Police Acquisition Of Army Vehicle Enrages Internet Commenters

On December 17th the police department in Salinas, California unveiled a new "Armored Rescue Vehicle" that'll shield officers from bullets and grenades but cannot, they're learning, shield them from the barrage of negative comments from the public. From the department's : Dale O: Lifesaving? BS. Trigger happy pigs now have...

Dec 22, 2024

Someone Turned This School Bus Into A Rolling Resturant

When a big yellow Thomas FS-65 rumbled up with a Generac 8000E strapped to the back and "Cool Bus" written in place of a destination, I assumed it was a family band or just a bunch of hippies. But when I noticed the "cafe" text and menu I realized I...

Dec 22, 2024

San Diego's Off Road Police Have An Incredible, Bad Ass Fleet

Despite the goofy local news tone of this CBS filler piece on San Diego's Off Road Enforcement Team, it's worth a watch— if only for the four-seat buggy in police livery. Apparently officers on this beat pull shifts as long as fourteen hours as volunteers, which is mighty selfless of...

Dec 22, 2024

Dakar '700 Vehicles Closer' After Massive Delivery By Sea

After 19 days at sea, 700 Dakar vehicles have been delivered to the port of Campana, Argentina bringing the race one big step closer to full readiness. Cars, trucks, motorcycles, buggies, and a heap of journalist's minivans were transported across the Atlantic and unloaded from the Grande Roma; a 44,000...

Dec 22, 2024

A Subaru-Powered Hybrid Truck May Replace The US Army's HUMVEE

This mean green machine creatively named the "Ultra Light Vehicle" (ULV) might be America's next go-to Army truck, and it's propelled by a Subaru diesel-electric hybrid engine. In 2010, the Secretary of Defense commissioned the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to build a new lightweight runabout for...

Dec 22, 2024

Ridiculous Vehicle Recovery, Russian Style

The pilot of this CR-V mistakenly thought the cute ute was light enough to traverse a thinly frozen lake. The rig was essentially submerged, but locals were able to extract it with wood, rope, and good old fashioned Russian ingenuity. It's amazing what you can accomplish with mechanical advantage, keep...

Dec 22, 2024

See Every Land Rover Camel Trophy Race In This 90 Minute Movie

Any off-road enthusiast will appreciate this feature-length movie following the last decade of the Camel Trophy, but Land Rover fans will want an extra set of underpants handy before pressing play. The Camel Trophy was an off-road race Land Rover took over like a caribbean island and turned into their...

Dec 22, 2024

Super Cute Tiny Treaded Vehicles Of The Swedish Military

The Swedish Armed Forces have purchased 102 BvS10 treaded vehicles to add to their existing fleet of 48 from BAE Systems at about $1.18 million a piece. And who could blame them, isn't this just the most precious people mover you've ever seen? The Dutch, French and British Armed Forces...

Dec 22, 2024

Jamaica's Eclectic Military Motorpool Upgraded With Aussie Armor

The has just ordered twelve Bushmaster troop carriers from Thales Australia. When they're delivered in 2015, they'll be the most powerful machines in a decidedly diverse motorpool. The Bushmasters will replace Jamaica's Cadillac Gage V-150 Commandos, smaller armored cars of designs dating back to the Vietnam era. With a 7.2...

Dec 22, 2024

Robby Gordon's New Truck: 300 HP For Dakar, 1200 For The Street

Robby Gordon will hit the gas on his tenth Dakar when the lights go green in Rosario, Argentina on January 5th. His headlining the epic event is nothing new, but what he'll be driving this year certainly is: A car he says he's going to sell to the public. Team...

Dec 22, 2024

Chinese Patent For Range Rover Evoque Rally Rig Found

Our friends at have sent along some images from the Chinese patent office that look like a rally-ready Range Rover Evoque, which they speculate may be a new trim level for the Chinese market. The mud flaps and hood scoop seem a bit uncivilized for a road-registrable Rover, but CNC...

Dec 22, 2024

Wildest Off-Road Conversions

Truck lovers have been called conservative, but that hasn't stopped some from building insane off-roaders out of just about anything. The you showed us were amazing, now let's see what kind of automotive bastardizations you've seen wheeling. The maniac responsible for this perverted franken-Datsun is now offering it on for...

Dec 22, 2024

New Dakar Montages Will Get You Ready For The Rally

Dakar Rally organizers and Argentina's tourism department are cranking out video montages to get you pumped about the rally kicking off in just a couple days. It's working for me— check out these clips of some badass support trucks from years past. The other collections include "People along the route,"...

Dec 22, 2024

Track Snow Plows To Plot Your Way Home Tonight

has issued a "snow alert" and activated this to give citizens an idea of when they can expect their streets to be cleared. Whether you're too stubborn to swap your summer tires or you just don't want to get stuck behind a salt spreader, knowing where the plows are can...

Dec 22, 2024

Where To Watch The Dakar Rally

Dakar has 13 cameramen, three helicopters, five TV cars, and a 250 person media crew documenting the 2014 race. Here's some key info on where to find everything they'll be recording. For those watching in the USA, NBC Sports Network (DIRECTV Channel 220 / Dish Network Channel 159 / AT&T...

Dec 22, 2024