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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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2018 Ram 2500 Last Manual Trans | FCA-001
Trucks & SUVs

Last US Manual Transmission Pickup

The 2018 Ram 2500 was the last American pickup truck you could get a manual transmission with. This was definitely the end of an era because there was a time when you could only get a pickup with a manual transmission. As these were for farm or business use they were not expected to be …
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2020 Hennessey Golaith 6x6 Pickup | Hennessey Performance-00
Trucks & SUVs

6×6 Hennessey Goliath Off-Road Monster Pickup

Leave it to Hennessey Performance to unleash this bonkers six-wheel Chevy Silverado it calls Goliath. If you’re thinking about taking on the apocalypse in style do we have a pickup truck for you. But actually, even if you’re a potato farmer from Wisconsin, which this first Goliath owner is, wouldn’t you want a pickup that …
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Dodge Li'l Red Express Pickup | FCA
Trucks & SUVs

Dodge Li’l Red Express Muscle Truck Pickup

The 1978-1979 Dodge Li’l Red Express was a specially built, limited edition stepside pickup that skirted around catalytic converter regulations for its first year of production. And that was one of the selling points Dodge used to help sell it. But there were more features to it than one characteristic. Federal regulations required all vehicles …
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2020 Toyota Land Cruiser 70 Pickup | Toyota
Trucks & SUVs

Why Can’t US Get The Toyota Land Cruiser 70?

For funky-cool old-school looks and a different off-road vibe we wish the Toyota Land Cruiser 70 pickup truck and variants was sold in the US. A stripped down throwback, the Land Cruiser 70 does well in Australia and other pickup-friendly locals. Why not the US, too? The Roots Of The FJ40 In the early 1980s …
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2020 Ford Accessories SEMA Vehicle | Ford
Trucks & SUVs

Ford’s 2019 SEMA Super Duty Trucks

Ford’s 2019 SEMA Show display will have a wide variety of vehicles as usual including these five 2020 Super Duty trucks it just released details about. Ford always steals the SEMA Show partly due to its dollar vehicle program. The program solicits builders to come up with the best vehicle proposals. After review it then …
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Oshkosh JLTV Military Truck I Oshkosh Defense-001
Trucks & SUVs

US Military’s Insane Pickup Truck

The Oshkosh JLTV (Joint Light Tactical Vehicle) is the ultimate in military pickup truck design. These aren’t lifted F-350 pickups rolling coal in the supermarket parking lot. They are a serious armored and armed anti-tank military pickup truck with incredible versatility. Just as the current infantryman needs to be prepared for guerilla-style warfare in an …
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1959 Chevy El Camino | GM
Trucks & SUVs

The First Outrageous Chevy El Caminos

One of the most outrageous American cars from the 1950s in a decade of outrageous designs, was the 1959 Chevy El Camino. Not only did it have the bat wing fins, crazy cats-eye taillights, and nostrils in the hood, but it was GM’s first car/truck. Wrapping windshield, flat top, extreme sculpturing, the first El Camino …
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Wingle 6 Pickup | Great Wall
Trucks & SUVs

Two Chinese Pickups The US Won’t See

Motor Biscuit brings you two midsize Chinese pickups that the US won’t see any time soon. Probably never. We wonder how their quality compares to American and Japanese pickups? Also we wonder how they would fare given their expected cheaper price point? Would the price attract enough buyers if the quality was there? What do …
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El Camino Movie Netflix | Sony
Trucks & SUVs

Breaking Bad “El Camino” Movie Features Iconic Chevy

The new Netflix Breaking Bad movie El Camino is getting great reviews and shoving the iconic Chevy car/truck into the current spotlight. Released by Netflix, the Jesse Pinkman character played by Aaron Paul, is on the run fleeing everyone with his crusty El Camino, hence the title. El Camino picks up where Breaking Bad ended, …
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2005 International Extreme Pickup | International-00
Trucks & SUVs

International CXT Largest Production Pickups Ever

There is a class of pickup truck called “extreme trucks” which are massive pickups combining a heavy-duty commercial truck chassis with a traditional eight-foot pickup bed. Created by International Trucks, these are some of the largest production pickups ever, manufactured from 2004-2008. The heavy-duty-meets-pickup-box mashups had been available from aftermarket conversion builders. Actually, they still …
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Backup Pickup | Galpin Motors
Trucks & SUVs

