The cars of the 2018 LA Auto Show outnumber the trucks, but trucks and SUVs are the bigger story. The show hosts the much-anticipated Jeep Gladiator, a pair of all-electric adventure trucks, a Ford F-550 dressed up in US$1.8 million clothes, and plenty of other premieres and oddities.
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Absent from the US market since 2011, Ford's mid-size pickup has been hugely popular as a twin-cab utility pickup elsewhere in the world. Now the Ranger's back on home turf, and we had a chance to get up close and personal at the International off-road and UTV expo in Scottsdale.
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Rivian propels itself into the world at the LA Auto Show. The startup isn't just parading any old EV around the show, instead redefining expectations with a 750-hp all-electric performance pickup that accelerates like a sports car, splashes through mud and water, and racks up miles on the highway.
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Volvo’s self-driving truck program has already opened up some interesting possibilities. And now the Swedish automaker is set to see how its robo-trucks fare in real-world scenarios, after inking its first commercial deal with a Norwegian resource company to cart limestone away from its mine.
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GMC has fully redesigned the Sierra 1500 pickup truck for the 2019 model year. Changes are from the ground up with a new body design, improved underpinnings, and a multi-phase tailgate gimmick. We spent a week in the truck and found all of these to be good things.
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Mitsubishi teased a new pickup truck for the Asian market a few times and has now officially debuted the new one-ton pickup, called the Triton/L200, in Bangkok. The Triton/L200 will begin sales in Thailand on November 17 and will roll out to global markets over time.
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Over at the São Paulo Motor Show, Nissan is showing how the Frontier can prove a potent force in search-and-rescue. The Frontier Sentinel concept has a raft of upgraded capabilities and components, including a drone-launching platform, portable power station and gear organization.
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Volkswagen debuts the clever, little Tarok Concept at the 2018 São Paulo Motor Show. The near-production small pickup is influenced heavily by smart, modern SUVs but still does serious work, carrying payloads up to 1 tonne (1.1 ton) in an extendable bed that grows around cargo.
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We looked at the cars of SEMA last week, and this week we dive into the trucks, utility vehicles and vans. The group includes the usual mile-high trucks and gaudy Wranglers but also some new twists, like Iceland-ready adventure vans, UTV/pickup truck half-and-halfs, and super-sized military jeeps.
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Some see the future of big rig road haulage as all-electric, while others are banking on hydrogen-electric hybrids. Nikola Motors is in the latter camp, already having two truck designs en route to production. Now there's a third, with the Tre being developed specifically for European roads.
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