Bentley SUV Might Be Called 'Falcon,' With 30 Mile Plug-In Hybrid Range

We already knew the would get a plug-in hybrid version, but now it sounds like the overlords at Volkswagen might prescribe 3.0 V6 gas and accompaniments to electric power, not a screaming "" V8. The gas and diesel V6 are said to be paired with an electric motor that powers...

Jul 9, 2025

New Nissan Frontier May Be Postponed To 2018, Based On Navara After All

Rumor has it that Nissan has binned their plan to build an all-new mini-truck for the US market on , intimidated by the complication of bringing it up to modern safety standards. We might get a Navara-based truck after all, but we'll be waiting a while. has a trusted source...

Jul 9, 2025

The Stupidity Of 'Best In Class' Claims, Retold As A Courtroom Drama

Automakers will bicker all day over "" titles, 'cause they figure you'll abandon all other loyalties when you see those three little words. But after diving deeper on Ford and Ram's latest title tug-of-war, all I can tell you is why "best in class" is the last thing you should...

Jul 9, 2025

50 Miles In A Mercedes G 63 AMG And I'm Already Ignoring Proles

I'd been dying to shakedown a glorious Gelandewagen forever. Haven't we all? We'll now I've got a G 63 AMG no less, with a big chrome brush guard and Florida license plates. So I'm taking it to place it will really be appreciated; Vermont! I'm gonna get me some Subaru...

Jul 9, 2025

Students Build An Official BMW Pickup

This is about as close to an official BMW pickup as we've seen for a very long time - a GMC Envoy XUV. Wait, no, that's not right. reports that BMW's American marketing arm got a bunch of automotive engineering students at Clemson University to design a BMW pickup. The...

Jul 9, 2025

Driving & Doing Donuts In The Cummins Diesel Nissan Frontier

If you had three wishes, they'd be "small, diesel, pickup truck" right? I had a chance to get those granted for a taste of what the future Nissan Frontier might feel like. So far it feels like a little puppy with a big personality, in the very best of ways....

Jul 9, 2025

How To Choose Between Ford, Chevrolet, & Ram

We just had another opportunity to pit comparably-equipped Ford, Chevrolet, and Ram's heavy-duty pickups against each other lugging 12,000 pound trailers up and down enormous hills. And you know what? I liked a little something about each of them. (: Ford invited me to Daniels, West Virginia where they made...

Jul 9, 2025

Watch This And Appreciate Truck Racing As A Psychedelic Mud Carnival

This all-GoPro clip of "The Big House Brawl" race at series in Crandon, Wisconsin puts truck racing on a whole new level of funky, man. Watch for some fantastic synchronized jumps and one driver getting a faceload of mud, set to weird techno-carnival music. That weirdass song is "Teach Me...

Jul 9, 2025

New Ford Ranger Spotted In The US, Looks A Lot Bigger Than We Remember

Every once in awhile, we're titillated by a new Ford Ranger pickup or caught cruising around here in the US. Is this beautiful "Wildtrak Orange" Ranger just a Ford staffer's transportation (probably) or a test mule for some new running gear? Any time we see a Ranger here in America,...

Jul 9, 2025

The 2015 Chevy Colorado Will Cost $20,995, GMC Canyon Starts At $21,880

We're finally going to be able to buy the and its slightly-fancier brother the soon... starting from $20,995 and $21,880 respectively. Are you still enticed by GM's answer to your demands for pickup truck downsizing? My excitement for these trucks has been steadily rising since their introduction. I never thought...

Jul 9, 2025

Watch These Land Rover Discovery Sport Prototypes Go Through Hell

Land Rover built a whopping 181 prototypes and put 750,000 miles on them. Here's a peek into a rather intense vehicle development program. You know that the 2015 Discovery Sport will replace the aging LR2 to give you that's pretty capable both on and off road. But what's more exciting...

Jul 9, 2025

Chinese Off-Road Sports Car Concept Looks Like A Sweet Hot Wheels Toy

Patent drawings said to come from a Great Wall subsidiary called Haval have surfaced, illustrating what looks like a lifted Porsche 928 with Ferrari-like snake lights and skid plates. Can't decide if it's a knockoff or just a potential rival. These images come to us from Tycho over at ,...

Jul 9, 2025

2015 GMC Canyon & Chevy Colorado Prices Compared To Closest Rivals

Yesterday GM unveiled for their base, mid-grade, and, range-topping trims of the . Stacking them up next to their "mid-sized" rivals (the Nissan Frontier and Toyota Tacoma), pricing looks pretty competitive. Here's how the new trucks list prices line up to their equivalents from Nissan and Toyota: Chevrolet Colorado GMC...

Jul 9, 2025

Figure-8 School Bus Racing Is Funny 'Til The Crash, Then It's Hilarious

The thrill and unbridled lunacy of racing around a figure-eight can only be better when the racers are in full-size school buses. Just another night at Minnesota's Elko Speedway, folks. There are a few pretty awesome close-calls and one gnarly PIT maneuver, but the thwop of the bus against the...

Jul 9, 2025

Here's How Toyota Plans To Prove Their 'TRD Pro' Trucks Are Legit

Toyota has heard you moaning that their trucks are overpriced mall crawlers with shiny exhaust pipes. So to prove their rigs are for real, Toyota is entering this in the Full Size Stock class of this year's Baja 1000. Wonder if it will work! Aside from the number, this Tundra...

Jul 9, 2025