Image: Bradley Brownell I absolutely love renting trailers from U-Haul to transport my garbage vehicles around the country. Trailer rentals are significantly less expensive than buying, insuring and registering your own trailer with minimal downsides. The Auto Transport has long been a favorite of mine, and the company’s motorcycle trailer is even better. There are … Read more
Scout Motors invited roughly 300 people to the hills of Franklin, Tennessee, to reveal the Scout Traveler SUV and Terra truck electric concept vehicles. The automaker brought in journalists such as myself, active lifestyle bloggers, YouTubers, automotive industry analysts, and enthusiasts and fans of the original International Harvester Scout. Scout Motors calls the new, rugged … Read more
Canadian retail sales edged up in July, but economists say it will take further interest rate cuts to spark lasting activity. Statistics Canada said Friday that retail sales rose 0.9 per cent, to $66.4 billion, in July, helped by stronger new car sales. The agency says sales were higher in seven of the nine subsectors it … Read more
General Motors is recalling more than 449,000 of its SUVs and pickup trucks because the electronic brake control module software may fail to display a warning light when a loss of brake fluid takes place. There are 38,382 Canadian vehicles affected by the recall. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Friday that the recall … Read more
![Driver Steals Truck Attempting To Tow His Pickup And Smashes Everything In His Path [Update]](https://i.kinja-img.com/image/upload/c_fill,h_675,pg_1,q_80,w_1200/a61b89a04b864e2c119c4e583dab5372.gif "Driver Steals Truck Attempting To Tow His Pickup And Smashes Everything In His Path [Update]")
A lot of drivers on America’s roads are pretty angry, but perhaps nobody is quite as angry as this pickup owner who had their truck towed in New York this weekend. Instead of letting the tow truck drive off with their Chevrolet, the owner instead fought off the tow truck driver, stole their vehicle and … Read more
Stellantis, an automotive manufacturer, is recalling around 1.5 million Ram pickup trucks due to a software issue that can disable a vehicle’s electronic stability control (ESC). In a statement obtained by Reuters on Saturday, Stellantis explained that the affected pickup trucks’ anti-lock brake software may accidentally shut down the vehicles’ ESC. ESC systems are designed … Read more
Image: Girdwood Fire And Rescue Facebook We’ve got another reminder of just how dangerous over the road truck driving can be. This time it comes by way of the freezing temps of Alaska and a driver that’s lucky to be alive. Portal Axle Kit Turns Your Ford Bronco Into a Monster Truck A semi truck … Read more
2025 Peterbilt 579Image: Peterbilt One of the best parts of working at Jalopnik is getting to drive and review cars. But, there are other people out there doing reviews on other kinds of vehicles, and they might have it even better. Portal Axle Kit Turns Your Ford Bronco Into a Monster Truck Over the weekend, … Read more
The potential of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports is being welcomed by the Canadian head of General Motors as major producer BYD looks to enter the market. “We’re encouraged by the government’s examination of these issues,” said Kristian Aquilina, president of GM Canada. “Because on the basis of strong competition, a fair playing field, … Read more
Photo: Dünzl/ullstein bild (Getty Images) Few vehicles in the world have worked harder than U.S. Post Office Grumman LLVs have since they first hit the road in the mid-1980s. Well, after about 38 years, most of them are in pretty bad shape. Because of that, the Post Office needs a team of mechanics working on … Read more
