This Lake Bound Pickup Is Oddly Beautiful

Time for your daily dose of derelict trucks rusting in their final resting place. Today's entry comes from Dave Clark. He spotted what he identifies as a "1950's truck" in a swamp of Manitoba's Whiteshell Provincial Park when he was a kid, and returned almost two decades later to find...

Dec 22, 2024

2014 GM Full-Size Trucks Spontaneously Combusting, Recall Issued

and pretty much everyone else covering trucks on the internet is reporting that General Motors has just issued a recall on 370,000 2014 Silverado and Sierras sold in North America due to fires erupting from an overheated exhaust system. 303,000 of those trucks in the US, the rest are in...

Dec 22, 2024

British Tuner's Take On The Performance SUV: Qashqai-R

British GT-R tuner (SVM) has executed a new approach to the performance SUV— packing performance parts and the powerplant from an R35 into Nissan's 7-passenger Qashqai. The Qashqai, which I've just learned is a population of Islamic people living primarily in Iran, is also Nissan's slightly-bigger-than-a-Rouge cute ute made for...

Dec 22, 2024

2015 GMC Canyon Specs And First Photos

Photos and details of the 2015 GMC Canyon were released at midnight confirming some of our , but there will be a manual and it sure does look sharp with that Sierra front grille. Base, SLE, and SLT trim levels will be available, with 2WD and 4WD as options for...

Dec 22, 2024

The 2015 GMC Canyon Is A Legitimate Tacoma Fighter

You've seen the PR photos and read the , now Truck Yeah! has witnessed the official unveiling of . There's now finally a real alternative for those of you who wanted a smaller truck but didn't like the Tacoma or Frontier. If you've got the modern definition of "small" in...

Dec 22, 2024

2015 Ford F-150: This Is It

The has been revealed. The weight savings are massive, 2.7 liter EcoBoost engine is a reality, and the look is pretty far off from the Atlas concept we've been dissecting for the past year. The fully boxed ladder frame remains, but built with steel that's both stronger and lighter than...

Dec 22, 2024

The 2015 Ford F-150 Looks Even Better Live

At the reveal Bill Ford trotted out what he hopes to be a "tougher and smarter" look for their iconic pickup. With tidy proportions, an imposing face and a glorious panoramic sunroof, that look is good. The regular cab two-door, SuperCab extended, and SuperCrew full four-door layouts are back. The...

Dec 22, 2024

NASCAR Truck Designs To Match New Full-Sized Pickups

The NASCAR truck series had to hold off on sharing their new designs until the 2015 F-Series was released here in , but here's the first image I've seen of the racing vehicles as shared by NASCAR reporter . Stay tuned for official photos and liveries, which could be released...

Dec 22, 2024

Why The 2015 Ford F-150 Is Better For The Environment Than The Prius

If you look at fuel economy in miles-per-gallon, the statement above sounds insane. Look at it in gallons-per-mile, and the societal benefit of improving a guzzler's efficiency outweighs improving a fuel sipper. That means the could do more to reduce fuel consumption than the Prius. This was pointed out to...

Dec 22, 2024

Recognize The F-150's Forefather

Time for your daily dose of derelict trucks rusting in their final resting place. With the release of the 2015 Ford F-150 finally upon us, it felt appropriate to recognize its (great?) granddad on today's Rust In Peace. This would have been one of the very first F-Series trucks, built...

Dec 22, 2024

Someone Wants To Bring Rear Louvered Spoilers To Future Pickups

Hidden between a supply closet and the toilets at AISIN's stand was a 1:10th-ish scale model of an anonymous pickup with a slanted louver/spoiler setup looking like an Escalade EXT that wandered onto the set of Death Race. AISIN is not some goofy garage outfit struggling to get a booth...

Dec 22, 2024

Tesla's VP Laughed At Me When I Asked About Their Pickup Truck

Tesla's VP of Worldwide Sales and Service Jerome Guillen was kind enough to take questions after the least eventful press conference I've seen at the Detroit Auto Show, but he "does not know where rumors came from" about a utility or pickup from his company. Those came from Elon Musk,...

Dec 22, 2024

Power Wagon Turned Planter

Time for your daily dose of derelict trucks rusting in their final resting place. This dead Dodge was spotted near Waverly, Ohio in 2006. That badass winch caught my attention right away, and the front bumper looks big enough to park a rocking chair on and enjoy a view of...

Dec 22, 2024

A Ford Raptor Is Less Fun In Gridlock

I'm wedged in the back seat of a Raptor SuperCab with Zac and a stack of suitcases as fearless leader Hardigree battles Detroit traffic. Raphael's relaxing in heated-seat comfort up front; I don't think he can even feel my pointy knees jabbing into the back of the truck's over-bolstered front...

Dec 22, 2024

Iveco Doin' It At Dakar This Year

Dutchman Gerard De Rooy is leading the trucks in Dakar overall with an FTP Cursor 13 powered Iveco Powerstar, and looking damn good doing it. He's easy to spot— a truck without a cab-over engine is rare at Dakar, and Iveco's signature team teal stands out in the desert like...

Dec 22, 2024