• Land Rover's Defender Truck Needs Jeep. Here's Why.

    Land Rover's Defender Truck Needs Jeep. Here's Why.
    Jaguar Land Rover reportedly wants into the American pickup market, and the vehicle to do it is a Defender-based truck built in the United States through the joint venture it's cooking up with Stellantis. That's the report from Britain's The Times, which pegs the U.S. pickup segment at $80 billion and frames the move as a fightback under JLR boss PB Balaji, who has already cut 4,000 jobs.The reason a Defender truck makes sense right now comes down to tariffs. The current Defender is assembled i
  • Gas War: Retailer Introduces Motor Oil Rationing

    Gas War: Retailer Introduces Motor Oil Rationing
    Reports have claimed that Costco has been forced to raise the price on its Kirkland Signature oil blends and will even be rationing how much customers can purchase within a given timeframe. This has led to subsequent concerns that other major retailers may soon do the same.
    We recently discussed how escalating warfare in the Middle East and Ukraine have helped drive up the per-barrel cost of oil and thereby fuel prices. But we’re now getting reports of large retailers claiming that they wo
  • Dana White Drops $1.5M on Ram's Rumble Bee, Gets a Viper-Powered SRT-10 Free

    Dana White Drops $1.5M on Ram's Rumble Bee, Gets a Viper-Powered SRT-10 Free
    Ram brought back the Rumble Bee. The very first retail example just changed hands for $1.5 million, and the buyer is UFC President and CEO Dana White, who scooped up the one-off truck at Barrett-Jackson in Las Vegas on Friday, along with a customized 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 SRT-10 thrown into the deal.The marketing shots show the 2027 Ram 1500 Rumble Bee SRT in the expected yellow-and-black livery. The truck White actually took home is different. It wears a hand-painted Molten Red Pearl and Diamond
  • Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris: The Super SUV That Arrived Before the World Was Ready

    Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris: The Super SUV That Arrived Before the World Was Ready
    Today, if a car company announces a 700-horsepower luxury SUV with a six-figure price tag, the reaction is usually a shrug. Of course it does. Every luxury manufacturer has one. Bentley has the Bentayga. Lamborghini has the Urus. Aston Martin has the DBX. Rolls-Royce has the Cullinan. Ferrari even joined the party with the Purosangue.  But back in 2006, the idea of an exotic super-SUV was almost absurd. Sports car companies built sports cars. Luxury brands built limousines. SUVs were thing
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