their ambitious return to the continent-spanning off-road megarace that is the Dakar Rally. Here's the first clip of their 340 horsepower rear-drive diesel monster in action... and now I'm excited. The super hot lifted hatch is powered by a V6 twin-turbo...

May 6, 2025

This Video Makes Racing 'Farm Buggies' At The Baja 500 Look Really Fun

UTVs were born to haul hay and get folks around the farm, but now they're beating up the Baja 500 and looking sweet doing it. Here's a highlight reel of the Polaris Baja Racing Team's ass-hauling "miniature" off-road racing machines. ...

May 6, 2025

Halfway Through The Year, Americans Have Bought Over 1 Million Trucks

Total new pickup truck sales in the US stand at 1,086,956 through the first half of 2014. Ford is still ahead of GM, but the gap is tightening. Here's how each manufacturer and model ranks in popularity. TruckletsJune 2014 Sales2014 Sales thru June2013 Sales thru JuneChange% Of Brand's Sales, 2014%...

May 6, 2025

'Most Patriotic Brand' In America Is An Automaker, Guess Which One

Marketing company Brand Keys surveys thousands of people every year, to rate companies on 35 different "values." One of those is "patriotism," not in terms of where the a company actually makes things or employs people, but purely how "" they appear in public perception. Only two automakers made the...

May 6, 2025

The Best Independence Day Parade Vehicles!

Happy Fourth of July from Truck Yeah! You're liable to see all kinds of cool old iron roaming around today and this weekend, so grab some pictures and share 'em with us here! Image by Andrew Collins, with graphics from ...

May 6, 2025

Watch The Fast And Wild Mint 400 Desert Race Right Now, Here Or On TV

The 90-minute NBC Sports broadcast of starts at 2:00 PM EST today (July 6th), catch it on TV right now or head over to the Red Bull Signature Series to start and stream it whenever you want. This year's Mint was the , with some 300 racers including NFL player...

May 6, 2025

2015 Lexus NX Has A Fake Engine Noise Volume Knob, Best Enjoyed 'Off'

Lexus really sells the "sportiness" of their , but once in the car you can dial that song down with a little switch on the dash. The aggressive design is good for some psychosomatic HP to the ol' "butt dyno," but the ass-hauling you'll do in an is mostly in...

May 6, 2025