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GMC’s electric SUV carves through Moab with tech that shrinks its width and weight.
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Watch a Truck Drive Up A Rock Face At King Of The Hammers: Video
Tom Wayes takes his rig vertical at King of the Hammers.
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Ram Considering A Production Ford SVT Raptor Rival
There’s no doubt that the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor has been an out-of-the-park home run for Ford’s performance brand, racking up more sales than any other model in SVT’s history. Blame it on America’s love for pickup trucks, or blame it on our fear of societal collapse, but the...
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Drops Hummer For A Mercedes Unimog: Video
Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t the kind of guy to drive a Mazda MX-5, and we don’t see a Fiat 500 Abarth in his future, either. In fact, the actor and former governor of California has a way of making even normally-sized cars, like a Camaro ZL1, seem comically small. We’re not sure...
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Mercedes-Benz Marks 105 Years of Four-Wheel-Drive
In 1907, Damiler-Motoren-Gesellschaft (DMG), the predecessor of today’s Mercedes-Benz, launched a revolutionary commercial vehicle it called the “Dernburg-Wagen.” Billed as the first commercially available four-wheel-drive vehicle, the Dernburg-Wagen also featured four-wheel...
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2012 Jeep JK-8 Pickup 'Red Jacket Edition' Visits Jay Leno's Garage: Video
The company that builds the Scrambler conversion kits for Jeep, VWerks, also builds turnkey models, and stopped by Jay Leno's Garage to show one off.
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Ferrari has been working on a proprietary part-time four-wheel drive system designed for both its mid- and front-engined models for the past several years. Christened the “Insertable 4x4”, not much has been seen or heard about the system for some time but now a mysterious Ferrari prototype has been spotted, suggesting that work on the system is ongoing. Early last year a search of the European Patent Office revealed that Ferrari had applied for a new patent for a four-wheel drive system combined with an electric motor in a sort of hybrid configuration. In this setup, the...