2015 Chevy Colorado Chassis-Cab Can Carry 2,200 Pounds Of Anything

GM will start offering a "box delete" option for the next month, which saves buyers $300 off base MSRP and frees up massive 2,200 pounds of payload capacity for your imagination to run wild with. You've gotta love the logic of a term like "chassis-cab," by the way. No mysteries...

Jul 15, 2025

The 6x6 Defender Is Actually A Full-On Military-Grade Zombie Slayer

The might look like bit of a joke, but under that gaudy exterior is a military-grade chassis coated in massive amounts of armor. This is a thing you most definitely want when you venture out into the barren hellscape of a world gone mad. Or Jersey. Remember the ? Have...

Jul 15, 2025

How This Regular Guy Finds Time (And Cash) To Win Races

You won't recognize Jordan Townsend from a Wheaties box, but he's competing at some of the highest level off-road races in America. He's traveling the country, racing, and better: he's winning. All that with a family and a day job. What's your excuse? Jordan meets you with a firm handshake...

Jul 15, 2025

Here's What Lockheed Martin's New Laser Gun Does To An Old Ford Pickup

The engine of this old Ford F-150 was surgically blasted to oblivion from more than a mile away by a 30-kilowatt fiber called ATHENA made by security and aerospace outfit Lockheed Martin. ...Yikes. ATHENA (Advanced Test High ENergy Asset) uses fiber-optics to generate laser beams that, as you can see,...

Jul 15, 2025

There Is No Car Control Better Than Alpine Logging Trucks

Forget Formula 1. If you want to see real precision driving skill, check out logging truck drivers in the Alps. We've seen but it never gets any less amazing. Or any less terrifying. Check out his whole YouTube channel for more edge-of-cliff moments to make your life feel a bit...

Jul 15, 2025

Chevy Colorado Trail Boss Is The ZR2 Concept Watered Down To Reality

The Trail Boss has a really cool name. And a few accessories from GM's GearOn catalog, and some decent all-terrain tires. Sorry boys, Chevrolet doesn't think you're man enough for the and this is the "off-road" Colorado you're getting. So... Why? Chevrolet's official answer: "We're gauging customer interest in 'off-road'...

Jul 15, 2025

Why Stupid Special Editions Are Actually Pretty Brilliant

Chevy has already crapped out so many Special Edition and pickup trucks it's getting ridiculous, and according to their marketing folks "that's a trend that's going to continue." are almost as guilty. I'm starting to think... they may be on to something. When I worked in the sterilized hell of...

Jul 15, 2025

Well, Here's What A Genuine Toyota Hilux Diesel Sells For In America

If you think Toyota trucks are too expensive, don't bother looking at this pristine crew-cab 1989 Hilux diesel. It's reportedly "100% legal" for US road-use and is currently for sale with a clean Minnesota title... for the price of a decent brand-new Tacoma. I've never seen one of these for...

Jul 15, 2025

Watch This 'Car' Somersault, Barrel Roll, And Keep Driving Like A Boss

Shannon Campbell's got a well-earned reputation as an unstoppable off-road racer. Ride along with him as he somersaults, then barrel rolls his 600+ horsepower "car" at race pace... then powers-on and keeps on charging ahead soon as his wheels hit the dirt again. We say "car" because of course this...

Jul 15, 2025

How Land Rover, Land Cruiser, And Jeep Owners See Each Other

The "holy trinity" of off-road brands (at least in the US) is Land Rover, Toyota, and Jeep. So a reader and off-road enthusiast has cooked up this hilarious key illustrating each brand's stereotype... according to rival enthusiasts. ...

Jul 15, 2025

The Audi Q8 EV SUV Comes With More Power Than An R8 E-Tron

Here's your sneak peek at Audi's top of the range forever coming Model X. The Q8 also plays a vital role in Audi's electric car strategy. I got the impression at the Geneva Motor Show that Audi only presented the fancy hybrid wagon to prove that it's indeed possible to...

Jul 15, 2025

Watch Engineers Beat The Bejesus Out Of A 2016 Nissan Titan Diesel

Here's how the Cummins-diesel powered was bumped, shaken, and slammed all over America to simulate about 350,000 miles of regular use, work, and off-road driving. Video's heavy on marketing rhetoric (and goofy iMovie title screens), but who doesn't love seeing a prototype get its butt kicked?! The testing we're seeing...

Jul 15, 2025

This Restomod Army Truck Is The Cleanest And Coolest 'Deuce And A Half'

M35 "deuce and a half" army trucks are surprisingly easy to come by. If you can't find one rotting in some farmer's field, there are always a handful selling cheap at . But I've never seen one re-imagined as beautifully as this. This particular 1978 M35A2 was just for sale...

Jul 15, 2025

2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty: Here's The First Real Picture!

Here it is in all its naked glory: the next pickup truck. This is what the 2017 Ford F-250, F-350, and F-450 will look like. What do you think? This picture came to us with no context or information, so no news on power, equipment, or capability. But Ford recently...

Jul 15, 2025

We're Getting A New Jeep Pickup Concept This Month

Will Jeep finally sell a pickup?! I mean, no... but I'm still looking forward to the seven special Jeep prototypes we'll see at the 2015 Easter Jeep Safari in two weeks, especially this vaguely Chevy Avalanchey Wrangler rendition. Easter Jeep Safari is probably the biggest annual gathering of Jeep nerds...

Jul 15, 2025