Craziest Truck Ever The Backup Pickup

The Backup Pickup was one of the craziest exhibition wheelstander trucks ever created. From the fertile mind of George Tuers, who built it and drove it, the BUPU toured mostly western US dragstrips for years in the 1960s and 1970s before being stripped and scrapped. Backup Pickup Was Destroyed So, if it was destroyed how …
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Tornado Alley Movie | Tornado Alley
Trucks & SUVs

Tornado Chaser Made From Dodge Pickup Truck For Sale

This is a Dodge 3500 dually pickup truck. Well, it was until it got turned into the TIV 2 tornado chaser camera truck. “TIV” stands for Tornado Interface Vehicle. It was concocted by documentary storm chaser Sean Casey. Now it’s for sale. The one-owner world-famous tornado chaser truck is loaded with a lot of non-stock parts. …
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Dodge Sweptside Pickup | FCA
Trucks & SUVs

Strange Story of 1957 Dodge Sweptside Pickup

Rare when new and one of the most expensive collectible pickups today, the Dodge D100 Sweptside pickup is everything you would expect from a finned fifties pickup. Leave it to Dodge to do it differently, in more ways than one. When Chevy released the Cameo pickup in 1955 it was a game-changer. It still used …
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2020 Mazda BT-50 Midsize Pickup | Mazda-00
Trucks & SUVs

The US Won’t Get the Mazda Pickup Truck

Despite Mazda’s presence in the US and range of vehicles it produces it won’t offer this midsize pickup in the US. Every company outside of the US that plans on selling pickup trucks here must manufacture them in the US. That’s because of the chicken tax tariff that goes back to the 1960s. The tax …
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VW Atlas Tanoak concept | VW-00
Trucks & SUVs

VW Has a Ton of Future SUVs and Pickup Trucks Coming

With over 50% of Volkswagen sales being crossovers and SUVs in the US it’s no wonder it wants more models to take a larger bite of the commercial pie. More VW SUVs and even pickups are coming. But just like so many other companies, it is eyeing electrification as part of its plan. In early …
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2020 GMC Black Package | GM-00
Trucks & SUVs

GMC Adds Black Package for 2020 Sierra

For 2020 GMC has layered a special “Black Package” over its Elevation Package, adding a few extra optional components wrapped into a single package. First, let’s look at the Elevation Package. Available only in the Sierra double cab, SLE double cab, and Crew Cab models, the Elevation Package adds a monochromatic paint scheme with a …
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Hummer
Trucks & SUVs

Is Hummer Coming Back as an Off-Road Truck and SUV Brand?

General Motors will be investing over $3 billion in its Hamtramck assembly plant to begin manufacturing the “BT1” electric truck/SUV. This has been made public with the release of the details in the United Auto Workers’ new contract. But sources for Reuters say part of this BT1 development includes bringing the Hummer brand back. Remember …
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2020 Ram 700 Pickup | FCA-00
Trucks & SUVs

Sadly, the Ram 700 Mini-Truck Won’t Be Sold In The US

New trucks are so expensive, but there used to be a way to get into a new truck on the cheap buying a mini-truck. With everything being truck-crazy these days doesn’t it make sense to bring back the mini-truck? Especially since some manufacturers already make them for other parts of the world. This is the …
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Ford F150 Electric Prototype-001
Trucks & SUVs

Why Ford Is Developing an Electric F-150

The most-watched development happening in Pickup Land is how Ford will approach the impending electrification of everything vehicular. Its F-150 has been the best-selling truck for 42 years, so an electric F-150 must come. There is no way Ford will let anything get in the way of this massive moneymaking franchise. While Tesla, Rivian, and …
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Ranger Recardo Military Proposal | Ford
Trucks & SUVs

Ford Ranger Ricardo Build For U.S. Military

Here’s another U.S. Army proposal for a defense, security, rescue vehicle. This time it’s called the Ford Ranger Ricardo. Ricardo is an upfitter in the UK, in case you’ve never heard of them. Ranger is the best-selling pickup in Europe. It makes sense to see what our allies in the UK can come up with …
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