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The Best Cars, Trucks, and SUVs from the 2023 MAMA Rally

The Best Cars, Trucks, and SUVs from the 2023 MAMA Rally
Every spring, the members of the Midwest Automotive Media Association gather in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, to test out the latest and greatest vehicles in various driving environments. The event takes place in and around Road America, one of the nation’s most iconic race circuits, and includes a mix of street drives, track, off-road, and autocross courses.
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The Apocalypse 4×4 Super Truck Is Ready for the Zombie Uprising

The Apocalypse 4×4 Super Truck Is Ready for the Zombie Uprising
Apocalypse Manufacturing is known for making incredibly rugged and tough-looking pickup trucks and SUVs that look ready to take on the end of the world. Their beastly creations include the Juggernaut 6×6 and the Dark Horse 6×6 Bronco.
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2024 Toyota Tacoma Specs, Engine, Features, and Design Revealed

2024 Toyota Tacoma Specs, Engine, Features, and Design Revealed
It’s been a while since Toyota revamped its Tacoma pickup truck. That’s all changed with the 2024 Toyota Tacoma, a top-to-bottom redesign, from its frame to its body to its interior to its powertrains. For 2024, Tacoma is upping its line to eight grades: the SR, SR5, TRD PreRunner, TRD Sport, TRD Off-Road, TRD Pro, Limited, and a badass new model known as the Tacoma Trailhunter.
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Ford Ranger Raptor: The Truck’s Top Features

Ford Ranger Raptor: The Truck’s Top Features
When it comes to pickup trucks, bigger isn’t always better. For those who don’t need to haul large loads or tow heavy trailers, the Ford Ranger Raptor is an ideally-sized pickup truck. It’s big enough for occasional cargo-carrying tasks but is small enough to fit in most garages and agile enough to ride on most off-road trails.
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2025 Ram 1500 REV Brings Electric Power and a Very Ram Design

2025 Ram 1500 REV Brings Electric Power and a Very Ram Design
After teasing us with their Revolution BEV Concept, Ram is showing off a slightly more toned-down production version of its new battery-electric pickup truck. Slated for a late 2024 release, the Ram 1500 REV is the truck company’s first foray into fully-electric vehicles.
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The Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept Teases 2024 Electric Pickup Truck

The Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept Teases 2024 Electric Pickup Truck
With battery-electric pickup trucks already announced or production from Ford, GMC, Chevrolet, Rivian, Tesla, and others, it’s finally time for Ram to get into the EV game. During the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show, Stellantis’ truck maker revealed the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept.
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A Modern Toyota Hilux Gets a Totally Unscientific Durability Test

A Modern Toyota Hilux Gets a Totally Unscientific Durability Test
When it comes to automotive durability, Toyota trucks are at the top of the game. And sitting at the top of the heap is the classic Toyota Hilux, which the guys from Top Gear famously drowned, lit on fire, and subjected to a 240-foot drop from a building.
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Toyota Shows off Their Arizona Proving Grounds

Toyota Shows off Their Arizona Proving Grounds
If you’ve ever wondered where Toyota tests their vehicles here in the States, it’s at the automaker’s proving grounds in the Sonoran desert outside of Phoenix, Arizona. The 12,000-acre facility, known as TAPG, offers a variety of terrain for testing and tuning the durability, dynamics, and capability of their vehicles.
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Toyota Tundra 1794 Goes Full Woodgrain

Toyota Tundra 1794 Goes Full Woodgrain
Back in the early days of the automotive industry, cars and trucks were actually made from wood. Once they moved to steel construction, the Woodie gave buyers real wood panels on the outsides of their cars.
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2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Is a 700 Horsepower Off-Road Beast

2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R Is a 700 Horsepower Off-Road Beast
When it comes to Ford pickups, the Raptor has been the bad boy of the lineup. Now, there’s an even more impressive and powerful model called the Raptor R. This beastly Ford Performance pickup packs a 5.2-liter supercharged V8 engine that produces 700 horsepower and 640 lb-ft.
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Ram 1500 TRX Sounds Like a Monster without Mufflers

Ram 1500 TRX Sounds Like a Monster without Mufflers
With the stock exhaust, the Ram 1500 TRX already has a pretty imposing exhaust note. Those dual TRX pipes produce quite a ruckus hooked up to that 702-horsepower supercharged Hemi V8 engine. But for some people, enough is never enough, and one TRX truck owner wanted an even louder and more brutal exhaust note.
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2022 Toyota Tacoma Trail Edition 4×4 Review: Rugged and Ready

2022 Toyota Tacoma Trail Edition 4×4 Review: Rugged and Ready
I’ve spent quite a bit of time driving various models of the Toyota Tacoma over the last few years, and it’s still one of my favorite pickup trucks. I appreciate trucks that aren’t too big but are still capable enough to get the job done, and that’s precisely what the current-gen Tacoma delivers.
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8 Things to Love About the 2022 Nissan Frontier PRO-X

8 Things to Love About the 2022 Nissan Frontier PRO-X
Nissan redesigned its venerable Frontier mid-size pickup truck for the 2022 model year, and it has a lot of great things going for it. I spent a week with the updated truck back in December in Chicago and liked it.
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2023 F-150 Heritage Edition Gets Classic Two-Tone Paint

2023 F-150 Heritage Edition Gets Classic Two-Tone Paint
There are plenty of decades-old Ford pickups ago rolling around the streets today. Many of those older trucks wear two-tone paint schemes that modern trucks don’t offer. For 2023, Ford has revealed the new F-150 Heritage Edition, which will offer a modern two-tone paint that adds contrast to the roof and lower body panels.
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GMC Hummer EV Gets Extra Ground Clearance in Extract Mode

GMC Hummer EV Gets Extra Ground Clearance in Extract Mode
GMC has confirmed that it will be adding a new feature to the Hummer EV Pickup called Extract Mode in the next few weeks. In this mode, the Adaptive Air Suspension can raise the vehicle to an even higher ride height, giving it more ground clearance than competing pickups.
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