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Some probably stoned and fairly intrepid outdoorsmen of the boreal North watched as a grizzly bear ambled into the back of their pickup truck. They looked death in the gruesome, fuzzy face and laughed. Warning: NSFW language More »
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Today's word of the day: "de-engineered." It's when someone uses a complicated and/or dumb fix to avoid a simple solution — like the Arizona pickup owner who cools his cab with a room-sized air conditioner duct-taped into the rear window. More »
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Remember small(ish) pickup trucks? Remember the Toyota Tacoma? Well this is very likely the 2012 model, due in October, by way of a leaked video retrieved by PickupTrucks.com. Note the new front end, harmonizing it with the latest, fifth-generation 4Runner. More »
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It would be heartening to report that Libya's ragtag rebellion has pushed itself to the brink of victory using their wits to build weapons like this recoilless rifle in a chopped Chinese pickup. But it wouldn't be true. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5814001&view=rss&microfeed=true The City of Coral Gables, Florida is set to restart its ban on overnight pickup truck parking after the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal over the law. The city claims it protects property values. They also hate America. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5812256&view=rss&microfeed=true First, Chrysler wanted to know whether you had the "guts" and "glory" to drive a Ram pickup truck. Now they want to know whether you own the requisite saddle, six-shooter and hat. What next? Are your boots — dusty? More »
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]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5803585&view=rss&microfeed=true The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says it rolled the Ford F-150 and Toyota Tundra something fierce until each earned a "top safety pick." Nissan, GM and Chrysler marketers mumbled they don't care about no poncey safety grade anyways. More »
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With severe drought gripping much of central China this winter, authorities there didn't just sit back and let Mother Nature scrimp on the rain. They blasted it out of the sky, with thousands of rockets launched from pickup trucks. More »
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Ever had your cubicle pals flash an invitation to a party you weren't invited to? Chevy did that today with this teaser of the redone Colorado pickup, which will debut at the Bangkok auto show later this month. More »
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Oh sure, who doesn't want a medium-sized, four-door pickup with a stout yet thrifty diesel engine that doesn't look like the fever dream of a barnyard welder? Thanks to Ssangyong, European and Asian buyers will get one similar to the SUT 1 Concept. More »
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Police in southern Wisconsin have reopened a 28-year-old unsolved murder, hoping a fresh look at the evidence could lead them to the killer of a 34-year-old mother. If you can identify a pickup truck and a jack base, you could help. More »
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The 2014 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon will get GM's new global, body-on-frame small-truck platform. Those trucks will debut in Thailand, the one-ton-pickup-rich country where they'll be built. Unlike the Ford Ranger, though, US buyers are getting GM's Thai takeout. More »
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Ford's decision to top the F-150 with a 3.5-liter turbo V6 instead of the traditional V8 paid off with an official fuel economy rating of 16 mpg city/22 mpg highway, best in its class. How much is gas again? [Ford] More »
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Our recent exploration of converting pickups into semis and vice versa led us to ask one reader for his recollections of this: Kenworth's factory-built pickup, which was nearly destroyed in a feud. More »
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Yesterday's post on the Tennessee fellow who converts pickups into mini semi trucks brought note of a competing business from Kentucky: Turning used medium-duty work trucks into "Big Ass" pickups. Like all southern rivalries, someone's getting called a sissy. More »
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Toyota announced today they've sold two million Prius hybrids globally since 1997. Let's put that in perspective. Toyota's sold less Prii in 13 years than the number (three million) of pickup trucks sold in just 2008 in the U.S. More »
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You've seen the engine, now here's the complete Ecoboost-powered Ford F-150 for the first time. I'm sure the burnout is standard pickup truck driving and has nothing to do with convincing F-150 loyalists to trust a twin-turbo V6. [PickupTrucks.com] More »
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Just in time for the Fourth of July, here’s our ultimate tip for a summer weekend, courtesy of ingenious Hungarians, and a bare-bones Home Depot shopping list. More »
