Truck Trend Homepage

Truck Trend Blog

Big families demand bigggger trucks

ford_pickup_with_6_doors_open Posted April 9 2008 03:50 PM by Melissa

 When families grow it's easy to find an SUV with passenger seating for seven. Most manufactures are cramming third-row seats in just about any vehicle they can. But what do you do when you want a truck with third-row seating?

Read full blog
Filed under: Modified Vehicles, Melissa Spiering  |  Comments (1)


• Get a Free Quote • Find a Local Dealer

Video of the Day: Mike Levine off-roads the Hummer H3T

Mike Levine takes the Hummer H3T off-roading Posted April 9 2008 02:20 PM by Melissa

 Check out this video posted on pickuptruck.com of Mike Levine running the Hummer H3T pickup through Hell's Revenge in Moab, Utah.

Read full blog
Filed under: Truck News, Hummer, Melissa Spiering  |  Comments (0)

The Top 10 best and worst in third row leg room

2009 Dodge Journey Posted April 7 2008 05:24 PM by TT Editors

 Automakers these days are cramming third row seats into vehicles of all shapes and sizes, from the lilliputian Kia Rondo to the lumbering Chevrolet Suburban. But not all of these third rows are created equal. The average...

Read full blog
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Dodge  |  Comments (3)

Nissan gets into the commercial truck market. Good timing?

Nissan Titan Posted April 7 2008 03:20 PM by Todd Lassa

 DETROIT - On the face of it, this doesn't seem like good timing. A receding economy and an absolutely depressed housing market have pulled down the commercial vehicle market, especially heavy-duty pickup trucks. And on...

Read full blog
Filed under: Industry News, Nissan  |  Comments (3)

Refreshing or Revolting: 2009 Infiniti FX

2009-infiniti-fx Posted April 4 2008 05:02 PM by TT Editors

 The 2009 Infiniti FX expands upon the first generation model with a more aggressive, almost angry look. A new engine lineup means 2009 FXs come with a 3.5-liter V-6 producing 303 horsepower (FX35) while the...

Read full blog
Filed under: Crossovers, Inifiniti  |  Comments (2)

Reader's Letters: MORE TOTY QUESTIONS

2008 toyota tundra Posted April 4 2008 03:50 PM by TT Editors

 I'm curious about your TOTY selection, the Toyota Tundra. Based on your criteria of superiority, significance, and value, I'm not sure how the selection occurred. Superiority? The recently redesigned Tundra already has...

Read full blog
Filed under: Truck Of The Year, Toyota  |  Comments (1)

Spartanburg, S.C.: Where the BMW X6 is born

bmw-spartanburg-plant Posted April 4 2008 10:34 AM by Edward_Loh

 I'm in Greenville, South Carolina this week to check out BMW's all new X6 sport activity coupe.  Before we do that, we got to see a little bit on how the X6 is made at BMW's Spartanburg factory.

Read full blog
Filed under: Industry News, BMW  |  Comments (1)

Top 20 products purchased by Off-roaders, according to SEMA

2007 SEMA show jeep Posted April 3 2008 12:27 PM by Melissa

 There are thousands of products on display at SEMA each year. The folks at SEMA just published a list of top 20 products that off-roaders buy along with a list of Top 20 lightweight trucks owned by the people buying the...

Read full blog
Filed under: Modified Vehicles, Melissa Spiering  |  Comments (1)

Did Jim Press step in it?

Jim Press Posted April 3 2008 11:13 AM by Todd Lassa

 You wouldn't expect this sort of comment from a secretive Cerberus-Chrysler executive any more than you would from a super-secretive Toyota executive. Chrysler late Wednesday issued a "clarification" of its prized vice...

Read full blog
Filed under: Industry News, Chrysler  |  Comments (0)

Was the Honda Ridgeline a truck ahead of its time?

2008-honda-ridgeline Posted April 2 2008 12:32 PM by Angus MacKenzie

 Man, you shoulda seen the hate mail after we crowned Honda's Ridgeline our 2006 Truck of the Year. I don't just mean readers writing in to express a difference of opinion with our panel of judges: I mean letters and...

Read full blog
Filed under: Editorials, Honda  |  Comments (0)

Going after Big Oil: Oil Companies big 5 get grilled

bp-atlantis-offshore-platform Posted April 2 2008 12:23 PM by Todd Lassa

 The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on Tuesday grilled executives of the five biggest oil companies, the ones that made a combined $123 billion last year, about high fuel prices and their...

Read full blog
Filed under: Industry News  |  Comments (0)

Auto execs prefer McCain with their hefty dose of pessimism

senator-john-mccain Posted April 2 2008 12:18 PM by TT Editors

 Auto industry executives overwhelmingly prefer Sen. John McCain for president over Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton while maintaining a pessimistic outlook for the industry overall, according to a survey...

