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Under the Hood: What is Torque? What is Horsepower?

Under the Hood: What is Torque? What is Horsepower?

Automakers are always looking for an edge over the competition. Any spec-sheet advantage, no matter how insignificant, is fair game. Engine output is often something they brag about. One vehicle may have more horsepower but a competing car could offer more torque. What’s the difference between these two measurements? What do they mean? Surprisingly these…

Most Watched Videos of the Week: May 5 – May 12, 2013

Each week, we recap the most popular videos from AutoGuide‘s YouTube channel just in case all seven days passed you by and you missed out. This week, AutoGuide travelled out to Texas to check out and review the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado.

2014 Chevy Silverado Texas Edition Revealed

2014 Chevy Silverado Texas Edition Revealed

To celebrate and recognize the bond between trucks and Texans, Chevy has released the 2014 Silverado Texas Edition, that will be offered exclusively in the Lone Star State. 

2014 GMC Sierra Leaked

2014 GMC Sierra Leaked

Details on the next-generation GMC Sierra are starting to surface, and this may be the first look we have at the 2014 model year truck.

Top 10 Best-Selling Vehicles for April 2013

Top 10 Best-Selling Vehicles for April 2013

The sales numbers are in for April 2013, and we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 best-selling cars for last month. Kicking off the list is the Hyundai Elantra with a starting MSRP of $16,965. The compact model from the Korean automaker saw 45.2 percent more sales this year than last in the month…

Top 10 Reasons to Buy a Pickup Truck

Top 10 Reasons to Buy a Pickup Truck

Americans love trucks. We adore them more than fast food, football games and country music. They’re like 4,000-pound hamburgers made with two all-freedom patties, liberty sauce, Willie Nelson, sparklers and Old Glory, sprinkled with bacon bits and built on a sesame-seed frame. Drivers lust after these utility-focused rigs like hungry children crave chicken nuggets; month…

Why Your Pickup Truck’s Tow Rating is BS

Why Your Pickup Truck’s Tow Rating is BS

Trucks are big profit generators for automakers. The half-ton and heavy-duty pickup segments are probably the most fiercely competitive categories in the industry. Brands fight tooth and nail for every sale they can make. To move the metal they’re willing to leverage any and every competitive advantage no matter how small. Not surprisingly this winner-take-all…

Nissan Hires Former RAM CEO

Nissan Hires Former RAM CEO

Nissan might be taking a serous run at the U.S. light-duty truck market when it unveils the next generation Titan.

Ford Exec Sees Room for a Redesigned Ranger in US

Ford Exec Sees Room for a Redesigned Ranger in US

Bringing the Ford Ranger back to the U.S. has been discussed since the first day it left, and one Ford executive thinks that there is a place for Ranger in North America, just not the same one that is sold worldwide.

Tow Rating Standoff to Continue: Report

Tow Rating Standoff to Continue: Report

Ford, Chrysler and General Motors make big business out of light-duty pickup trucks, but they ignore agreed-upon test procedures to measure and standardize towing capacities.

Ford Atlas Concept Development Revealed

Ford Atlas Concept Development Revealed

Ford’s F-Series might as well be an ATM streaming $100 bills into company coffers, which is why it’s so important that the brand makes the most out of each generation.