Pickup Trucks (Page 69)

Both automakers are selling all the mid-size trucks they can make. Here is how they will make more.

Toyota has massive plans for the 2016 Chicago Auto Show, including a long list of vehicles including some race cars, specially customized show vehicles, concept cars, the newest production vehicles and interactive displays – including the opportunity to drive the new RAV4 inside of Chicago’s McCormick Place.

Ford Motor Company has announced they are taking a 2017 Raptor F150 off-road racing in the factory stock racing class of the Best in the Desert series, which will help to show off how rugged this new Raptor will be in the roughest conditions possible – and almost entirely with the same components that will be featured on the production road truck.

Are January’s sales an indicator of a broader trend?

A while back, some pictures surfaced showing what was believed to be a Ford F150 test truck with a diesel engine and while those pictures were rejected by some as proof of anything – this new video leaves absolutely no question that Ford is definitely tinkering with a diesel F150.

I recently had a chance to spend a week testing the 2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road and after putting it through all of the same punishment as I do the larger half-ton trucks, this truck impressed me in every way like no “small” truck I have tested – from off-roading to towing to everyday driving, the Tacoma TRD Off-Road rocks.

Ford Motor Company has announced that all 2017 F150 pickups with an EcoBoost engine and while some people will complain about too much technology increasing the cost to consumers – this is a simple technology that is spreading across the industry, and it should be embraced.

The 2016 GMC All Terrain X adds to the already impressive capabilities of the Sierra

The Ram Rebel has been announced as Four Wheeler Magazine’s Truck of the Year, beating out the Chevy Colorado Z71 Diesel, the Nissan Titan XD PRO-4X Diesel and the Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road in one of the most grueling truck competitions in the industry.

Jay Leno has announced that he will auction off his 1 of 1 2000 Ford Harley Davidson F150 later this month at the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the proceeds going to support the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

In the past few weeks, I have seen people posting in discussions about the 2017 Ford Raptor F150 that the 3.5L EcoBoost under the hood is the same 600+ horsepower mill from the new Ford GT supercar – but that isn’t going to be the case.

We have compiled the top 25 bestselling vehicles in the American auto industry and while the Ford F Series was once again at the head of a very familiar class, there was one key change – with the Toyota Prius leaving the top 25 and the Jeep Wrangler jumping onto the list.

The Chrysler Group has confirmed that there will be a Jeep Wrangler pickup coming sometime in 2017, but what should we really expect from the small Jeep truck? Today, I bring you a few thoughts on what the Wrangler pickup might look like when it finally arrives.

Those folks who attend the Detroit Auto Show over the next week and a half will have a chance to virtually drive the Dodge Viper, the Ford GT supercar, the Shelby GT350 Mustang and a host of other vehicles – some of which actually allow spectators to sit in the actual vehicle while using the driving simulator.

The all-new Titan XD just launched in December and at the Detroit show, it’s being celebrated with an extreme design study called the Warrior Concept. This extreme XD is aggressively targeting off-road as its focus and it’s friggin awesome.

Ford Motor Company introduced a new SuperCrew version of the 2017 Raptor F150 at this week’s Detroit Auto Show, but they still haven’t offered up all of the vital specs on the newest high performance SVT pickup.

Ford Motor Company announced today at the Detroit Auto Show that the 2015-2016 Mustang and the 2017 Raptor F150 will go on sale in Lego form in March – with both of these cars joining the Lego Speed Champions collection.

Petersen’s 4-Wheel and Off-Road 4X4 puts Toyota Tacoma ahead of Chevrolet Colorado Z71 Duramax Diesel.

The sales figures from around the industry for 2015 are in and for the 34th consecutive year, the Ford F-Series lineup led by the 2015 F150 combined to be the bestselling vehicle in America – beating the Chevrolet Silverado, the Ram Pickup, the Toyota Camry and everyone else.

2015 Was a banner year of sales for the Toyota Tacoma. The reasons Tacoma won the sales race are not what you may think..

Ford Motor Company has just announced their sales totals for December 2015 and the entire 2015 calendar year and with 85,211 F Series trucks sold in December – Ford saw its best monthly truck sales in more than a decade. So much for Americans shying away from aluminum trucks.

Ford’s Mark Fields commented a while back that the Motor Company will have a hybrid F150 by the end of the decade and while that makes sense, both General Motors and Chrysler have tried unsuccessfully to launch large hybrid trucks or SUVs – so can Ford really make a similar truck work by 2020? I think so.

The driver in this video isn't trying to evade an arrest. He is having a diabetic attack. But watch how this deputy heroically jumped into a moving semi-truck at 25 miles per hour to save the life of the driver and others while risking his own.

Ford Motor Company has issued a voluntary recall of 3,218 examples of the 2015 Ford F150 pickup over a concern that the front seatbelt pretensioner system may not be assembled correctly – leading to a greater chance of injury in the event of an accident.

For those who were wondering where the new 2016 Titan XD would fall in the pickup truck price spectrum, the wait is over. The Titan XD is surprisingly low cost for a beefy diesel truck, starting at $40,290 MSRP.

Many new 2016 Toyota Tacomas will come with a very impressive tire choice based on our testing.

Take a look how the 2016 Duramax Chevrolet Colorado is being tested and maneuvers through some rocks in the desert on day 2 of our 4x4 of the year test.

Man buys a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado and puts it to towing test in Australia pulling approximately 10000 lb up a very steep gravel road.

Take a look and see how Four Wheeler Magazine puts the 2016 Chevrolet Colorado Duramax to test during Four Wheeler of the Year testing event. Would you put a new Colorado truck to such a test?

A Land Rover diesel V6 might be Ford’s answer to making the F150 more efficient than the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and while the EcoBoost engines have made Ford the most fuel efficient gas-powered pickup – a small diesel in the F150 could make it the most fuel efficient half ton truck in the segment.