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Thom Taylor

Thom Taylor is a celebrated automotive journalist. He was awarded the Top 100 Most Influential People in Hot Rodding from Hot Rod Magazine, and was inducted into the Grand National Roadster Show Hall of Fame and the National Rod and Custom Hall of Fame. He’s a member of SEMA and the NHRA.

Thom has authored a number of books, including Hot Rod & Custom Chronicle and several guides for drawing vehicles like a pro, which pull from his distinguished ventures as an automotive illustrator.

Thom joined the MotorBiscuit team in 2019, and focuses his coverage on new vehicle releases, design, and the latest features and tech in the industry. His tenure of 25 years writing about the industry gives him a unique context for the auto news he covers, whether it’s part of the Rusty Monday series or the latest news from Chevy. Thom has built two complete cars from the ground up and driven vintage roadsters at the Indy 500.

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A white 2020 Toyota Tacoma on display at an auto show.
Trucks & SUVs

Pickups With Best Resale Over Five Years

If you want to be assured of the best resale value for your next truck purchase look at the stats for a five-year period. You may be surprised at which pickup trucks actually do the best after five years. Vehicles depreciate right at 50% over five years. That’s the price of owning a new car …
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2020 Chevrolet Silverado Diesel
Trucks & SUVs

Higher Chevy/GMC Diesel Pickup Tow Ratings

To make its 2020 half-ton pickup trucks more appealing, GM will announce improvements to increase tow ratings for its Duramax diesel Chevy Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500. In developing these pickup trucks GM felt diesel fuel economy was its top priority. That has changed according to Muscle Cars and Trucks. GMC and Chevy half-ton …
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A parking lot with multiple new Chevy Silverados
Trucks & SUVs

Massive 638,000 Chevy and GMC Pickup SUV Recall

A massive recall has just been announced by General Motors involving 638,000 2015-2020 Chevy and GMC pickup trucks and SUVs. The issue is one side of the vehicle may apply the brakes unintentionally. Braking on one side only causes vehicles to pull unexpectedly to the side that the brakes are applied, which can cause a …
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Trucks & SUVs

A Scary Movie About A Monster Living In A Pickup

Because everyone loves Halloween and horror-related movies throughout the year, we thought we’d resurrect a not-so-old gem about a haunted truck. Unfortunately, this probably isn’t the ultimate scary truck movie we were hoping for, but we’ll leave that up to future filmmakers. Monster Trucks is a 2017 movie from Paramount Pictures about a slug-looking monster …
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2020 Hennessey Jeep Gladiator | Hennessey-00
Trucks & SUVs

2019 SEMA Show: Hennessey 1,000 HP Maximus Jeep Gladiator

When swapping in a 707 hp Hellcat engine into your new Jeep Gladiator just isn’t enough, you can turn to Hennessey for a bit more grunt. Like, 1000 hp kind of grunt. Awaiting its big 2019 SEMA debut next week, Hennessey’s 2020 Maximus 1000 is everything its name, and Hennessey’s reputation is expected to be. …
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South American Chevy C10 Pickup | GM
Trucks & SUVs

South American Chevy C10 Pickup We Can’t Get

Here’s a cool Chevy C10 pickup that came from the 1960s, was built in Brazil and Argentina into the 1980s and was never sold in the US. These unique Chevy trucks were all over South America and can still be seen from time to time today. It’s a shame we can’t get them here. Why …
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RTech Ponderossa 1966 Chevy Dually | RTech-002
Trucks & SUVs

Chevy Never Made This Wild 1966 Dually

RTech Fabrication is known for its restorations of Chevy trucks that Chevy never made. This 1966 Chevy crew cab dually is yet another wild phantom truck no one has ever seen before. By keeping the visuals as close to how Chevy would have done it in 1966, and applying modern drivetrains and conveniences underneath, RTech …
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Autos

Pluses and Minuses Of The Fiat-Chrysler/PSA Merger

It looks like the merger of Fiat-Chrysler and Peugeot’s French parent company PSA Group is going to happen. Both company boards approved a preliminary merger plan. So this has evolved beyond speculation. This would create a vehicle manufacturer ranking as one of the largest in the world.  Here’s What We Know: The merged companies would …
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1972 C50 Crew Cab Chevy Pickup | RTech-00
Trucks & SUVs

Restored Chevy Trucks It Never Made

For the wide variety of trucks offered each year, there are combos that were never made. RTech Fabrication in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, has filled the breach by offering some killer combinations and body styles of vintage trucks Chevy never made. The trucks are a mashup of restored and customized, with a lot of fabrication …
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2019 SEMA Ram 1500 Overlander | FCA-00
Trucks & SUVs

