Pickup Trucks (Page 100)

Stop fooling yourself. You really do need the diesel F-150.

Typically, plants close in the summer for two weeks for what workers call "change over". After being closed for two months for COVID-19, Ram is making all the trucks it can.

Ram sales are up in Colorado despite the COVID-19 crisis. Overall, truck registrations were down 11.3 percent, but it appears the Ram Cinderella story continues.

Ram is honoring five of the U.S. Armed Services branches. This second set of the "Built to Serve" editions brings two exclusive new colors.

The Ford Ranger earns high praise from the folks who do winter testing best.

The all-new 2020 Jeep Gladiator is having a banner year. The mid-sized pickup has yet another award to add to the stack already in its truck bed!

GM's CEO Mary Barra told an automotive conference that she expects the company to be back to pre-COVID-19 production levels by the end of June. Barra told the conference that the dealers want more trucks.

General Motors says it plans to speed up production of its most important vehicles next week. See when they may start building more new pickups!

Automakers already lost two months of production due to COVID-19. Now, a new setback could add more delays to GM's light and heavy duty truck production.

FCA is providing a rare look inside the Warren Truck plant as it restarts 2020 Ram 1500 production. See the changes FCA is instituting inside the plants.

Fiat Chrysler resisted the temptation to control its own system and instead built on the best tools of others for the new UConnect 5 system in the 2021 Chrysler Pacifica minivan.

A new 2021 Subaru Ascent-Baja pickup could be what the automaker needs now. See why it would a sweet spot for the Japanese automaker.

High school students competed to design the Ram 1500 of the future. See the top three winners.

After releasing a devastating earnings report, Fiat Chrysler says it has a plan to reopen its plants.

Buyers are anxious to know when they might see the 2020 Ram 1500 truck that they ordered. The latest on possible production dates.

On Wednesday, Torque News published a look at the findings of a UK study that showed the Ford Focus Titanium, a Euro model, was vulnerable to hackers. Today, TN is publishing a longer story on data-hacking in vehicles because Ford Performance is offering an upgrade to Ford Ranger computers for better performance. I wrote the story earlier this week and Jimmy Dinsmore yesterday's piece.

FCA design leaders Ralph Gilles and Mark Trostle issued a challenge. They wanted to see your radical designs for future generations of the Ram 1500. See the winners of the sketch battle.

It is unusual for automakers to recall new vehicles, but this repair should be a quick fix.

The 2012 Toyota Tacoma tops another list. This time it is the best used truck under $20K. Here's how it was judged.

Jeep is bringing back its wildly popular Super Bowl ad. This time it has a new message aimed at fighting COVID-19.

Special-edition 2019 Ford F-150 is part of the current financing incentive plan through Ford Credit. “Anyone interested should act immediately” to purchase one of these highly collectible F-150s.

Ram wants to know what you think the next version of their award-winning Ram 1500 should look like. You have until 5 pm Eastern on Thursday April 9, 2020 to submit your sketch.

Ram just won a major award for brand loyalty among its owners. We look at what this latest award says about the Ram and its buyers.

Hennessey Performance Engineering makes some interesting Ford F-150 upgrades. Today we take a close look at the Hennessey/Ford HPE750 (supercharged) F-150 upgrade.

The 2020 Jeep Gladiator takes home the top honors for how well it handles driving in the Rocky Mountains. The awards were announced today.

The COVID-19 virus has forced vehicle sales to crater in the first quarter. Ram appears at this point to be the only brand that finished the quarter with sales increases.

Roush Performance teams with California clothing maker Tactical 5.11 to create limited edition Ford F-150. Only 150 units of this special-edition, high performance pickup will be produced.

Ram and the other vehicle makers are finally seeing a possible end to the shutdowns. When Ram hopes to resume production of its most popular vehicle.

A little while ago, Jimmy Dinsmore asked the question will cheap gas encourage V-8s, his answer was a very strong, maybe. Today, I asked the same question regarding V-6s versus V-8s and I found that the answer tended toward the V-6.