My New Favorite American Cute Ute Is Indian

General Motors India just pulled the sari off a new mini-SUV concept called the Adra at the Auto Expo in Greater Noida (southeast of New Dehli), and I'll dare to say the folks at GM's Bangalore Technical Centre have pulled off a very tidy little cute ute. Zac called it...

Dec 11, 2024

Snowed In? Watch The 'King Of The Hammers' Desert Race Live This Week

Man, what I'd give to be blasting around in a buggy instead of braving snowpocalpsed New York to get to the airport today. At least I can get the next best thing— live coverage straight from the King Of The Hammers buggy race going down right now! Thanks to dedicated...

Dec 11, 2024

Goofy News Anchors Go Nuts Over Mack Truck Bumping Pickup To Safety

It must get pretty dreary in the office— these guys sure got fired up over this traffic cam footage of some poor bastard in a 2WD pickup getting nudged off an unplowed portion of I-84 by a semi-truck this morning. Well, ok, I may have experienced a little tense anticipation...

Dec 11, 2024

Guys Driving Mars Rover 'Curiosity' Keen To Hit Martian Sand Dune

NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Project is using the SUV-sized rover called "Curiosity" to "assess ancient habitable environments and major changes in Martian environmental conditions." But it might get the chance to huck a sand dune in the name of preserving tires on the way to its next waypoint. Well, not...

Dec 11, 2024

Nissan Is Definitely Planning A Cummins Diesel Frontier

The tarp won't come off this "technical study" Frontier for another ninety minutes, but there's no mistaking the Cummins diesel badge on the front fenders. Cummins reps milling around the stage eliminate any traces of doubt that Nissan is serious about being a serious player in the truck efficiency arms...

Dec 11, 2024

'Toyota TRDPro' Kit Is Pretty Much A New Grille, But It Looks Cool

Toyota's Tundra, Tacoma, and 4Runner trucks just strutted their stuff on Toyota's Chicago Auto Show test track. Despite rumors that this was going to be Toyota's truck to challenge Raptor, that "stuff" is basically a cool FJ40-style grille badge and a few small tweaks. So, how fired up should you...

Dec 11, 2024

Nissan Frontier Cummins Diesel Runner Teases A Bright Future

The freshly-unveiled Nissan Frontier Diesel Runner embodies some great ideas that really gets me fired up about the future of trucks: it's small, it's focused on efficiency, and it's being designed with off-road usage in mind. Regarding whether or not Nissan will actually build it, VP Fred Diaz only offered...

Dec 11, 2024

2015 Ford F-150 Claiming To Be First Pickup With A 'Snow Plow' Button

"Snow Plow Prep" is being added to the options list on the . It's a button-activated mode that temporarily turns off "nonessential" features to dedicate the most possible power to the plow. It will be available on all cab configurations as long as the truck's got the 5.0 V8, 4WD,...

Dec 11, 2024

'The Smoking Tire' Worships The Range Rover LWB... With A Music Video

Matt Farah is unabashedly in love with the new Range Rover. Hard to blame him, they're a treat to ride in regardless of how hard they are to own. This video has some great dust-throwing against a beautiful desert backdrop, plus a bonus at the end that's a little... different....

Dec 11, 2024

Chevy City Express Is The Coolest Cargo Carrier At Chicago Auto Show

The rest of the Jalopnik crew made fun of me for going gaga over the van's cargo management features. Whatever, I say OEM cargo shelves are kickass and I don't care who knows it. I also love the flat surface attached to the back of the passenger seat. The seat...

Dec 11, 2024

2014 Mint 400 Promo: 'Truck Yeah You Need Slo-Mo Sand Jumping'

The Mint 400 is a little over a month away, and the organizers have been kind enough to throw together this epic promo to get you psyched. Remember when Johnny Depp stumbled around the Mint as Hunter S. Thompson In Fear & Loathing? I can't promise our coverage will be...

Dec 11, 2024

Chevy Silverado Reaper Might Have The Balls To Excuse Its Looks

I finally saw the beyond the confines of a Photoshop-scape yesterday at the Chicago Auto Show, and learned a few things about it that might make you reconsider writing it off over that wacky face. To answer your first question, yes, the name and graphic is an intentional troll on...

Dec 11, 2024

2015 Silverado & Sierra 2500 HD 4WD Crew Cab: The Truck Yeah! Review

GM was officially first to launch a 2015 heavy duty pickup, and it doesn't suck. The redesigned 2015 GMC Sierra 2500 and 2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 are not without fault, but they offer a significantly better towing experience than what the rest of the segment can offer. For now. The...

Dec 11, 2024

Ram's Retort To GM's Towing Comparison Between The Big Three

It's an exciting time to be talking about trucks— every automaker is bending the throttle on innovation in the utility segment and it's all-out war to be king of every comparison. GM impressed me with their intelligent cruise control, but Ram's Nick Cappa wanted to address some things I might...

Dec 11, 2024

TONKA F-150: A Surprisingly Well-Executed Appeal To Your Inner Child

The bright-yellow F-150 emblazoned with TONKA logos at the Chicago Auto Show was hard to miss, even though it was wedged behind Ford's main display in the commercial truck section. The style's not for everybody, but the build quality was impressive. The truck's made by a company called Tuscany, which...

Dec 11, 2024