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Pickups

Toyota unveils 2017 Tacoma TRD Pro race truck

Though we were particularly taken with the adorable 1966 Stout 1900 at Toyota’s SEMA boot this year, the show stopper for most others was the automaker’s new race pickup. The 2017 Tacoma TRD Pro race truck you see above will race in the 2017 MINT 400 desert race next March in Las Vegas. It was built […]

November 23, 2016

Dealers

IronPlanet, TruckPlanet launch Fleet Services for bulk auction buying

Online equipment auctioneer IronPlanet and its TruckPlanet marketplace have launched a new service aimed at buyers looking to purchase trucks in bulk during on-site or online auctions. The company says the program, Fleet Services, will work in conjunction with IronPlanet Truck Locator and have access to more than $200 million in trucks, including Class 8. “With […]

November 22, 2016

Pickups

Salute Sgt. Rock: Rare ’41 Dodge WWII pickup restored as a rock-climbing tribute to the military

Yesterday we shared a gallery of our favorite vintage pickups from this year’s SEMA show. Exempt from that gallery was perhaps our favorite vintage truck from this year’s show, the imposing Sgt. Rock. Not only does this truck have a hell of a look to it, it’s got the history to match. As builder Stacey […]

November 18, 2016

Pickups

At odds over defective emissions system, FCA and Cummins now fighting Ram owners as defendants in class action suit

Both Cummins and FCA have announced that they will vigorously fight a class action lawsuit filed this week alleging that both companies backed an effort to conceal emissions violations on diesel-equipped Ram pickups. The news follows FCA’s decision last month to sue Cummins for $60 million over a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) system that both the U.S. […]

November 18, 2016

Pickups

PHOTOS > The coolest vintage and scrappy beater pickups from SEMA 2016

One thing you see a lot of every year at SEMA is vintage pickups given a second lease on life thanks to some heavy modifications from the thousands of talented builders that attend the show. And in the last couple of years we’ve seen a trend toward restoring the insides of some of these trucks […]

November 17, 2016

Pickups

Shockzilla, an 8-in. lifted F-250 with exhaust stacks, shows how beautiful a Super Duty Raptor could be

Though Ford used this year’s SEMA show to unveil the F-150 Raptor that it will race at the Baja 1000, we were a bit more taken by another off-road engineered pickup at the automaker’s booth. Meet Shockzilla, maybe our closest approximation yet as to what a Super Duty version of the Raptor might look like. Created by Fabtech […]

November 16, 2016

Pickups

Chevy beefs up storage-focused Silverado High Desert for SEMA with performance extras, striking bronze accents

Earlier this year, Chevrolet introduced a package for its Silverado LT, LTZ and High Country trim levels aimed at those who appreciate the SUV-like versatility of the discontinued Avalanche, but weren’t exactly fans of that truck’s…distinctive look. The Silverado High Desert offers a flexible storage system with dual side storage bins and a three-piece tonneau […]

November 16, 2016

Pickups

This 600+ hp 1950 Ford F-6 is a chopped dump truck straight out of Mad Max

The distressed paint look is taking the custom truck world by storm as evidenced at the SEMA show this year, and many of the builders are pushing that formula into a kind of Mad Max alternative universe. And why not? Why labor over fancy paint jobs, painstaking pinstripes and factory fresh interiors when you can […]

November 10, 2016

Pickups

Ice Ram Cometh: Tracked, tactical Ram from ‘Fast 8’ turns heads at SEMA

Earlier this year, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson shared a photo on his Instagram page of a truck that appeared to be half-Ram, half shark. The truck was tracked, topped with a serious camper and a coated in a khaki shade and armor that give it the look of an arctic military truck. This is the Ice […]

November 9, 2016

Pickups

Ram’s Macho Power Wagon makes for a powerful work truck thanks to sliding bed rack

While Chevrolet’s Alaskan and Carhartt Silverado 2500 pickups might have been the most striking work truck concepts at last week’s SEMA show, Ram’s Macho Power Wagon might take the title for most practical thanks to one accessory in particular. Thanks to a four-inch custom lift kit, 37-inch Nitto Trail Grappler MT tires and 18-inch beadlock wheels, the Power […]

November 7, 2016

Trucks

Toyota unveils 2,000-hp Land Speed Cruiser in pursuit of world’s fastest SUV title

At the SEMA show last week in Las Vegas, Toyota’s booth was by far the easiest way to kill 30 minutes or so. The automaker had a theme of “Past, Present and Extreme” and for nearly each of its vehicle categories, Toyota brought the models that pioneered each respective category, the current model and an extreme modification […]

November 7, 2016

Pickups

Chevy unveils Carhartt Silverado 2500HD, a sharp work truck literally covered in duck brown fabric

Both brands come from Detroit. Both brands speak to hard working, blue collar Americans. So it only makes sense that Chevrolet would team up with Carhartt to create a themed truck. On the mechanical side, the Silverado 2500 HD Carhartt sports GM’s 6.6-liter Duramax turbo diesel that pounds out 445 horsepower and 910 lb.-ft. of torque. New […]

November 4, 2016