Testing The 2014 Jeep Cherokee On & Off-Road: What Do You Want To Know?

For the next few days, we'll be torturing a on the hairpin roads of LA county and dusty desert tracks to the east. It's not the lifted Trailhawk variant and it's riding on Continental all-season tires, but you know we've gotta test that "SAND" setting on the dash somehow. Like...

Jul 12, 2025

Dealers Want So Many 2015 Chevy Colorados That GM's Boosting Assembly

General Motors reports they've already had "nearly 30,000 orders" from dealers for the . To fill the expected continuous demand, they're increasing staff at the Wentzville, Missouri plant again by almost 30%. "750 new people" is the estimate GM puts their hiring wave at; a big increase to Wentzville Assembly...

Jul 12, 2025

Why The World Needs The 2014 Ram Power Wagon, Even If You Probably Don't

Everybody selling trucks in America has crapped out a few "Off-Road" packages; many of which stop at stickers and skid plates. The may be a long enough to land a plane on, but damn if it doesn't deliver as a bona-fide off-road work truck. (: Ram let me borrow a...

Jul 12, 2025

This Outrageous Attempt To Escape A Parking Ticket Sort Of Worked

Ever run out to your car just in time to watch a tow truck haul it off for all those tickets you didn't bother paying? Happened to this guy, but he wasn't about to bend over and let The Man force parking rules upon him. Not on this day. According...

Jul 12, 2025

The XC90 R-Design Is Your Sporty Volvo SUV

While Volvo is not going to build than the 416 hp T8 plug-in hybrid, the R-Design is here for those looking for at least the pretense of a sportier SUV. While , the R-Design gives you more options, plus a different grille, front spoiler, silk metal window surround, integrated dual...

Jul 12, 2025

Nissan Engineers Merge A Leaf With A Frontier And Create An EV Camino

They actually call her Sparky, and use her around Nissan's proving grounds in Stanfield, Arizona. Nissan's Technical Center needed a truck to drive around those 3,050 acres and some sort of a team building exercise for the engineers working there. Marrying the electric Leaf to a Frontier pickup ticked both...

Jul 12, 2025

QUARTZ Concept Proves Crossovers Could Be Sexy, And Downright Sinister

Peugeot is trying their very hardest to get us excited about yet another new crossover SUV with their QUARTZ concept for the Paris Auto Show. They threw down a fair effort alright– the thing looks like it could be Batman's off-road race car. The QUARTZ is based on the French...

Jul 12, 2025

Toyota Is About To Start Building A Lot More Tacomas In Mexico

A third shift is being added to the factory that makes the in Baja, Mexico. Toyota says they're doing it to free up space at their Texas facility to build more Tundras, I reckon they're sharpening swords for war with the Chevy Colorado. Toyota's Manufacturing External Affairs guy Victor Vanov...

Jul 12, 2025

Redneck Multi-taskin': Pop A Wheelie While Towing Farm Equipment

Those wheels. The noise. The bending bumper. The towing wheelie! What better way to turn some fuel into fun? This maniacal International truck has apparently been repowered with a two-stroke Detroit Diesel 12v71TT engine with enough juice to put on one hell of a show at the old "sled pull."...

Jul 12, 2025

Watch These Nutcases Go Off-Road Unicycling Along A Cliffside

A troupe of 19 maniacs on unicycles, running knobby tires and disc brakes, hit the slickrock trails of America's off-road capital: Moab, Utah. Not sure off-roading can even get much more dangerous than this... probably why it's such a riot to watch. We can enjoy the view without the high...

Jul 12, 2025

Here's A Glorious Wallpaper Of BJ Baldwin Jumping Everything

This week's release of led to some of us having some, ahem, releases of our own, and then deciding that we needed to own a Trophy truck and then wondering where we'd park it. This photo isn't helping. If it looks particularly high quality to you then you won't be...

Jul 12, 2025

These Unbelievable Saves Will Convince You Monster Trucks Are Amazing

You'd think something as tall as a monster truck would just tip over all the time, and they do, but the gnarliness they can get out of with a boot in the throttle is absolutely awesome to watch. This here's a "freestyle" session at the Florida Citrus Bowl a couple...

Jul 12, 2025

Forza Horizon 2 Off-Road Gameplay Looks Beautiful, Is The Realism Right?

Here's one of the first clips from upcoming-shortly . It's visually gorgeous, and I think the physics look just arcadey enough to make the game casually accessible while getting a handle on the floaty feel of fast off-road driving. Is it what you expected? The game comes out in a...

Jul 12, 2025

You Can't See The Most 'Useful' Upgrade On This Bond Villain's Jaguar

The glossy-green Jaguar XKR that chases James Bond's Aston Martin across the ice in Die Another Day (the Halle Berry one) throws a flurry of spikes and missiles, but the cool modifications you'd actually be able to use are hidden under the skin. Hiding in "the vault" below the in...

Jul 12, 2025

Exactly What's In The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Off-Road Package

The "Z71" package gives the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado a couple nice, shiny "OFF-ROAD" stickers and a few add-ons you can actually use. Here's all the important stuff that comes with the new mid-sized truck in Z71 trim. Rear wheels will lock when the truck's computer detects wheel slip, with no...

Jul 12, 2025