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By Noah Washington on
Chevrolet’s 13,000-pound Duramax and its 8,700-pound ZR2 share an engine. The tow chart shows only 300 pounds is a direct ZR2 loss. The other 4,000 pounds appears when Max Trailering raises GCWR.
By Denis Flierl on
GM issued TSB 25-NA-307 for 2025-2026 Chevy Silverado 3.0L Duramax trucks over a critical thrust bearing defect destroying engines. With replacement blocks on a 16-week backlog, owners face monthly payments on dead trucks without an official recall.
By Denis Flierl on
Ford’s $30K EV truck uses "unicasting" to slash factory costs and replace 146 steel parts. But replacing stamped steel with brittle aluminum subframes could create an insurance crisis in which minor fender benders total the truck due to repair costs.
By Denis Flierl on
A 2026 Ford F-150 Lariat owner arrived home with a $65K tow-equipped truck only to find a plastic coin holder where the trailer brake controller belongs. Ford dealer parts counters confirm there is currently no factory retrofit fix or software calibration
By Armen Hareyan on
Chevy's next Camaro may pack a 500-horsepower V8 and a stick shift, but Torque News' Tim Healey says GM is still missing the one thing that actually killed the last one.
By Tim Healey on
Here’s how current Honda Ridgeline owners and enthusiasts are reacting to what Honda teased yesterday.
By John Goreham on
Do you love the look of piano black trim, but avoid it because it scratches easily and looks cheap after just weeks? Great News. Honda now offers durable piano black you can't scratch.
By Noah Washington on
A Rivian R1S completed 828 towing miles with a 19-foot inTech Sol Horizon while averaging about 1.2 mi/kWh in both directions. The result makes long-distance electric towing look practical, but it cannot answer the separate safety questions about payload,
By Noah Washington on
A Cybertruck’s Sentry Mode flashed its headlights at passing pedestrians, then failed to save footage when people smeared hot dogs across the truck hours later. The miss shows why more storage can preserve evidence only after Tesla’s security system decid
By John Goreham on
The 2026 Subaru Outback solves an age-old rattle that drives almost all vehicle owners crazy.
By Denis Flierl on
A 2026 Ram 1500 Hurricane twin-turbo pulled a 7,500-lb trailer up a steep mountain pass, but severe thermal spikes and trailer brake module failures halted the climb. Here is my full technical breakdown of the engine heat and electronic risks.
By Denis Flierl on
A California 2024 Toyota Tundra engine suffered a catastrophic failure at 25,101 miles while towing a camper. The breakdown left the owner stranded with a $400 lost reservation and denied AAA coverage, highlighting a growing V35A twin-turbo V6 crisis.
By Rob Enderle on
While Elon Musk overpromised a massive robotaxi revolution, Waymo silently achieved dominance by delivering thousands of driverless rides, proving methodical engineering always defeats ungrounded marketing hype and hollow corporate promises.
By Rob Enderle on
As autonomous vehicles prove their safety, the next massive hurdle isn't technological but political. Automakers must navigate fierce labor resistance before self-driving cars and robots entirely replace human commercial drivers.