Sweet Mother Of Off-Road Fiero Ferrari Jeep Conversions

Someone sent us another half-completed Fiero conversion on Craigslist this morning and I damn near deleted it... but my perverted curiosity implored me investigate. What I found was the unholy spawn of a Wrangler, a fauxrarri, and GM's little targa. With those Jeep slats, dishy wheels, and "supercar" rear-quarter vents...

Dec 11, 2024

Robby Gordon Live Q&A Here Today, 1 PM EST

Robby Gordon, legendary racer of NASCAR, Baja, Dakar, and other kickass motorsport events, will be here on Truck Yeah! between 1:00 and 2:00 PM EST to answer your questions! ...

Dec 11, 2024

Proliferation Of Natural Gas May Change Freight Transportation Forever

Locomotives have relied on diesel engines as their primary propulsion system since the Second World War, but the recent explosion of liquid natural gas availability may nudge railroad companies away from the status quo. The explained that major railroad companies like CSX, Union Pacific, BNSF, and Canadian National are keen...

Dec 11, 2024

Badass Racing Driver Robby Gordon Answered Your Questions

Robby Gordon is a living legend with one of the most diverse trophy cases in racing. On January 24th, 2014 he came through for a live Q&A with Jalopnik readers. Your questions and his answers are in the comments below. Gordon may have had a tough go at this year's...

Dec 11, 2024

Is The Chevrolet Reaper A Real Raptor Killer Or Dealership Side Show?

If imitation is the highest form of flattery, the Ford Raptor should be blushing its face off when the Chevrolet Reaper hits dealerships. Besides a phonetically similar name, the jacked-up Silverado features pretty much the same graphics package as Ford's raging dinosaur. The also packs a Corsa exhaust, Lingenfelter supercharger,...

Dec 11, 2024

Americans Are Like Ravenous Zombies For Range Rovers

Despite Land Rover's Solihull factory cranking out Range Rovers 24 hours a day, the waiting list for a 2014 model is as long as four months in parts of the US. "It is amazing how many people have owned five, six, seven Range Rovers," Land Rover brand president Kim McCullough...

Dec 11, 2024

You'll Want Ken Block's RaptorTRAX Even More Once You See The Bed

dropped pictures of Ken Block's noshing snow in Aspen, quietly revealing a feature I reckon is almost as awesome as those Mattracks: rear-facing racing seats in the bed. Riding in the rear-facers of my aunt's old Volvo wagon was exhilarating as a kid. Multiply that experience by a factor of...

Dec 11, 2024

Richard Hammond Races Ridiculous Trucks On Track And Explodes

Hammond and a grid of pro racers take to the track in a pack of film-support trucks littering the tarmac with pyrotechnics, toilets, and hot dogs in this insane, not-yet-aired Top Gear wacky race. A "no-contact rule" is quickly abandoned and, spoiler alert, there's a lot of carnage. I can...

Dec 11, 2024

Doing The Desert On Big Ol' Chrome Wheels

Chain strip clubs, Waffle House, and Chevy's disco-ball pickup... not the America I'm use to, but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't having a great time with the Silverado High Country in Arizona. I'll have a full review on Truck Yeah! soon. After my first few hours with...

Dec 11, 2024

Ford Subsidising Shops For 2015 F-150 Aluminum Repairs

Many conversations about the have surrounded the potentially high cost of repairing its largely-aluminum body. To the anxiety of dealers and consumers, Ford announced it will pay 20% of what shops will spend on training and gear to fix the new pickup, up to $10,000. With an investment like that...

Dec 11, 2024

Why Is There A Rusty Hover Tank For Sale On Amazon?

This is way cooler than that Nissan Amazon found a , it's a damn five-passenger hovering tank with a kickass stereo and nice patina to boot! Though it sure doesn't look like it could carry five people in the pictures on the unusual , I can't imagine any part of...

Dec 11, 2024

Two Personalities Of Ford's 6.2 V8 In Raptor Vs F-250 Tow Test

The Ford Raptor and 2012 F-250 are very different trucks, but they share the same 6.2 V8. got a chance to pit them both against each other with a challenge that should make 'em both work for it: pulling big trailers over big hills. The F-250's engine is slightly de-tuned...

Dec 11, 2024

Survey Declares Black Pickups Sexy, Offends Pretty Much Everyone Else

In an tastelessly executed attempt to increase the click-baitiness of their blog, an insurance peddler surveyed "2,000 licensed drivers" and has now decreed that big black Ford pickups are sexy, mailmen are gross, and the way to a woman's heart is "large gifts from Crate & Barrel." Here's how women...

Dec 11, 2024

Guy On Craigslist Claims This BMW E30 Pickup Is 'Factory Authorized'

I mean, I don't think there's any way BMW officially sanctioned two E30 coupes to be chopped into targa topped pickups, but then again 1984 was a wild time and cocaine is a hell of a drug. According to the the car's a 1984 323i with one hell of a...

Dec 11, 2024

We Need More Wild And Wide-Eyed Entrepreneurs Building Trucks

The car world has plenty of high-performance builders operating outside the realm of the major marquees— We see things like the pop up almost every year. They're the ones breaking barriers of design, and I want these people to start applying their batshit ideas to trucks. I'm not demanding more...

Dec 11, 2024