Trucks : Car News And Reviews

To demonstrate the capacious cargo space of its 2015 Transit vans, Ford drove the world’s smallest production car, the Peel P50, into its 487 cubic foot cargo area. While that in and of itself isn’t that impressive, what they did next was pretty nuts.

Regarded among fanatics as the most rugged Land Rover ever made, this classic Series IIA recently popped up on our eBay radar screens. This sturdy off-roader can handle pretty much anything you throw at it, and is the perfect vehicle for impromptu safaris.

The guys from Regular Car Reviews take a sentimental look back at one of the most reliable and unassuming everyday drivers to ever hail from Jeep – the Cherokee XJ. Powered by a durable AMC straight-six engine, and built to take just about anything you could throw at it, the XJ is possibly one of the most unkillable cars ever made.

This 2013 Ram 2500 Power Wagon was created in conjunction with the premiere of 2013’s Man of Steel movie. Built on the heavy duty truck platform, the truck has a ton of details that recall the legendary superhero and his portrayal in the Zack Snyder action flick.

German tuning house Brabus has taken the short wheelbase Mercedes-Benz G500 and given it their trademark makeover. Despite being discontinued in 2011, Brabus still went forward and added their special touch to Mercedes upscale answer to the Jeep Wrangler.

Perhaps the most unusual vehicle to ever surface from MINI, this one-off Paceman pickup truck was the result of a collaboration between the apprentices and instructors at the BMW plant in Munich. The vehicle started off as a MINI Cooper S Paceman, and was transformed into a two-seater with an open-bed storage area in place of rear seat and hatchback.

UK tuners Twisted Performance create this very special Land Rover Defender that’s been decked out with all kinds of visual, performance and space improvements. In its top-of-the-line Alpine 110 configuration, the vehicle has been stretched to a long wheelbase five-passenger configuration, and bestowed with Twisted’s P10+ performance kit, and sport suspension.

There’s nothing too thrilling about an old 1979 Mercedes-Benz 300 series, and the Chevy El Camino was a “classic” for all the wrong reasons. But put them together, and you get an epic vehicle like no other.

(NSFW: Language) In this adrenaline-filled video, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman jumps into the Best in the Desert Vegas to Reno race. The crew is still working on the vehicle as it pulls into the event start in Las Vegas the night before.

The best-selling Ford F-150 is known for its utility, not so much for its styling. But in the case of this one truck that’s had its interior revamped by Carlex Design, it’s nicer than most luxury vehicles on the inside now.

Stunt driver and Pikes Peak champ Mike Ryan gets behind the wheel of 2500 horsepower super-turbo Freightliner semi to pull off an epic series of stunts. In the clip, Mike takes on driver Daniel Leavitt and numerous other obstacles in a maze of shipping containers at the Long Beach harbor.

After World War II, Germany was looking to make itself into a more agricultural economy and a Daimler-Benz engineer named Albert Friedrich began to design a all purpose vehicle for use on a farm. The first designs for Friedrich’s Unimog date back to late 1945 and first production by Daimler-Benz began in 1951, with the Mercedes star added in 1953.

Those looking for a truck with a difference will want to check out this one-of-a-kind 2010 Toyota Tacoma Concept that was outfitted to handle the most challenging driving conditions on Earth. The 4×4 was used on Discovery’s World’s Toughest Drive, and it took nearly two years to plan out and equip the truck for its dangerous polar missions. 

The Volkswagen Schwimmwagen not only has one of our favorite names for any vehicle ever produced, but was actually a pretty capable four-wheel drive amphibious vehicle as this video demonstrates. This Polish family loaded up their Schwimmwagen and went out for a drive eventually crossing the lake to storm the beach and some unsuspecting beachgoers.

Last month, Red Bull put together Frozen Rush, an awesome event in which truck drivers raced powerful 900 horsepower Pro4 trucks across the snow-covered mountains of Maine. The team recently released this short documentary which includes additional footage of the race, along with a breakdown of the race winners and conversations with the drivers.