2019 SEMA Show Mopar Concept Jeep and Ram

Ram and Jeep share a lot in common besides the company that manufactures them. Both can be built up with aftermarket off-road components from the Mopar Parts catalog to make them trail-blazers of the best kind. Since the SEMA Show in Las Vegas is a showcase for the vehicle aftermarket it is natural to see …
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Ram 2019 SEMA Concepts | FCA
Trucks & SUVs

2019 SEMA Show Ram 1500 High and Low Pickups

For the 2019 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, which starts next week, Ram will be featuring two 1500 pickups that give enthusiasts the high and low possibilities for its popular truck. The SEMA Show is a celebration of customizing-it’s the aftermarket’s Super Bowl. Ram always has concept vehicles with customization in mind and it doesn’t …
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2020 Jeep Gladiator Rubicon
Trucks & SUVs

PSA Merger Good News/Bad News For Jeep and Ram

Today we learned that Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) is in talks yet again about a merger with PSA Group of France. PSA is the parent company of Peugeot, which has already announced its return to the US in 2022. It hasn’t sold cars here since the 1980s. But the question is can FCA continue to survive with …
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1976 Chevy C10 Pickup | |GM-003
Trucks & SUVs

New In 1973 It’s Ford F-100 vs. Chevy C10

In the ongoing rivalry between Ford vs. Chevy trucks over the decades it’s rare that all-new versions would be introduced in the same year, but that’s what happened in 1973. While Ford’s F-Series did carry over its frame and some engines, everything else was all-new. Though the bodies looked very similar, they were entirely new …
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Hudson Pickup Truck-00
Trucks & SUVs

Hudson Made Incredible Trucks In the 1940s

Hudson Motor Company of Detroit manufactured some great cars in its day, but it also built some incredible pickup trucks. It was one of three independent auto manufacturers (the other two being Nash and Studebaker) that did. Any company that would name its ¾-ton pickup truck “Big Boy” had to have built some cool trucks, …
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1972 Chevy El Camino | GM-004
Trucks & SUVs

1972 Chevy El Camino Vs. Ford Ranchero

Muscle car madness reached its peak in about 1970 but the aftereffects were still burning bright in 1972. It was a pivotal year for the car/truck platform known as El Camino for Chevrolet, and Ranchero for Ford. It was the last year of arguably the best series of El Camino, and the first year of …
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Ford Truck Assembly Plant | Getty-00
Trucks & SUVs

Incentives Good For Customers Bad For Ford

Slammin’ money on the hood is no way to sell cars, just ask Ford. Sure, incentives move the iron, but at what cost? They’re good for customers and bad for Ford. If you wonder, now you can look at Ford’s third-quarter earnings for 2019 and judge for yourself. Ford’s third-quarter 2019 earnings are down. It’s …
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2020 Nissan Titan | Nissan-00
Trucks & SUVs

Nissan Changes How It Sells 2020 Nissan Titan

Everyone wants a pickup truck these days, but fewer of them want a Nissan Titan pickup, so Nissan has a plan. Instead of appealing to the truck buyers like farmers, ranchers, and utility workers-those that need a truck, they’ll appeal to another group in 2020. The group that wants it as a lifestyle choice. Nissan …
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Ford Econoline Pickup | Ford-00
Trucks & SUVs

Strange Tale Of The Ford Econoline Pickup

Right now Ford is scrambling to develop an all-electric pickup to stay competitive and keep its F-150 as the best-selling truck. In the early 1960s, Ford also was scrambling to remain number one in the pickup segment with three different kinds of pickups. Of those three the Econoline pickup was like nothing any American manufacturer …
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2019 Ram 1500 Classic Warlock Mojave Sand
Trucks & SUVs

Ram 1500 Recall 180,000 Trucks Involved

Fiat Chrysler announced on Friday that there would be a recall of 108,000 Ram 1500 diesel-powered pickup trucks for coolant leaks that are tied to reports of fires under the hood and four minor injuries. The trucks that are covered by the Ram 1500 recall were built from 2014 through 2019 model years. FCA has …
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Halo 5 Warthog
Trucks & SUVs

This Gamer Built A Real “Halo 5” Warthog

If some of you gamers play any of the Halo video games, you’ll recognize this Chevy pickup truck. What? You don’t see it? It’s under the replica Warthog M12 recon truck, and it’s real. Under the skin, it might not be completely accurate. It does not have the hydrogen engine or fully independent suspension for …
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