At $16,500, Is This 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser A Good Deal?

While a new retro-styled Land Cruiser is on the market, today’s Nice Price or No Dice J80 proves there’s still a lot to like in the rear-retro models. Let’s find out how much we like this one’s price. If Toyota Sold the FJ Cruiser Today It Would Be Such a Hit The 2017 Jaguar F-Type … Read more

Six-Cylinder Ram 1500 RHO Offers More Power Per Buck Of Any Off-Road Sport Truck

Ram added yet another sport truck to its off-road line up, but the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, nicknamed “rhino,” is definitely more than just an eight-inch-wider Ram Rebel with a more powerful inline-6 engine. It’s a truck that’s been developed specifically for the serious off-road wanderer, and it serves as a replacement for the now-dead … Read more

New Kia Tasman Will Be The Weirdest-Looking Pickup Truck, And That’s A Good Thing

A few months ago we shared spy photos of the new Kia Tasman, the brand’s first pickup truck. Designed primarily for Australia, Africa and the Middle East to do battle with trucks like the Ford Ranger and Toyota Hilux, the midsize body-on-frame Tasman is rapidly approaching its debut, and Kia just released the first official … Read more

YouTube Channel Can Help You Decide If You Can Afford A New Car

When it comes to buying a new car, agreeing on a price you’re happy with is really only the first step. Even after you learn what your monthly payment will be, you’ll have more expenses to consider, like insurance, gasoline, and maintenance. Odds are, you could run the numbers yourself and come up with a … Read more

Ford Made A Ranger SHO 4 Years Before The SVT Lightning

We used to be a proper country. A country where performance pickups like the Chevy 454 SS, Toyota Tacoma X-Runner and GMC Syclone roamed the streets. Performance pickups still exist today like the Ram TRX and Ford F-150 and Ranger Raptor models, but they’re off-road focused. Things might have been different had Ford been first … Read more

Toyota Believes There’s Room For Both The Land Cruiser And The 4Runner

Toyota is continuing to break into the off-road SUV market with two massive drops: the all-new 4Runner and the all-new Land Cruiser. Both SUVs boast rugged off-road chops, they sit on the same TNGA-F truck platform, and they even share several similar components. Are there really distinct enough audiences to appeal to both of these … Read more

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Is The Revival Of An Off-Road Icon

If you hear the name Land Cruiser and still find yourself thinking about the bulky, rounded machine from 2021, I’ve got great news: for 2024, Toyota’s stealth wealth off-roader has been revived as the squared-off and capable machine that made it such a star in the first place. Its looks alone have been enough to … Read more

Ford Slashes F-150 Lightning Price To Reignite Sales

Good morning! It’s Friday, April 12, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Ford Is Gearing Up To Make A Lot More F-150 Lightnings 1st Gear: Ford Cuts Up To $5,500 … Read more

Tesla Cybertruck Is Significantly Worse At Towing Than Model X: Report

Image: Bowlus Bowlus, manufacturer of ultra high-end luxury towables, has been testing the tow range of popular electric trucks and SUVs since the Tesla Model X first launched in 2015. The company’s top-of-the-line Volterra model is an all-electric camp trailer with 17 kWh of onboard power, which can provide an emergency charge to EVs in … Read more

What Is An Optional Car Feature You Can’t Live Without?

Image: Bowers & Wilkins The average price of a new car is damn near 50,000 dollars, or a little more than eighty percent of the annual salary of an average American. That is a lot of money to spend on an automobile, so you’d better be damn sure it has all of the stuff in … Read more