Trucks : Car News And Reviews

Many of the concept cars that we see at auto shows around the world will never come to market. The few that do come to market are usually watered down versions of the concept car awesome we loved.

Mercedes-Benz and AMG only made a handful of its over-the-top G63 6X6 off-roaders before ending production, and presumably most of them went to sheiks, oil magnates and other insanely wealthy show-offs. And while Mercedes is now working on a 4×4 version of the 6×6 that’s based on a 4×4, you can actually own one of the proper 6x6s if you’ve got the cash.

In a dream world, what off-roader would you want to see come to the USA the most? If you’re normal, you’re thinking “LAND ROVER DEFENDER!” If you’re extra awesome, you’re thinking “Bowler EXR-S,” but let’s take things one step at a time.

For many years, people who have limited mobility have had few choices in terms of the sorts of vehicles they could ride in. But the guys at All-Terrain Conversions(ATC) have gone above and beyond the call of duty with their customized trucks and SUVs for people with disabilities.

Chevrolet has brought back its mid-size truck called the Colorado for 2015, and has a rugged new edition of that truck for off-road enthusiasts to check out. The new version is called the Colorado Z71 Trail Boss.

Taking inspiration (and a number of drivetrain components) from its big brother G 63 AMG 6×6, the Mercedes-Benz G500 4×4² is a slightly more accessible version of the ultimate off-road Merc. Starting out with the boxy G-Class body, the 4×4 Squared borrows the portal axles found on the 6×6 and marries them with a 4.0-liter 422hp V8 under the hood.

I’m not sure if this automotive Frankenstein is a good thing or a bad thing. I guess it depends on if you like heavily modified trucks. Someone has taken on OJ-era Ford Bronco and gutted it leaving only the body shell behind.

Back in the day, if you needed a cheap vehicle, you bought a pickup truck. In fact, many people bought them not because they needed a truck, but because trucks were some of the cheapest vehicles around.

Who says size is everything? When it comes to small adorable vehicles, nobody does it like the Japanese. Crated for the Japan CampingCar Show this year is Honda’s aptly named N-TRUCK/N-CAMP that looks like a recreational vehicle/trailer combo that got thrown in the dryer.

When Ford announced that the new F-150 would be powered by an EcoBoost V6, the whining horde on the Internet began to wail about the Raptor going soft, etc., etc., etc. There’s still a large contingent, especially in North America, that is still parroting “there’s no replacement for displacement” because they believe everything that their dad told them about his cars in the ’60s.

Just when you thought pickup trucks weren’t cool, in comes the 2015 Chevy Silverado Midnight Edition, tantamount to a cowboy who also happens to work as an undertaker. Chevy takes a Silverado 1500 with the Z71 package and blesses it with Vader-esque goodness.

Ken Block recently teamed up with Ford to create the ultimate backcountry snow vehicle. Based on a Ford F-150 Raptor with a 6.2-liter Raptor engine, the Hoonigan team went to work. Starting with a Whipple supercharger that takes the horsepower up to about 650 hp.

Red Bull’s Frozen Rush 2015 pitted incredible 900 horsepower Pro4 trucks in a head-to-head battle on the ski slopes of Maine’s Sunday River Ski Resort. The racing was incredible, as you can see in the videos above and below.

The truck you see here started out as your run-of-the-mill pickup that served duty on a farm for much of its life. It was then bought by some folks with something very different in mind. What you see is the result of a lot of work and one of the coolest trucks in any booth at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show.

For several model years now, there have been only two mid-size trucks on the market. Those trucks were the Toyota Tacoma and the Nissan Frontier. With the added pressure of the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon in the market, The Tacoma is being updated for 2016.