Ford has revealed their all-new F-series Super Duty pickup today, with more power, more towing, more cargo, and more truckness, but less weight. The new Super Duty pickups have an aluminium body, like the F150 . That means they are now up to 160 kg lighter than before. The frame is fully boxed and 24-times stiffer than the old one. The F-450

DENVER, Colorado – I’m at the helm of a new Ford Super Duty pickup, attempting to perform an exercise simulating a gooseneck trailer hookup. A little like threading a needle – backwards – through the rearview mirror, it’s a maneuvre that usually requires a whole lot of skill – and a little luck. Ford’s just thrown down the gauntlet, again, wi

Dallas, Texas – Sitting in the stands at the Texas State Fair, you know where the term “redneck” comes from. Everybody around me had one, and so did I after a half-hour of 90-degree Lone Star midday sun, waiting for the new 2017 Ford Super Duty F-250/350/450 to appear. The new Super Duty certainly has a stature commensurate with its prodigio

Ford has just announced that their Super Duty pickups are getting an all-new engine for 2020. A 7.3L V8. But hold on a second, '90s Power Stroke fans. This one's a gasser. That's right, the displacement might be familiar, but the fuel isn't: unlike most heavy duty pickup top offerings, it's not a diesel. The new engine for the pickups will be th

Ford is issuing a big recall on its biggest selling model. Close to half a million pickups in Canada are being recalled because of an issue with wiring leading to the block heater cable that can cause a fire. The automaker made the announcement earlier today. It affects 2015-2019 Ford F-150 pickups built in Dearborn between March 18, 2014 and No

In the province of Ontario, you cannot legally tow more than 4,600 kg (10,141 lb) with a Class G licence. But for recreational vehicle enthusiasts, a “two-axle house trailer” pulled by a fifth wheel gets an exemption, though it is mandated that the truck and trailer still weigh no more than 11,000 kg (24,250 lb) combined. Why does this matter? W

Work hard, play hard. For 67 years, the Ford F-Series has been helping Canadians do both. It's been a farmhand, a roughneck, a cowboy, a miner. It's pulled everything from ski-boats to snowmobiles, driven up the sides of mountains, and brought a new playhouse home for the kids. You have to wonder if the old-timers who drove the first Fords can e

So you want to buy a truck, but you’re not sure what you need – or want? You’re in luck, because we’re here to tell you about All Things Pickup. Those new to trucks often buy more than they need, and while there’s nothing wrong with that, why chew up cash and fuel if you don’t have to? Automakers don’t make it any easier by trumpeting the big

Los Angeles, CA – Just prior to the LA Auto Show opening, the finalists for the 2017 North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year Awards (NACTOY) were announced. NACTOY, a group of approximately 60 professional automotive journalists working in Canada and the US, evaluates dozens of vehicles throughout the year to arrive at this sho

Let’s take a moment to step back from all the trivial news you’re reading about today to examine something of utmost importance, an issue that impacts untold millions across North America, and to a lesser extent, the world. Cupholders. Every day, we spend hours sitting in traffic, listening to our jams, knowing only the receptacle in our dail

New vehicles built in Canada currently account for around 17 per cent of the new vehicles sold in Canada. With the automobile manufacturing industry struggling to create a positive outlook and weakened by the dollar, we decided to take a look at the assembly location of the vehicle you’re driving today. A sampling of current top sellers, previous b

Ford announced back in February that the 2020 Super Duty pickups would be getting a new engine. What they didn't say was how much power and torque it would make – which is kind of the most important bit of info when it comes to pickups. Now we know. The all-new 7.3L V8 engine is designed specifically for the big trucks and vans, with a cam-in-bl

2017 has started, which means that we now have another year of sales data to go through and see what cars and trucks were the most popular. The Canadian auto market was hot again in 2016, with sales hitting a record high for the fourth year in a row. This year 1.95 million new vehicles left dealer lots, with pickups, SUVs, and vans continuing to ta

“I need you to drive the Ram Heavy-Duty,” my editor said, “but I don’t want you just hauling air with it. I want you to work it.” Numbers only tell half the story. Well, I don’t camp, boat or snowmobile, so I didn’t have any big recreational stuff lying around. But I do own a Ram 1500 that’s 22 years older than the 2017 one-ton that n

Summer in North America is music festival season, and these multi-stage extravaganzas are perfect road trip destinations. We’ve singled out five of the best-known live music events on the continent and imagined what cars you’re likely to see rolling up to their gates – and the types of people who might be driving them. Coachella Valley Music and