Home Made Toyota Prius Pickup Blowing Minds Across California

Tesla might want to reconsider shunning that idea after they see this kickass Prius pickup conversion. Reader venivelovici spotted this thing running around Ventura County, CA a couple days ago. Doesn't look like the cleanest conversion per se, but you've gotta admire the innovative spirt of whoever took a Sawzall...

Dec 11, 2024

2015 Porsche Macan Turbo Track Attack Video

Travis regaled the as a damn fine vehicle to run on track, and it looks like he's on to something. Here's some video evidence that Porsche's performance cute ute can tear up the tarmac. Autocar's Steve Sutcliffe calls it "more high-riding Cayman than junior Cayenne." So whether you want to...

Dec 11, 2024

2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 High Country: The Truck Yeah! Review

As recently as last month I would have considered myself a stark opponent of on-road biased pickups. I'm still not in love with the idea, but a few days in a 2014 Chevrolet Silverado High Country taught me to stop worrying and accept the glam truck for what it is—...

Dec 11, 2024

Nissan Frontiers Recalled Over Circuits Installed Backwards

Some 13,000 2012 to 2014 Nissan Frontiers are being recalled due to a circuit that was installed backwards, resulting in an overheat and potentially causing a fire. You'd think one of the few benefits of never changing a model would be really nailing that assembly process, but apparently that isn't...

Dec 11, 2024

​Over 1 Ton Of Cocaine Stashed In Dakar Truck Tires Seized By Police

French authorities have made "one of their largest cocaine seizures in years" finding 1.393 tons of the drug in plastic bags hidden in the tires of an 8x8 Dakar support truck belonging to the Spanish Epsilon Team. As OppositeLock author brought to our attention today, "two members of the Spanish...

Dec 11, 2024

EPA Confirms Better Gas Mileage For 2015 GM Full-Size SUVs

GM has been boasting about a "10% improvement in fuel economy over the outgoing models" for the 2015 Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade. The EPA has now released the figures to substantiate that claim. The standard engine in the 2015 Suburban, Tahoe, Yukon, and Yukon XL...

Dec 11, 2024

A Brief History Of Australia's Car-Truck 'Ute' On Its 80th Birthday

Ford is decreeing today the 80th anniversary of the Australian-invented car-based roadgoing pickup known as the 'ute,' and in recognition we found a bit of backstory on the practical utility cars so beloved in the Land Down Under. The story begins in a rural corner of Victoria, Australia way east...

Dec 11, 2024

A Reader's Fondly Remembered 2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Oppositelock poster made some good memories in his father's 2004 Chevy Silverado DoubleCab, complete with 35's and some racing-flag trim. Here's what he had to share about his experiences with the truck. ...

Dec 11, 2024

1,700 Horsepower Chevrolet Silverado Dominates Drag Strip

If you haven't seen the quarter-mile world record holding drag truck's 8.07 second run, it's worth watching just to hear a 1,700 horsepower Chevy Silverado idle. The record this truck holds specifically is for "1999 and newer Chevy pickups." That might not be the most populated category of competition, but...

Dec 11, 2024

Winter Weather Torture Testing For The 2015 Ford F-150

The has hooning around snow-covered northern Michigan in the name of cold-weather testing. Here's a look at what the truck's "snow testers" got up to and how it performed in the powder, appropriately set to Vivaldi's Winter Concerto. Ford describes its winter tests as "grueling, torturous and treacherous off-road tests...

Dec 11, 2024

Brabus Kit Tries To Turn Range Rover Sport Into Very Large Hot Hatch

Loud and proud luxury tuner Brabus has a new widebody kit for the through their subsidiary STARTECH, which drops and stretches the SUV into a performance hatchback look. I dare say, I think they're pulling it off. There's something kind of cool about this inherently impractical marriage of styles. It's...

Dec 11, 2024

Top 12 Cutest Dogs In Land Rovers For 'National Love Your Pet Day'

February 20 was "National Love Your Pet Day," and Land Rover's venerable PR machine swooped in to get some airtime out of it. Normally we make fun of that kind of thing but I think we'll give them a pass, because puppies. Land Rover put a Facebook together featuring owner-submitted...

Dec 11, 2024

Poll: Tell Us Who Really Builds 'The Best' Pickup Truck

Whether you drive the same truck your grandpa did or you're the only pickup owner on your block, Truck Yeah! wants to know which pickup truck badge you stand behind and why. Pickup truck brand allegiances can get pretty serious, some talk about the truck they drive like it was...

Dec 11, 2024

A Reader Reviews His Adventure-Going Toyota Land Cruiser

Hammerheadfistpunch has been building his 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser FZJ80 for some time, and he's given us some great photos of his off-road adventures in it. Here's his performance review of his SUV. ...

Dec 11, 2024

First 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Pickups Shipping To Palm-Rubbing Dealers

Yesterday the first batch of trucks began shipping out to Ram dealers from Chrysler's Warren, MI Truck Assembly Plant. The wait to see how America's new diesel-powered half ton performs in the field is almost over! The EPA signed off on some pretty impressive figures for the new EcoDiesel, convincing...

Dec 11, 2024