By: Jeff Perez – Motor1 The 2021 Ram 1500 TRX is here, and it packs a powerful Hellcat engine and some of the toughest suspension bits available. And just by looking at the numbers, we can already tell that the TRX is going to be one badass truck; 702 horsepower (523 kilowatts), 0 to 60Continue Reading
By Jonny Lieberman – Words, Brandon Lim – Photos – MotorTrend A Carmaking 101 lesson for you: Full-size SUVs with hefty price tags selling in large numbers equals big profits. How big? I don’t have the specifics, but in general terms, Chevrolet sells around 100,000 Tahoes every year, and Ford moved nearlyContinue Reading
By: Jeff Perez – Motor1 The Ford F-150 is the best-selling vehicle in America, with nearly 900,000 examples of the truck making their way to customer’s hands last year. The Ranger, meanwhile, managed nearly 90,000 units in 2019 (even though it isn’t the top seller in its class). That’s all to say: Ford knowsContinue Reading
By: Anthony Alaniz – Motor1 Battle lines are being drawn. Reservists are being activated. The battle between the Ford Bronco and Jeep Wrangler is just beginning. And, like most things online, will never go away. With the new 2021 Bronco making plenty of waves since Ford revealed it last week, there’s been plenty of attention paid toContinue Reading
By Frank Markus – Words; Steven Pham– Photos – MotorTrend Every Jeep model carries a spark of the original flame kindled by the iconic WWII Willys original. This makes it way easier to sell Jeeps, even the ones that don’t still resemble the primordial jeep. Ford (which incidentally built almostContinue Reading
By Jonny Lieberman, Frank Markus – Words; Steven Pham,William Walker– Photos – MotorTrend Thunderclouds threaten as our group stands in the middle of Johnson Valley OHV Area, looking at two pre-production versions of the all-new 2021 Ford Bronco. One is a Cactus Gray four-door Badlands hardtop, but we can’t take ourContinue Reading
By Mark Rechtin – Words; Wes Allison – Photos – MotorTrend Brand loyalty makes purchasing a new vehicle an easy call for most folks; you belong to a Ford family or a Toyota household, and you never cross that line. But there also are plenty of people who are looking for the best deal,Continue Reading
By Nick Yekikian – Words, Wes Allison – Photos – MotorTrend Which American automaker makes the better three-row SUV? Bad news first: Both the 2020 Ford Explorer and 2019 Chevrolet Traverse feature a number of off-putting compromises. Neither is revolutionary on the road, and both come with interiors that mustContinue Reading
By Scott Evans – MotorTrend How about that new 7.3-liter V-8 in the Ford Super Duty? It measures up at 430 hp and 475 lb-ft, and it’s able to hit 60 mph in a 7,200-pound F-350 Tremor wearing knobby off-road tires in just 7.3 seconds. Not just poetic, but prettyContinue Reading
By Miguel Cortina – MotorTrend We take a look at two of the most anticipated plug-in hybrid SUVs of the market. Hybrid crossovers are popular. The Ford Escape Hybrid arrived in 2004 and was the pioneer in a market packed with internal combustion engines. But as electrified vehicles started getting more attentionContinue Reading