These Shade-Tree Mechanics Know How To Make A Real Range Rover Pickup

Yesterday the always-extreme luxotuner /Startech , and bedazzled the rest of the thing with fender flares, carbon accents, and 11"-wide wheels. Meanwhile some folks in Seattle made their own Range Rover truck and it's way, way better. Apparently this monster was spotted in Wallingford, Washington. Looks like somebody took a...

Jul 16, 2025

In Dubai, Off-Roading Big Ass SUVs Is All About Momentum

A 2014 Toyota Land Cruiser weighs about 5,875 pounds and despite all the heritage, is not something I would consider as a proper off-road vehicle. In Dubai though, the playing field is a bit crazier. Endless sand dunes and camels on the loose wherever you look once outside the city....

Jul 16, 2025

Land Rover's New Heritage Division Restores And Lends Out Classic SUVs

Land Rover's just formed a new Heritage division that will produce new, warrantied parts for their . This is exciting for non-owners too; Land Rover's going to set up opportunities for you to drive their classics at a 200-acre off-road area in Warwickshire, England. Land Rover Heritage, just like the...

Jul 16, 2025

Things That Need To Happen: Mad Max Power Wheels

Let's say your little Seymour or Brynleee wants a Power Wheels car, but they're not like the other kids. They think Barbie's Mustang is for cowards, the F-150 isn't menacing enough, and the Jeep lacks outright slaughtering power. What do you get for your lil' desert warlord? You get them...

Jul 16, 2025

Something Got Lost In Translation With The 2016 Fiat 500X

I’m not sure if you’ve heard, but sub-compact crossovers are so hot right now. They’re practical, have a modicum of capability, and are perfect for the urban-dwelling, active lifestyle 20-somethings that rule the Kingdom of Powerpoint. The should be the standard-bearer for the segment. But it’s not, and I can’t...

Jul 16, 2025

2015 Cadillac Escalade: We Found Out If It's Really $90,000 Worth Of SUV

Still think of and vapid housewives with mafia connections when you see a? So did I. Then I drove the thing and holy crap– it’s comfortable, high-tech, and smooth as hot butter on a bowling lane. (: GM wanted me to try out their new Escalade so bad they lent...

Jul 16, 2025

The GLC Concept Is The Future Of All Mercedes SUVs

If you thought the is a nicer SUV than a BMW X6 but remains a bit too large for your needs, gaze upon the new GLC Coupe, which is the same, only smaller. Mercedes says the GLC is “a near-production-standard study which gives a foretaste of future SUV models from...

Jul 16, 2025

Honda Imagines This Lifted Tuner Car As Their Flagship In China

This is the 2015 Honda D Concept, which Honda says “shows the direction of a mass-production SUV model” they’re already working on exclusively for China. Looks straight out of the now-defunct import tuner mags I used to read in high school, and actually kind of awesome. Honda’s official spec sheet...

Jul 16, 2025

This Is Just 22 Minutes Of Turbo Truck Drag Racing

As somebody who grew up in Europe, I don’t know much about drag racing, and even less about crazy dragster trucks. Yet I just couldn’t stop watching these beasts go fast in a straight line one after another. Why build when you could also end up with an awesome car...

Jul 16, 2025

Why You Don't Want The Manual Transmission 2015 Chevy Colorado

Believe me, it hurt more to write that headline than it did to read it. But after spending some quality time in the , I can’t imagine a universe where it makes sense to buy it. (: I begged Chevy to let me try the Colorado manual. I dig that...

Jul 16, 2025

This Vehicle Is The Very Essence Of Utility, And Not One Bolt More

If you boiled down the idea of a pickup truck to its most minimalistic incarnation, you’d have this. I’m not sure what this little motorized rickshaw is exactly, but I’m hoping one of you can tell me. It looks like it takes bigger balls to drive than any heavy-duty diesel-powered...

Jul 16, 2025

This Classic Ford Bronco Was Pulled Out Of A Junkyard To Race Baja Again

The motorstorm of retro off-road awesomeness that is the NORRA Mexican 1000 takes over Baja next week. Among this year’s is this badass Bronco; it won the race almost forty years ago, ended up a derelict in a desert junkyard, and is returning with a legendary driver and a fresh...

Jul 16, 2025

Why The 2015 Subaru Outback Is The Lamest Car You'll Ever Love

I hated the when I first met it. Interior on the ugly side of bland, acceleration of a pedi-cab. But it’s comfortable, it’s roomy, reasonably efficient, , and holy crap am I describing the perfect vehicle? The 2015 Subaru Outback looks a lot like the 2014 Subaru Outback but swaps...

Jul 16, 2025

This Modified Defender Pick-Up Is Cool and Idiotic

When I first saw the take on the iconic Defender pick-up, my brain almost seized up like a ‘50s mainframe computer that you asked “what love is.” The part of my brain that registers cool things was fighting with the part of my brain that fetishizes pickup space utilization, and...

Jul 16, 2025

This Crazy Ford F-250 In Dubai Is A Massive Middle Finger In The Sand

This lifted 1972 Ford pickup called ‘Sloppy’ is more like a speedboat than anything else. You pretty much have to steer it with the gas in the desert and it will jump around more than House of Pain. It’s pure gold. If you think doesn’t make too much sense in...

Jul 16, 2025