Skycar And The Military Of Tomorrow
The Defense Advanced Research Project Administration is apparently savvy to the fact that mainstream car bloggers regularly Google search the term “Transformers,” in search of vaguely car-related (or,...
View ArticleProtect And CERV: Inside The Army’s Diesel-Hybrid Scout Buggy
Fisker’s powertrain partner Quantum Fuel System Technologies has partnered with the US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) to produce a diesel-electric, series...
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The Humvee Is Back!
The NYT reports that, having fallen out of favor in the Afghanistan campaign for its vulnerability to roadside bombs, the HMMWV is making a comeback. The Humvee was being replaced by mine-resistant...
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Could The American Military Fund An Advance In Electric Cars? Should They?
Behold! The American military electric vehicle! Also known as the Columbia ParCar, it’s part of a broad-based Department of Defense program to purchase off-the-shelf NEVs and electric cars for...
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Jaguar Land Rover Recruiting Former British Military Personnel For...
With as many as 6,500 about to be made redundant in British military, and employers facing a skill shortage that hasn’t been seen since 1997, Jaguar Land Rover is leading the way to help former...
View ArticleChapter One: The Repo Man and the Lexus
Hi folks. My name is Daryl Horton and I run an auto recovery company out of Tallapoosa, Georgia. It’s a nice little place on the very tip of southern Appalachia that I always like to call a “big small...
View ArticleThe Untapped Potential of Wrangler
Jeep is a pillar of financial strength for FCA. The brand is poised to deliver its sixth consecutive year of growth. Even if you despise the Compass and Patriot, it would be difficult to argue that...
View ArticleCanada: We’re Going To Investigate Volkswagen and Also Hack Some Pickups
The Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change in Ontario, Canada, has launched an official investigation into Volkswagen Canada and Audi Canada regarding their roles in the ongoing diesel...
View ArticleThere’s a New Sheriff in Town: ISIS Fighters Fear “The Beast”
Despite their psychopathic barbarity, ISIS fighters fear many things — women, music, culture, bathing, and now a lone tank dubbed “The Beast.” According to U.S. military official Col. Steve Warren, an...
View ArticleISIS Branches Out Into Car Dealerships; Read the Fine Print Carefully
We’ve all dealt with a car salesman who wanted us to sign our life away on an overpriced import, but there’s a good chance that’s literally happening in Iraq right now. Reuters reports that Islamic...
View ArticleHigh-Ranking Dodge Ram Driver Thrilled to Serve in Ejection Seat Testbed
With the exception of intercepting tornadoes (and maybe mudding), this is about as much fun as you can have with a mid-1990s Dodge Ram pickup. Maj. Lonny Handwork, who serves with the Royal Canadian...
View ArticleMassive Airstrike Leaves ISIS with About 120 Fewer Toyota Pickups
It’s a well-known fact that Islamic State fighters enjoy using hardy Toyota pickups in their pursuit of cleansing the Middle East of people even slightly different from themselves, but they’ll need to...
View ArticleJeep Turns 75 Today: Get Out Your Sunscreen, Fatigues and Small American Flags
Jeep turns 75 years old today, and its birthday promises to be a lot more upbeat than, say, Plymouth’s. The storied brand, which started life producing a hastily built battlefield runabout, is now a...
View ArticleU.S. Military Goes A-Team, Orders Covertly Armored Toyotas for Testing
Toyota SUVs and pickups are popular with insurgents in overseas conflict zones, so why shouldn’t the U.S. military kick the tires on some? The U.S. Special Operations Command just placed an order for...
View ArticleFinally: Robotic Cars That Fire Guns (But Only in Iraq … For Now)
Mosul is the largest population center in northern Iraq, but it has been in ISIS hands since extremist militants overran the city of 2.5 million in June of 2014. Taking the city back has proven a...
View ArticleJapan Wants U.S. Marines to Ride into Battle in a Mitsubishi
What a difference seven decades make. In the early 1940s, Mitsubishi Zeroes of the Imperial Japanese Navy tangled with U.S. Grumman Wildcats and Hellcats in the skies over the west Pacific. Now, the...
View ArticleChevrolet Colorado ZH2: Clean, Green, Quiet Warfare Awaits
General Motors has rolled out a unique variant of its popular midsize Chevrolet Colorado pickup in advance of U.S. military trials scheduled to begin next year. The Colorado ZH2, seemingly plucked from...
View ArticlePeshmerga Fighter Uses Bulletproof BMW 7 Series to Save 70 Under ISIS Sniper...
In the many wars spanning the globe, a variety of vehicles have been pressed into military service by insurgents and militias alike, most notably the venerable Toyota Hilux. More recently Chinese...
View ArticleFreaky Friday, Military Edition: How Did a Scottish Ambulance Get to Aleppo?
It’s Friday, but it’s also Veterans Day. North of the border, it’s Remembrance Day — something I was reminded of when a pair of CF-18s buzzed this writer’s home at 11:11 this morning. Because of the...
View ArticleGeneral Motors Going Back Into the Defense Business
“Old soldiers never die,” the saying goes, “they just fade away.” And that’s exactly what General Motors, no stranger to U.S. military products, did following the Cold War. The company that once...
View ArticlePentagon Joins Tech Startups in Race for Autonomous Vehicles
It’s been a rough road for autonomous vehicles. Despite development progressing significantly over the last decade, tech companies and automakers have been confronted with a myriad of issues. There...
View ArticleGM Defense Wants You to Wage War With a Green, Off-road Silverado HD
When Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, infamously tweeted her country’s congratulations to Syria’s despotic leadership for its commitment to fighting climate...
View ArticleRare Rides: An International Truck Experience With the 2008 MXT
The Rare Rides series doesn’t often venture into Tough Trucks land, but when it does, it goes all the way. Before you is the International MXT, a practical pickup from the semi truck people. For a few...
View ArticleJunkyard Find: 1970 Alvis Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)
From 1962 through 2016, one of the continent’s most amazing junkyards operated in the Sun Valley neighborhood of the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles: Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, also known as...
View ArticleDesert Camo Future for an Upcoming GMC?
It’s a big maybe, but it’s something GM Defense — General Motors’ military arm — would like to see happen. We’re talking about the looming GMC Hummer EV pickup, a massive, un-Nissan Leaf-like electric...
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