Truck Reviews

The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 has received some minor enhancements for 2020.

The Ford Expedition is one of the last few body-on-frame SUVs out there, but it’s also among the best. With a platform that’s shared with the more premium Lincoln Navigator as well as a similar engine, the Expedition may be your budget bet. Here’s a quick take on this pretty impressive new SUV.

Midsize truck sales are booming, and pre-accessorized trucks sell faster and with more margin than their regular counterparts. Chevrolet knows this, which is why you can now get its Colorado ZR2 off-road truck upgraded with parts from American Expedition Vehicles.

The 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is the automotive equivalent of stunt casting. Stuffing a 707 horsepower supercharged V8 under the hood of, well, anything is roughly analogous to tapping in The Rock to take over Robin William’s role in the inevitable remake of Mrs. Doubtfire, a move so outrageously over the top that it’s going to draw attention whether it succeeds or fails.

Pickup trucks are supposed to have V8 engines. For the longest time, they did. But as other powertrains became more efficient, V8 engines have been moved to the wayside in many applications in favor of smaller, more fuel-efficient engines. That trend has moved to the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado.

It seems like every pickup out there has a huge hurdle to clear if they want to be deemed successful.

The 2019 Ram 1500 completely embodies the cliche of working smarter not harder. It packs a ton of features that will make life easier for truck buyers, which will really help it stand out in this market.

The smart and capable 2018 Ford F-150 has been awarded as AutoGuide.com’s Truck of the Year.

Like a keg of black powder stored next to an open hearth, America’s truck segment is about to explode.

Decades and generations of pickup-building expertise culminated in the latest complete generation of the Ford F-150, which launched for model-year 2009 and carried on through 2014.

The city churns out a trail of burned-out brains, dopamine domination, social lives sculpted by pure image, and furious individuals screaming into the blinking blue echo chamber as a defense against their own impotence.

Ford’s run of truck sales dominance can surely be attributed to many things, but one of the biggest is that Ford is constantly working to improve its truck, with updates and new models with legitimate engineering changes coming often, not just paint and plastic packages to keep the truck looking fresh.

With the advances in tire technology, the lines separating different tire types are now razor thin. We have all-terrain tires with incredible off-road performance and dedicated mudders that can still be run on the road without too much compromise.

It’s easy to mistakenly write off a truck like the 2017 Ram 1500 Rebel as overrated when it comes to off-road prowess.

Automotive engineers across the globe fight the same battle to deliver vehicles that suit many purposes and each one faces the same heartless enemy: compromise.

I know exactly where the 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor was born. I have traversed the exact same course that Ford’s development engineers spent countless hours on thrashing the off-road pickup in an effort to fine tune it.

Ford has already proven with its aluminum body that it is willing to take big risks with its best-selling F-150 pickup, and for 2017, the brand is introducing new technology that could ruin the way its best-seller drives.

Pickup trucks are known to be an American phenomenon, with nearly 2 million trucks sold last year. But that doesn’t mean they’re no where to be found in other regions.

The new Nissan Armada is a large, unapologetic, body-on-frame SUV that provides seating for up to eight people and a comfortable ride. But let’s take a look at what this SUV isn’t to really see how it has evolved. 

The words luxury and truck only recently began to be uttered in the same sentence, and in that short time, the array of posh pickups available has exploded.

In what was a heated battle for pickup supremacy, a decision has been made on which new truck is the best of the bunch.

Pickups are big business in the auto industry and there are plenty of new entries on the scene in 2017. While each of these trucks has its pros and cons, we’re here to tell you which of these redesigns resulted in the best product overall.  

Pickups are big business in the auto industry and there are plenty of new entries on the scene in 2017. While each of these trucks has its pros and cons, we’re here to tell you which of these redesigns resulted in the best product overall.  

As the 2017 Ram 2500 Power Wagon climbed the jagged rocks I’m not sure I could climb with my own two feet, it seemed an unstoppable force. 

Towing 5,000 pounds isn’t what it used to be. The weight of steel and wood hasn’t changed but the towing capabilities and capacities of the vehicles responsible for moving them sure have.

Careening through the soft sand and jagged rocks of the California desert, flirting with 100 mph (160 km/h), the 2017 Ford  F-150 Raptor feels completely at home.

Cincinnati-based Workhorse Group has unveiled concept renderings of its W-15 plug-in hybrid electric pickup truck with a goal to deliver trucks in 2018.

There’s a new Nissan Titan in town, but the story isn’t quite as simple as that.

Ford announced this morning its plans to return to the SCORE Baja 1000. This year, Ford will take on the 49th SCORE Baja 1000 in the new 2017 F-150 Raptor in stock full class competition in mid-November. The Raptor race truck will also be on display this week at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.

The makings of a good off-road variant need to start with a solid platform, and the Toyota Tacoma is an ideal place to begin. 

