Mack Trucks Has A New Logo, What Do You Think?

Mack Trucks has dropped the rolly-polly pup and classic swept-letter text in their logo, recasting the bulldog as a mean, angular, robo-dog and ditching the whimsical cursive lettering altogether. In response to why Mack decided their image needed a facelift, they just cut a few pages out their PR thesaurus....

Dec 12, 2024

Crazy Spectator Almost Dies For A Picture With A Speeding Race Truck

A spectator at this year's reckoned it was worth the risk of stepping in front of a racing vehicle running full-noise for an epic profile picture. This video captures one seriously ass-clenching close call. Pro tip: Do not walk in the path of a competing race vehicle. Really, any moving...

Dec 12, 2024

Maserati SUV Production Planned For 2015

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has confirmed that their Mirafiori factory is slated to start building the SUV as soon as next year. Marchionne told "We are getting Mirafiori ready for production [of the Maserati Levante SUV]. The first bodies are expected for 2015," on the sidelines of the Geneva Motor...

Dec 12, 2024

Diesel Manual VW Amarok Pickup Taunting Us At A Michigan Dealership

A reader spotted this Volkswagen Amarok pickup at an Ann Arbor, Michigan dealership looking fresh out of the service department. He even confirmed it was a 2.0 TDI with a six-speed manual, making the burn that we can't buy it so much worse. Volkswagen occasionally brings over to taunt journalists...

Dec 12, 2024

2015 Ford Power Stroke Diesel Can Move 40,000 Pounds

The second generation of Ford's 6.7 Power Stroke V8 will be the heart of the 2015 F-Series Super Duty trucks with 440 hp, 860 lb-ft of torque, and a 40,000 pound total weight rating in their biggest pickup. All of which surpass the capabilities of competitors. The 6.6 Duramax diesel...

Dec 12, 2024

Desert Racing Video Overload From The 2014 San Felipe 250

Not every spectator at the San Felipe 250 was , some actually grabbed some great footage of the race. Here are some of the best short videos of trucks and buggies bombing over bumps at SCORE International's most recent desert race. Vildosola Racing got a cool clip together, though of...

Dec 12, 2024

2015 Mercedes Sprinter 4x4 Will Be The Only All-Terrain Van In The US

The stalwart and versatile Sprinter Van is getting a big boost in tough-terrain capability with a 4x4 system, low-range gearing, and body lift for the US market next year. Mercedes-Benz maintains that the Sprinter 4x4 is "not an off-roader," but it will definitely give cargo-carriers more flexibility in where they...

Dec 12, 2024

Ted Nugent Was An Off-Road Racer

You probably know is a famous rock n' roller/redneck Jesus lookalike, but it wasn't until this 34-year-old photo popped up on my screen that I realized he also threw down in professional off-road truck racing. Photographer Randy Rasmussen captured the rock star with what he identified as a "state of...

Dec 12, 2024

Record Racer Registration For 2014 Mint 400 Desert Race

The 2014 Mint 400 desert race in Las Vegas next weekend has set a new record for entries with 300 total as of this morning, 57 of which are trophy trucks. It's going to be one hell of a field for this year's event. I spot plenty of rigs based...

Dec 12, 2024

Off-Roading Redneck Breaks Fall, Windshield With His Face

Hey, a Rural Willys pickup truck plowing through mud! That's pretty cool, sure hope he makes it over that bump. He doesn't? At least he's got the finest safety technology the 1950's had to offer. Not even that? Come on man, those windshields can't be easy to find. I don't...

Dec 12, 2024

Epic Exhaust Face-Off: Rolling Coal Vs. Hello Kitty

Would you rather have the likeness of a Japanamated cat purring out your unfiltered emissions, or a set of trash barrel-sized tubes belching blackness out of your bed? I want to see the truck that can pull off combining the looks... ...

Dec 12, 2024

Let's Help Jimmy Fallon Pick A Pickup Truck

Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon announced on-air that he's in the market for a pickup truck, and was quickly inundated with pitches from Ford, Chevy and Ram on Twitter. Let's help him wade through the PR hootenanny and find him his perfect four-wheeler! On his March 5th show Fallon asked...

Dec 12, 2024

Mercedes G-Wagen 6x6 Also Looks Great In Martini Livery

Tidy Photoshop of what might be the world's most obscene factory pickup truck in everybody's favorite blue-and-red on white Martini F1 team livery. ...

Dec 12, 2024

Ford Bringing Commercial Truck Production Back To America

Ford is moving production of its commercial trucks from Mexico to the United States when production commences on the bodystyle, slated for early 2015. Truck yeah, 'Murica! Ford says they're making a $168 million investment in retooling the Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake near Cleveland, which is currently churning...

Dec 12, 2024

Could There Be A Market For Luxury Construction Vehicles?

CASE dolled up an excavator to match a Ram 3500 Laramie Long Horn, complete with a stitched-leather seat that looks like the best possible place to smoke butts and dig holes from. It's obviously just for show but it made me wonder, what if this was a thing you could...

Dec 12, 2024