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Let's get one thing clear: We welcome new vehicle manufacturers. We want to see a diverse selection of cars and trucks on American roads. But it's time for a poll — who out there likes the way this thing looks? More »
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Like Howie Long, have you been enviously coveting the 2009 Ford F-150's man step? Now, thanks to the Truck N' Buddy, you can have a similar feature on any pickup of your choosing. More »
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Despite lower gas prices in November, demand for SUVs has faded while sales of pickup trucks have rebounded strongly. Somehow, the spike in gas prices didn’t make pickup trucks uncool. Why? Utility. More »
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The guys over at PickupTrucks.com may have to keep their 2009 Dodge Ram R/T truck review under wraps until August 31, but they can give you one drive impression: That of the California Highway Patrol. Apparently, during testing on public streets, PUTC happened to exceed the speed limit — allegedly, of course — and was nabbed by the boys in blue. So how fast were they going? Taking a page from the White House playbook, Mike Levine of PUTC says he's not going to comment on an ongoing investigation. [PickupTrucks.com; Photo Credit: SeriousWheels] More »
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As if the Scion brand needed another mock-utility vehicle (sure, those xBs can hold plenty of mulch, if not turntables and stacks of vinyl), word comes from the rumor mill that the company's working up a pickup. That from the folks at PickupTruck.com, who say Toyota is considering a small, two-door unibody pickup based visually on the Scion Fuse sports coupe concept, which debuted at last year's New York Auto Show. The two-seater would be dubbed xP, the story goes, cost $12,000 and come with Scion's 2.4-liter four, producing 161 hp and 163 lb-ft of torque. That's plenty for both garden-club empty nesters and their kite-boarding, Mountain Dew swilling, target demo offspring. – Mike Spinelli More »
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Upside-down on your Ford or GM truck loan? Toyota wants you in a new Tundra, and it's offering a very un-Toyotalike benefit: Money. The company's latest incentive deal adds a trade-in allowance of $1000 atop existing incentives totaling $2,000. The deals are causing widespread snickering to break out among US automakers, who couldn't be more relieved to see Toyota altering its business practices to fit in, rather than glibly logging another blowout product. Toyota's defense is that the bulk of the incentives are on the single cab-model, which it says comprises only 10 percent of sales, and no incentives are available on the CrewMax model. Yet. – Mike Spinelli More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=248340&view=rss&microfeed=true Screw the recall. Ford should offer an afterburner kit on all its Super Duty pickups. What better way to tell GM and Toyota the blue oval is not to be trifled with than a column of flame shooting from its tailpipe. Extra special bonus for gunning it next to a saw mill or propane distribution center. [Thanks to William for the tip.] – Mike Spinelli More »
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Sometimes there are spy photos only an uber-fan could love. GM enthusiast site Cheers & Gears landed a full-sized shot of the interior to the new Chevy Silverado 1500HD Extended Cab. It's hard to gauge much from the one photo other than all the right bin parts are in place. We love the new GM steering wheels and if it's got that it's alright in our book. But will it be a class leader by the time it comes out? That's the big question we know Farago will have. More »
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We're not exactly sold on the merits of ethanol, although it makes somewhat more sense in the Midwest than it does anywhere that isn't the Midwest. The problem is, as we've mentioned previously, that ethanol requires significantly more BTUs to produce than it gives back. Combine that with the fact that it can't be shipped via pipeline because it absorbs water, and E85 becomes pretty expensive out on the coasts which is one of the main reasons why E85 (85% ethanol/15% gasoline) isn't really sold out there. Still, the General is planning to build 400,000 trucks and SUVS capable of running E85 next year, allowing more Midwesterners to take advantage of the alternative fuel choice. More »
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Hey Mitsubishi, I hear tell y'ain't doin' so well. Your old friend DCX is barely speakin' to ya. People are talking, Mitsu. They're talkin', and it ain't all good talk. But that Conor Twomey guy? He sure does like that truck ya done gone borrowed from the Dodge Boys. The Car Connection's Twomey prefers the Raider's styling to its mechanical twin, the Dodge Dakota; we actually prefer neither, feeling that both groups bungled the styling of what's by all accounts a very competent large midsizer in the pickup segment. Still, neither of the Dakaider brothers are as beastly as the Colorado/Canyon twins from GM. Plus, you can actually get a V8. You pays your money, you takes your choice.2006 Mitsubishi Raider Previously seen, still worth watching [The Car Connection]Related: Spy Photos: 2006 Mitsubishi Raider [Internal] More »
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