With the all-new Titan lineup, Nissan is pushing into unfamiliar territory. Previous Titan half-ton truck buyers were limited to crew cab models with a V8 under the hood, while the new Titan will offer multiple cab configurations, bed sizes and engines.

Big jobs aren’t the exclusive property of big trucks. In fact, as I needed to make a move from suburbia to the city, I learned that the traditional, large truck just wouldn’t be the most convenient or practical choice.

It has long been the stereotype that pickup trucks are built for the tough types, the kind of people who can prepare the fields and plant the crops but aren’t clever enough to market them in the store with a catchy tagline.

It costs as much as a Lamborghini Aventador, but certainly doesn’t go as fast. It’s as long as two Ford Fiestas, and could probably crush them both.

What’s the best vehicle for drivers who demand utmost luxury, yet live on a mountain top that’s only accessible via an abandoned logging trail?

There’s no denying it; trucks are getting softer, but that’s not such a bad thing.

The soul of country music can be felt in the streets of Nashville, Tennessee. It’s the type of rich heritage that Nissan is trying to capitalize on with the Cummins diesel engine in the new Titan XD, as the brand name alone gives the truck credibility in the same way that playing the Grand Ole Opry meant that you had made it in the country music business.

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The GMC Canyon Diesel is the third and final competitor in the 2016 AutoGuide.com Truck of the Year competition.

The differences that set apart the performance of the modern crop of domestic half-ton pickup trucks are minuscule. 

Another shot has been fired in the best-in-class war going on in the world of heavy duty (HD) pickup trucks and this time it’s Ram holding the smoking gun.

Nissan is not only launching a fully redesigned Titan for 2016, the brand is looking to slot its truck into an entirely new space on the spectrum of pickup trucks. That is the Titan XD’s job.

The  Toyota Tacoma has been sold in its current form for nearly a full decade, getting only minor updates in that time. By today’s fast moving auto market standards, which see some companies replacing models every five years, that is ancient.

Chrysler has a history of making vehicles focused on fun. Just take a look at the “Adult Toys” lineup from the 70’s and you’ll see that the brand is familiar with putting together packages that appeal to the kid in all of us.

A large V8. Seating capacity for three. Rear-wheel drive. For years, this combination was the definition of pickup truck, and while this certainly isn’t the norm anymore, these simple, honest trucks are still out there.

After six months and 10,000 miles, we are saying goodbye to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term tester.

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term test. To read the whole series, click here.

My first real issue with our long-term GMC Canyon has arisen. After four months of driving this truck, the transmission seems to be having some troubles.

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term review. To read previous updates in the series,  click here.

As spring time rolls in, we put our long-term GMC Canyon to the task of helping us get a garden started. Before we could get our vegetables in the ground, we needed a load of topsoil. So a we threw a tarp in the bed to keep it clean and headed for the local garden center to load this truck up. 

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term review. To read previous updates in the series,  click here.

Labeling a vehicle as slow is actually more subjective than you may think. Slow to me, someone who has been lucky enough to ride in some very fast cars, might not feel the same as slow to you.

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term test. To read the whole series, click here.

Our 2015 GMC Canyon tester, outfitted with the 3.6-liter V6 and four-wheel drive, is officially rated to burn 17 MPG in the city and 24 on the highway for a combined rating of 20 MPG. 

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term test. To read the whole series, click here.

Recently, a close friend of mind decided he would like to buy a new GMC Canyon. He proceeded into a dealership, where the salesman immediately directed him to a larger Sierra, saying that he was authorized to give big discounts on the half-ton pickup that couldn’t be done on the Canyon. 

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term test. To read the whole series, click here.

The GMC Canyon has performed admirably in our tests so far, but how is it at towing? Most folks who choose to buy a midsize truck over a half-ton are probably not going to be pulling a heavy trailer regularly, but these trucks have been given an SAE-rated tow rating of 7,000-lbs, so I set out to test the claim.

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term test. To read previous updates in the series, click here.

You can expect wear and tear on any vehicle, but pickup trucks tend to take a beating pretty quickly.

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term test. To read previous updates in the series, click here.

General Motors has not been shy about proclaiming its new midsize pickup truck twins, the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon, as the perfect vehicles for outdoor enthusiasts and it just so happens that I am one.

Welcome back to our 2015 GMC Canyon long-term test. To read the whole series, click here.

Welcome to the first episode in our long-term evaluation of the 2015 GMC Canyon.

There have been three times in my life that I almost bought a compact pickup truck.

The last few years have been especially fruitful for pickup truck innovation.

A half-ton diesel, eight-speed transmissions, tons of new technology and a full aluminum body are just some of the ways in which these workhorses have been changing recently.

There was a time when pickup trucks weren’t expected to do anything but backbreaking work. Some people think of those as “the good old days,” but I respectfully disagree.