So, you’ve decided you need a “beater” work truck. Something cheap and functional, but also presentable. How cheap can you go for the best pickup truck out there? Let’s establish some parameters and then dive into four random Craigslist cities to see what we can get. For a truck to be a cheap work truck …
Fiat-Chrysler is developing a straight-six cylinder engine for Jeep and Ram to replace the Hemi V8. That’s news in itself but there is a lot more going on. The rumor of a straight-six popped up on Allpar a few years ago. It is confirmed by various patents applied for as discovered by Mopar Insiders, and …
Today, many performance pickups blend powerful engines with off-road racing aspirations. But a few years ago, that wasn’t the case. The trend of high-speed, street-focused trucks arguably started with the GMC Syclone. And the era’s crowning achievement was a pickup with the heart of a supercar. As Doug DeMuro explains in his latest video, the …
The outrageousness of the SEMA Show continues with the Mike Copeland-built Hemi, mid-engine Dodge Rampage for his Arrington Performance company. In classic hot rod style, Copeland took one of the cheapest cars (or trucks?) made and put in one of the most outrageous engines around. Then just for some spice, he chose to go mid-engine. …
This year Ram has pushed past Chevrolet to become the second best-seller behind Ford in the full-size truck segment. The 2019 Ram 1500 has also received warm kudos from reviewers. So it’s no surprise that Fiat Chrysler is setting its sights on winning a sizeable chunk of the mid-size truck market. The automaker hopes to …
Ram may have split from Dodge a decade ago, but the two share an extended common history. They’re both also often modified by performance teams at Mopar. FCA is bringing a wide range of Mopar-modded Dodge and Ram vehicles to SEMA this year. Some, like the Ram 1500 Rebel OTG, celebrate the pickup’s spirit of …
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 …
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 …
There was a gang of TV shows in the 1950-1990s where a cool pickup was as integral as any character actor, maybe even more so. We miss some of these shows while others, well, they are best left to memory. Still, with an average TV series broadcasting 26 shows a season not counting summer reruns, …