Read full blog
Filed under: Industry News  |  Comments (0)

57 Years of Holden Utes

ve-ute-meets-fx-ute Posted April 1 2008 11:30 AM by Angus MacKenzie

 The ute is Australia's unique contribution to the automotive world. A modest achievement, I know. America gave us the the Mustang and the Corvette. Italy gave us the supercar and Germany the luxury sedan with tire-frying...

Read full blog
Filed under: Crossovers  |  Comments (1)

5 Trucks made Motor Trend's 'Slowest vehicles tested' List

2008-Jeep-Wrangler-Unlimited Posted April 1 2008 11:20 AM by TT Editors

 With road rockets like the Porsche 911 GT2 and Nissan GT-R making stops at the MT Towers in recent weeks, we've certainly been channeling our inner speed demon lately. But as we enthusiasts are all too painfully aware,...

Read full blog
Filed under: Vehicle Reviews, Jeep  |  Comments (1)

Soccer mom'in it in a 2008 Hyundai Veracruz

2008 Hyundai Veracruz front Posted March 27 2008 01:11 PM by TT Editors

 The full-size SUV is old and busted, the minivan even more so. The new hotness for soccer moms these days are large crossovers like the 2008 Hyundai Veracruz that's recently joined our long term fleet.

Read full blog
Filed under: Vehicle Reviews, Hyundai  |  Comments (1)

(page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 >> )
  • RSS Feed
    • Add to My Yahoo!
    • Add to Google
    • Subscribe on Bloglines
    • Subscribe on NewsGator
    • MyMSN
    • My AOL
    • Add to NetVibes
    • Add to Rojo
    • Add to NEWSBURST
    • Add to Technorati
    SUBSCRIBE TO OUR BLOGS


Editorials
•  Allyson Harwood (11)
•  Mark Williams (39)
•  Melissa Spiering (41)
•  Thomas Voehringer (7)

Type Of Post
•  Auto Shows (87)
•  Commercial Vehicles (21)
•  Concept Suvs (6)
•  Concept Trucks (8)
•  Concept Vehicles (6)
•  Crossovers (33)
•  Editorials (46)
•  Industry News (90)
•  Minivans/Vans (10)
•  Miscellaneous (70)
•  Modified Vehicles (11)
•  Motor Sports (18)
•  Pre-owned Vehicles (18)
•  Reader Rides (14)
•  Rvs And Motorhomes (3)
•  Spy Photos (6)
•  Suv News (132)
•  Suv Of The Year (13)
•  SUVs (3)
•  Towing And Hauling (2)
•  Truck News (68)
•  Truck Of The Year (6)
•  Vans (2)
•  Vehicle Accessories (33)
•  Vehicle Reviews (54)
•  Videos (3)
•  Wagons (17)

Manufacturer
•  Acura (2)
•  Audi (7)
•  BMW (17)
•  Buick (4)
•  Cadillac (8)
•  Chevrolet (37)
•  Chrysler (27)
•  Dodge (33)
•  Ford (91)
•  General Motors (25)
•  GMC (9)
•  Honda (20)
•  Hummer (19)
•  Hyundai (14)
•  Inifiniti (8)
•  International (1)
•  Isuzu (3)
•  Jeep (48)
•  Kia (7)
•  Land Rover (20)
•  Lexus (8)
•  Lincoln (9)
•  Mazda (5)
•  Mercedes-Benz (15)
•  Mercury (2)
•  Mitsubishi (5)
•  Nissan (19)
•  Pontiac (4)
•  Porsche (6)
•  Saab (4)
•  Saturn (7)
•  Scion (6)
•  Subaru (9)
•  Suzuki (5)
•  Toyota (53)
•  Volkswagen (29)
•  Volvo (15)

RECENT POSTS

•  Driving an SUV? Trade it in now, while you still can
•  GM Full-Size Hybrid SUVs: Too Many Stinking Badges
•  Kill the gas tax moratorium proposals
•  2009 BMW X6: Perfectly pointless
•  Moab Madness: Jeep and Hummer doing it right
•  Video(s) of the Day: The Land Rover Experience
•  Future Plans: Ram Diesel 1500
•  NBC's plan to make an American 'Top Gear'
•  It figures; News by the Numbers
•  Chrysler Cuts and Conquests

MOST COMMENTED ON

•  Toyota Tundra Beats Chevrolet and Nissan in Half-Ton Test (19)
•  If Walls Could Move... (9)
•  And They Thought It Would Never Happen. (5)
•  Pontiac Aztek: In The Beginning (5)
•  Volkswagen reportedly working on performance Touareg variant (5)
•  Would you buy a $22,000 diesel pickup from India's Mahindra? (5)
•  2008 Motor Trend TOTY Contender: Toyota Tundra (4)
•  Best and Worst Truck Colors (4)
•  Coming to America, BMW X3 (4)
•  Don't drive your date away this Valentine's Day (4)