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Ford F-150s, Raptor put on drifting, jump clinic that looks like truck figure skating

With the holiday season upon us and ice skating rinks opening up across the country, we were reminded of a pretty impressive display put on at this year’s SEMA show by a trio of Ford off-road racing trucks. In the video below, a pair of F-150s start things off with an interesting dance of drifting […]

December 15, 2015

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Toyota’s Tundrasine limo pickup can transport your whole crew to the jobsite in style (PHOTOS)

During the SEMA show we saw a lot of rather complicated concepts. Whether it was Toyota’s minivan-meets-Tacoma “UTV” concept, Honda’s next-gen Ridgeline racer tease or Nissan’s land speed record racing Titan, truck makers go to great lengths to impress attendees of the show. But one of the more impressive concept trucks at the show this […]

November 23, 2015

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PHOTOS: The coolest trucks (and a few cars) from SEMA 2015 in one gallery

A couple of weeks ago we scoured the show floor at SEMA in Las Vegas and came back with a hefty bag of headlines. We saw lots of newsworthy pickups during our three days at the show and you can catch up on all those headlines in our SEMA 2015 hub by clicking here. But […]

November 19, 2015

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The Bandit is the 700-HP, Hemi-powered Jeep pickup of our dreams (PHOTOS)

Though the Captain America Wrangler inside the South Hall was certainly the coolest custom Jeep we saw at this year’s SEMA show, if we could have driven just one away, it would probably be the Bandit. Built by Dallas shop Starwood Motors, the Bandit is a conversion of a 2012 Wrangler into a full-fledged pickup. According to the […]

November 13, 2015

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This 1956 Ford F-100 is pickup on the outside, Corvette on the inside (PHOTOS)

When we happened upon this beautiful vintage pickup at the SEMA show last week, it was the look of the thing that drew us in.  The ’56 Ford F-100 is a beautiful truck even without a nice coat of paint, but this one, magnificently restored with its striking Porsche “Platinsilber” coating and wood plank truck bed […]

November 11, 2015

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Shelby unveils its 700-HP F-150: equal parts off-roader and race truck (PHOTOS)

No. 12 Story in 2015 « No. 13 No. 11 »   If driving an F-150 Lariat, among the most luxurious in the F-Series lineup, doesn’t do it for you, maybe driving one that’s insanely fast will. Introduced at this year’s SEMA show in Las Vegas last week, the 2016 Shelby F-150 squeezes 700 horsepower from […]

November 10, 2015

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PHOTOS > The best vintage pickups and truck rods from SEMA 2015

While the latest models and concept trucks are certainly our primary attraction to the SEMA show, the scores of beautifully-restored (and some less-so) trucks on the show floor are always an amazing bonus. In the gallery above, we’ve collected some of our favorite vintage trucks from this year’s show. There’s everything from hot rods, original […]

November 10, 2015

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Kia chopped up a minivan and made a pickup for photo safaris (PHOTOS)

Kia does not make pickups, and though the Korean automaker’s SUVs have become quite popular here in the U.S., it’s not exactly known for producing trucks capable of traversing rugged terrain. And, honestly, this here creation Kia showed off last week at the SEMA show in Las Vegas isn’t exactly a pickup or an SUV. It’s […]

November 9, 2015

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Toyota mates a Tacoma with a minivan, calls it the “Ultimate Utility Vehicle” (PHOTOS)

To show off its engineering prowess and research vehicle performance in adverse conditions, Toyota has developed a concept truck it calls the UUV—the Ultimate Utility Vehicle. Shown off last week at the SEMA 2015 show, the Toyota UUV is basically a uni-body Sienna mounted to a body-on-frame Tacoma. The engine gets a boost from a Toyota TRD Tacoma […]

November 9, 2015

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Chevy unveils 2016 Special Ops Silverado, a pickup whose paint scheme gives it a bit of combat cred (PHOTOS)

No. 2 Story in 2015 « No. 3 No. 1 »   Perhaps of all the pickup OEMs at SEMA this year, Chevrolet had the strongest showing. The Kid Rock-designed, smokestack-toting Silverado 3500 dually concept drew big crowds, as did the Realtree Bone Collector 1500, designed with Michael Waddell. And for both military veterans and military […]

November 9, 2015

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JEEPS, ASSEMBLE: Captain America Wrangler the baddest of all the SEMA 2015 4x4s

The Jeep community at SEMA alone might be worth getting to the show each year. While we saw plenty of amazing OEM truck creations, between all the snorkels, shocks and crazy, hypnotizing LED headlights participating shops and hobbyists put on their Wranglers and Rubicons, the Jeep made a strong showing on this year’s show floor. […]

November 9, 2015

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Magellan’s in-cab truck monitors can take you places, tell you things no other vehicle nav systems offer

Lots of may people use Siri on their iPhone or Google Maps on other smartphones to navigate when they’re driving. But Magellan has a better way, especially if you need professional-level functionality or off-road maps. Smart Truck Magellan’s RC9485T-LMB Smart Truck seven-inch touch screen Android truck GPS navigation systems provide all the maps common to […]

November 9, 2015