Posted in Chevrolet, Luxury vehicles, Trucks on Sep 24th, 2012
Chevrolet has announced that it will build a luxury version of the Silverado 1500 called the High Country. The High Country will compete with the Ford F-150 King Ranch and the Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn. Oh, and the GMC Sierra Denali, shown below. Now the one trim level that separated the GMC Sierra from the […]
Posted in Celebrities, Celebrity Cars, Chevrolet, Trucks on Sep 4th, 2012
Lupe Fiasco has great taste in cars, and a love for American muscle. The rapper, who recently made headlines with his song B***h Bad that attempts to start a dialogue on the use of the normally pejorative B word as a badge of honor by women and upset a lot of people, has a spread […]
Posted in Celebrities, Celebrity Cars, Mercedes Benz, Toyota, Trucks on Jul 5th, 2012
Baseball player Bryce Harper hasn’t been cashing checks from the Washington Nationals for very long, but he’s wasted no time getting his custom car collection started. Bryce drives a pretty understated Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG and a very ostentatious Toyota Tundra. The Mercedes-Benz CLS63 AMG starts at $94,900 and packs a 518-hp twin-turbo V8. Bryce had […]
Posted in alternative fuel, Diesel, Dodge, Fuel Economy, Fuel Prices, Gas Prices, Ram, Trucks on Jun 8th, 2012
A diesel Ram 1500 will be on sale soon. According to Allpar, the Ram 1500 is being fitted with diesel engines for testing right now, though the actual production has not started. Ram is testing the diesel engine in this generation of the Ram though, so expect it to launch in the next few years, […]
Concept cars don’t normally have the greatest post-show life. Most are non-working prototypes only built to gauge potential customer interest or show off a design theme the company is considering. Even the working show vehicles are often crushed after their tours to protect trade secrets and to prevent them from ever being used on the […]
Posted in car shopping, Toyota, Trucks on Apr 25th, 2012
Toyota has finally released pricing for the TRD T|X Baja edition of the Tacoma (yes that is a pipe, not a slash. I don’t know if the official pronunciation is Tee Pipe Ex or Tee Ex, so feel free to use whichever suits you). The offroad ready Taco had been shown off at SEMA without […]
The 2013 Ram 1500 has been revealed at the 2012 New York Auto Show. While the half ton truck won’t be visually changed much for next year, it will get two very important powertrain updates. Most importantly, the Ram 1500 will get a new eight-speed transmission on all engines. That’s two more gears than most […]
Posted in Audi, BMW, car shopping, Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Mercedes Benz, Nissan, Porsche, Sports cars, Trucks on Apr 3rd, 2012
Men are honestly pretty simple creatures. We are in constant competition with each other and make most of our decisions accordingly. There are obviously exceptions to the rule, and everyone will choose their own battle, but one thing is for sure: a lot of guys measure themselves with their cars. So it’s no surprise that […]
Posted in Ford, Luxury vehicles, Trucks on Mar 9th, 2012
You’ve made it. The business you built with your own two hands has turned into an empire. Your money problems now involve a call from your salaried accountant who knows only to call between nine and five (lest he disturb your carefully calculated work-life balance), rather than collections agencies. You’re well-to-do, and as a result […]
Posted in Car Reviews, car shopping, Comparisons, Nissan, Toyota, Trucks on Jan 17th, 2012
The 2012 Toyota Tundra and 2012 Nissan Titan are full-sized pickups from Japanese brands that made their names with tiny pickups that would be dwarfed by today’s massive workhorses. Toyota and Nissan have left the fuel efficient, tiny pickups behind and haven’t looked back, instead embracing the American buyer’s mantra ‘bigger is better.’ The Tundra […]
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