This Is The Off-Roading The 2015 Jeep Renegade Was Built For

Nobody's said the is meant to approach the capability of a Wrangler, "Trail Rated" badge or no. Jeep's new jacked-up hatchback is , but it's still got chops for a few heavier obstacles along the way. Folks at the curiously-named Italian car site either have great cinematography skills or stole...

Jul 12, 2025

Why There's A Ford Fiesta Pickup Truck Racing Series In Brazil

Because Ford Fiesta pickup trucks are better than you might think. The other day I posted a little article about the , a Ranchero-ized version of the otherwise dull Mk3 Fiesta. I wished Ford had made the car, and then reader reminded me they did! Well, kinda. The later Mk5...

Jul 12, 2025

This Bad-Ass Nissan Titan Built By Facebook Fans Is Heading Off-Road

Over the past few months, Nissan has been modifying a 2014 Titan Crew Cab PRO-4X for an Alaskan off-road adventure with the help of its Facebook fans, who voted on a selection of options for each major upgrade. It came out looking incredible, now we'll see how it holds up!...

Jul 12, 2025

This Ancient Australian 4x4 Commercial Is Full Of Hilarious Lies

The International Scout 80 is adorable, capable off-road, and easy to work on. But it's also brutally uncomfortable, slow as a sloth going to the dentist, and barely safer than walking blindfolded across the highway. This commercial might have been a slight oversell 50 years ago, now it's just funny....

Jul 12, 2025

Here's Idris Elba Riding A Land Rover Like It's A Preppy War Chariot

Underrated actor-with-cool-name Idris Elba looks like he's in some kind of Barbour/Gladiator crossover photo shoot tooling into the Invictus Games on the back of this 1968 Land Rover Series IIa. Maybe you can caption this for us? Can't quite tell if that's pride or discomfort on his face up there......

Jul 12, 2025

What Are The Greatest Off-Road Video Games?

Racing games are a great way to get close to the cars, tracks, and behavior you'd never be able to pull off in real life. But I can't help but feel like the focus usually stays on . What have been your favorite off-road titles on consoles, computers, and arcades...

Jul 12, 2025

2014 Toyota Tundra Airbag May Fail Due To 'Misinstalled Garnish'

Toyota is recalling "approximately 130,000" Tundra Crew-Max and Double Cab pickup trucks, because they might not have put some interior plastic in correctly. That was enough to raise suspicion that the curtain airbags may not fire like they're supposed to. Toyota says: "In the involved vehicles, due to the possible...

Jul 12, 2025

Diesel Power's Truck Olympics: A Salute To Ass-Haulin' And Coal-Rollin'

So hosts an absurd(ly entertaining) Olympics of diesel pickups that pits ten heavily modified haulers and their pilots against each other in a series of truckly challenges. There's towing, racing, and than a five-alarm fire. 2014 marks the tenth event and included ten competitors; three Ram Cummins trucks, three Chevrolet...

Jul 12, 2025

2015 GMC Sierra 'Carbon' Doesn't Add Lightness; Just Subtracts Sidewall

GM has just bestowed the with Carbon, Carbon 20, and Carbon 22 appearance packages that add for a lot of money will get you some stripes, convenience options, and guess what size wheels? The graphics, vinyl carbon fiber vaguely similar to what's on the , define the truck's hood and...

Jul 12, 2025

'Platooning:' How Semi-Trucks Are Almost Driving Themselves

Meritor Wabco, Peloton, and Denso are collaborating on a "platooning" system that puts us one step closer to autonomous trucks. Using a radio-based system that can be installed on any big rig in about three hours, trucks can be "tethered" together so that one can effectively control a whole convoy...

Jul 12, 2025

Learn The Techniques & Technology Of Off-Roading: Gentleman Style

This feature-length film presented by Vince Cobley, who , does an excellent job explaining how differentials work, what "four-wheel-drive" really means, and how to get your truck through just about anything. In delightfully classy English fashion. These clips have been around for awhile, but nothing's changed about the principles Cobley's...

Jul 12, 2025

The 20 Greatest Off-Road Video Games Of All Time (And Where To Get Them)

Off-roading is best experienced with mud in your eyes, a bad case of swamp-ass, and the very real risk of tetanus. But when you can't get into the wild, here's top 20 all-time awesome off-road video games according to our readers. Has your favorite been left off? Something new come...

Jul 12, 2025

​Euphoria, Regret, Optimism Anew: Your First Weekend With A Project Car

You've convinced the spouse. You've. Now of some hopeless shitheap . You're excited, but you have a lot of questions, like; "How could anything actually be this dirty?" They say "the two happiest days of [YOUR TOY HERE] ownership are the day you buy it and the day you sell...

Jul 12, 2025

The Nuttiest Photo Of A Jet-Powered Vintage Fire Truck You May Ever See

This is the Dragon's Fyre Jet Truck, a 1940 Ford strapped to a General Electric J-85 after-burning turbo jet engine. Here's what it looks like charging toward you at full-tilt. For your full-size (2376x1581) downloading pleasure: Of course the truck has little in common with the eighty-year-old vehicle on which...

Jul 12, 2025

Recoil 2: What This Desert Racing Truck Can Do Will Blow Your Mind

'Ballistic' BJ Baldwin finally dropped Recoil 2. Watch it and know this in your heart: you need a trophy truck right now. This is the sequel to , when Baldwin jumped over his own GTR. When you've won the last two runnings of the Baja 1000, I guess they just...

Jul 12, 2025