The Japanese companies have a long, uphill battle with pickups. A good starting point would be to keep them up to date where the Titan has basically gone untouched for TWELVE!!! years and the Tundra is up to nine with nothing more then a new dash and grill thrown on for 14. Also, figure out truck engines. Why do the…

For making phone calls? Yes. For nav, audio, etc.? No.

I actually figured it’s five once I started counting. The new subcompact, new Escape, new Explorer, Bronco, and new Expedition.

While this does look good and the current Lambdas are all nice, I fail to see how a FWD, V6, midsize crossover that maxes out at 25 MPG spells the end for a full size V8 BOF SUV that maxes out at 23 MPG. Some people prefer the boxier look, more upright seating position (especially in the 2nd row), more robust…

The Cherokee has a dedicated low range available in the PTU but the Renegade uses the super low 1st for it’s “Low”

A lot of the issues with the ZF 9 speed have more to do with the basic design incorporating dog clutches which can greatly delay shifting so the teeth mesh perfectly and complicates programming. It also has a huge ratio spread of 9.8 which limits how many of the gears are actually useful with normal speeds and lower…

Don’t worry, they pipe that through the stereo.

Is the transmission supposed to be 6 speed? I don’t think Ford has a transverse 8 speed transmission right now and as far as I know their next one is the 9 speed being codeveloped with GM.

No, its the same ZF 9 speed that gets complained about it every other vehicle it’s in.

I’ve never had an issue with it myself. Clear let’s the most light through so it makes sense there and if the clear reverse light is on, the brake lights aren’t on, and the car isn’t moving...it’s not hard to figure out.

I bought a 2015 Frontier CC SB Pro-4X back in June after looking at and driving all the competition. I wanted something to drive to work and I didn’t feel bad about taking out into the desert to camp/fish/hunt. The GM trucks were nice but availability was limited, didn’t feel nearly as rugged, and I didn’t want to…

Most people don’t get that there is a difference between the shitty Ford software and the perfectly fine MS OS. It’d be like blaming Google if candy crush was crap.

CP, 100hp in a van that weighs around 4000lbs has got to be painfully slow and I can’t imagine it actually being too fuel efficient with as hard as the engine would have to be working to move that thing, especially loaded.

Probably nothing...it is an Italian car afterall.

This was my first thought. It and it’s platform mate Rendezvous were also some of the first midsize, unibody, FWD SUVs before the term crossover was even invented.

...and if you’re in a position someone is trying to give you a car to begin with you better be damn appreciative of it.

The buttresses and seamless bed of the old one we’re required because of its unibody design, thus has nether. It seems there’s a strong possibility this has a decent frame attached to said unibody. Throw in a PTU with a low range behind that transverse engine and the ZF 9HP with a rear locker and this will be much…

Based on the pilot’s chassis but with no buttresses and an unattached bed. So a stiff uni body combined with a solid frame to keep the bed attached to the rest of the vehicle? Sounds heavy.

Lol, I guess I’m doing it wrong then. As a single, kid negative, 28 year old male I just defend my Tahoe purchase by saying it’s my fucking money and it’s what I wanted.

Here we go again with the cheap gas shit. If you can’t afford $80 to fill the gas tank, you can’t afford a $60k+ truck or SUV and shouldn’t be buying one. If the extra $100 or so in gas to go on a trip is going to make it too expensive, you can’t afford the trip to begin with.