The Jeep Gladiator is a serious off-road pickup, providing fine towing capacity but only a short bed; length was sacrificed for off-road capability. Until now, though, there was no torque-monster engine, responsive from idle, to match the old 4-liter straight-six. What’s more, those looking at Chevy Colorados, Toyota Tacomas, and Ford Rangers may have been […]
We know who gained and lost the most in second-quarter sales, but what about the smaller races to see who won in particular segments—like muscle cars and pickups? The Dodge Challenger may have dropped quite a bit in the first half of the year, but its final tally of 22,018 sales from January through June […]
Instagram user “torq.offroad” posted what appears to be the 2021 Ram TRX. At first glance, we thought it was just a Rebel with bigger tires but that is far from it. From the picture, we can see the massive tires, bigger fenders, a wider track, and a beefed-up suspension. We can also see some additional […]
They said it couldn’t be done, but back in the 1980s, Jeep launched a new unibody pickup truck. Co-engineered with the new XJ Cherokee, the Jeep Comanche was more capable than the typical compact pickup, despite a unibody design; it also had more ground clearance than any competitor, even as it had the lowest bed. […]
The Chevrolet Trax is a crossover, with global origins—it’s based on the same Gamma II platform as the South Korean Chevy Aveo and Sonic, the Buick Encore, and the Opel Mokka. After being sold elsewhere from 2013 to 2014, the 2015 Trax finally made it to the United States to go up against the Jeep […]
Back in March of 2019, the Ford Taurus officially ended production. The Taurus had a long and successful history in the United States with thousands still on the road today. The SHO was one of the most underrated performance sedans on the market. It was a so-called “sleeper” that could keep up with V8 Dodge […]
Fiat Chrysler (FCA) has once again trademarked the Dakota name—should we get excited about the Dodge Dakota possibly making a comeback? Maybe. Probably not. What the Dakota would look like Here’s the case for: the Dakota was trademarked. We know that midsized trucks are a burgeoning market, with the long-alone (at least in terms of […]
Over the past few years, the number of electric cars available has increased dramatically. From hypercars to pickups, there are electric options for nearly every segment of the market. One trend that has emerged is the coupling of versatile body styles–utility vehicles, for instance–with extreme performance that can be achieved through electrification. Ford’s Mustang […]
The Dodge Stealth was produced from 1991-1996 under the old Chrysler Corporation. Many overlooked the base model for either the R/T or the R/T twin turbo. The R/T twin turbo was the Stealth to get. When it debuted, it had AWD, 300 hp and real state of the art technology for the time. However, Dodge […]
For years, it seems, Mopar site Allpar.com has been talking about a turbo six cylinder engine, based on the new turbo 2.0 liter four-cylinder—an engine which has yet to be seen without forced induction. That engine was coded GME, or Global Medium Engine; the six-cylinder version was reported the GME T6. Allpar had reported that […]