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Editor's Desk: Handling Payload

Posted July 5 2012 10:11 AM by Allyson Harwood

We've all seen those accidents where a truck has dumped its payload on the road. There could be 2x4s strewn across the highway, a random mattress blocking a lane, or, as one editor here observed one day, doorknobs flying...

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Trail Training in a Frontier, Raptor, and MDX: An Off-Road Newbie's Story

Posted July 3 2012 09:02 AM by Truck Trend

OK, confession time: In my many years of being a car fan, I've never been off-roading. As an automotive journalist, however, I figured that had to change. And it did recently when I earned my four-wheeling chops at a Trail...

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The Iron Schoeckl: Taking the Mercedes-Benz G-Class to Extremes

Posted June 25 2012 10:57 AM by Allyson Harwood

We recently had the chance to drive the AMG-motivated G63 on twisty roads in France, and also drove the built-for-business Professional model on challenging trails in the same part of the world....

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Video Find: Nissan Partners with Ministry of Sound for Juke Box Project

Posted June 19 2012 09:45 AM by Edward A. Sanchez

The Nissan Juke appears to be preferred canvas for a number of custom projects for the brand. First came the
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Video Find: The Making of the Ultimate Adventure Jeep Wrangler

Posted June 15 2012 09:28 AM by Edward A. Sanchez

There's nothing like the sense of freedom and adventure off-roading gives you. Petersen's 4 Wheel & Off Road magazine has been holding its Ultimate Adventure trek for more than a decade. A select...

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Riding in the 2011 JK Wrangler Recon

Posted June 13 2012 09:41 AM by Truck Trend

What Happens When You Bring Rodney Dangerfield to the Country Club?If you've seen the show...

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Getting Dirty: Off- and On-Roading the 2012 Jeep Lineup

Posted June 12 2012 07:00 AM by Truck Trend

From the start Jeeps were designed as go-anywhere, do-anything vehicles - as they should've been because they were destined to help the U.S. Military liberate Europe and the Pacific from the Germans,...

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Styling Showdown: 2012 vs. 2013 Buick Enclave

Posted June 11 2012 02:59 PM by Edward A. Sanchez

Long Regarded as the most attractive of General Motors' Lambda variants, the Buick Enclave gets a mild makeover for 2013 to bring its look more in-step with the brands newer offerings, such as the Regal,...

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Mattel Reportedly Steals Icon FJ Image for Toy Rendering

Posted June 6 2012 06:10 PM by Edward A. Sanchez

In the company's June newsletter, Icon Inc., the maker of custom reproduction 4x4s based on the Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser and Ford Bronco, showed side-by-side images of a rendering of a Hot Wheels model,...

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2013 Ford F150 and Meeting Alan Mulally

Posted June 5 2012 10:17 AM by Edward A. Sanchez

It was somewhat of a last-minute trip for a significant, though relatively minor mid-cycle refresh for the 2013 Ford F-150. The majority of attendees for the event were local Texas automotive media. Here I was, the...

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Reader's Letter of the Month: Diesel In America

Posted June 4 2012 10:53 AM by Truck Trend

Dear Truck Trend, GM's full-size van can be fairly easily updated as market needs and styling trends evolve. It's a thoroughly...

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Reader's Letters: Keep Manual Transmissions

Posted May 30 2012 02:59 PM by Truck Trend

In your May/June 2012 issue, I noticed a couple of comments about manual transmissions -- lamenting the scarcity thereof and expressing the hope that manufacturers will continue to supply them in new vehicles. I...

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Video Find: 2013 Ford Escape Handsfree Liftgate Tested

Posted May 28 2012 07:00 AM by Edward A. Sanchez

To prove the 2013 Ford Escape's Innovative hands-free liftgate only opens when the driver wants it to, the company subjected it to a variety of tests, including a dog retrieving a thrown stick, a roll-away basketball, and...

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Styling Showdown: 2012 vs. 2013 Mercedes-Benz GL-Class

Posted May 27 2012 08:00 AM by Edward A. Sanchez

If you're a fan of the new look on the 2013 Mercedes GLK , but are looking for something a little roomier, you're in luck. Many of the styling changes made to Mercedes' smaller SUV are being applied to it's three-row big...

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Reader's Letters: Best in Class Hard-Core 4x4 Outrage

Posted May 25 2012 09:41 AM by Truck Trend

Dear Truck Trend , You guys must be smoking something. There is no way the Ford Raptor could compare with the Ram Power Wagon . The Wagon has too many options going for it as a Hard-Core 4x4 . Where I work in northern...

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