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After SEMA After hours, The Parties Never Quit

Posted Yesterday 04:52 PM by Melissa

After walking hundreds of miles at the SEMA show, most media outlets and journalists find themselves hamming it up at one or several after show parties scattered across the Vegas boulevard. Venders and manufactures throw...

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Which Scion SEMA Truck Concept Do you Like Best?

Posted Yesterday 11:48 AM by Melissa

When Scion brings concepts to SEMA, the vehicles are guaranteed to turn heads. For the second year in a row a Scion design team came up with another compact truck design that caught our attention. If Scion continues...

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SEMA 2009: Jeep Lower Forty and Overland Concepts

Posted November 4 2009 06:02 PM by TT Editors

There is no shortage of Jeep vehicles at the SEMA Show, but our guess is there's never been one like this before. First debuted at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari last April, the Lower Forty is equipped with 40-in. tires...

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GM Shows Off 50-State Emissions-Legal E-ROD LS3 V-8 Crate Engine

Posted November 3 2009 09:25 AM by Scott_Evans

Depending on the state you live in, building a custom hot rod or truck can be a fairly easy or excruciatingly painful process when it comes time to register the car. While some states couldn't care less what's under the...

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Chevrolet Shows Off Raptor-Fighting Silverado ZR2 Concept at SEMA

Posted November 3 2009 09:20 AM by Scott_Evans

Ford ran away with the SEMA spotlight last year with their hardcore F-150 Raptor off-road truck, and when they did, GM sat up and took notice. This year, Chevrolet has fired back with the Silverado ZR2 Concept, a...

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What is This -- Can You Guess What Vehicle This Is?

Posted November 2 2009 05:49 PM by Zach Gale

What vehicle has this rear bumper? Tell us in the comments section below, if you know.

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Report: Ford Earns Nearly $1 Billion in 3rd Quarter

Posted November 2 2009 08:44 AM by Todd Lassa

Ford has quickly improved its lineup, led by the midsize Fusion and Mercury Milan. It has cut costs, reducing its North American workforce by 45 percent since 2006 according to the Detroit Free Press. It has improved...

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24 Hours To SEMA

Posted November 1 2009 09:54 PM by Melissa

Three clean Jeep Wranglers loaded on the trailer and two more are set to follow as the team from FinishLineWest sets out for the three-hour drive to take part in the biggest aftermarket auto show of the year, the 2009 SEMA...

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Refreshing or Revolting: 2010 Subaru Outback

Posted October 30 2009 04:23 PM by Zach Gale

The 2010 Subaru Outback is Motor Trend's Sport/Utility of the Year but is it, well, attractive? The Outback is more imposing than ever before: two in. wider and with a ground clearance of 8.7 in., higher than a Jeep Grand...

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NASCAR Trucks Ready for Halloween Racing at Talladega Superspeedway

Posted October 30 2009 12:54 PM by bkong

Talladega, the Monza of NASCAR tracks, will be home to Truck racing October 31. The high-speed circuit is one of NASCAR’s most well-known venues, with 2.66 miles of banked asphalt separating start from finish.

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Our Tundra Zip Tie Experience -- Toyota's Floor Mat Fix

Posted October 30 2009 11:58 AM by Edward_Loh

How do you prevent possible catastrophe in 3.8 million vehicles? With 3 cent zip ties.

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Readers' Letters: "THE $10,000 PICKUP” Triple Dose

Posted October 29 2009 11:06 AM by TT Editors

" Editor's Desk: The $10,000 Pickup " from our July/August Issue sparked a lot of responses from our readers. Here are three very different views we’d like to share:

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The SUV Conundrum: Car, Truck, or Something in Between?

Posted October 28 2009 10:14 AM by Todd Lassa

Motor Trend's 1998 Truck of the Year was the Mercedes-Benz M-Class. That choice inspired the launch of our Sport/Utility of the Year for 1999, with the Lexus RX 300 named as the first winner. Since then, truck-based SUVs...

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What is This -- Can You Guess What Vehicle This Is?

Posted October 27 2009 10:22 AM by Zach Gale

What vehicle has this interior? Take a guess in the comments section below.

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Whatever Happened to: The BMW Truck Concept

Posted October 23 2009 05:19 PM by Melissa

The answer is nothing. Recently I came across an old issue of Motor Trend that featured the BMW truck rendering on its cover. The cover happened to be the first and only time that featured a tri-folded accordion...

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