The 1980s: when automakers hadn't yet figured out how to make every truck look like it was designed by the same committee of downers who clearly hate fun. These were the days when trucks had actual ...

Remembered with pure automotive nostalgia, the 1980s gave us car fads that are still missed and celebrated today. Vinyl graphics, chrome bumpers, and loud paint jobs are certainly up there with pop-up ...

Pickup trucks have been popular since the years following World War I, but the '80s were a time of experimentation, innovation, and improvement for both new truck lines and legacy models. From the ...

The unique 1980s collaboration between Mitsubishi and Ford, which saw the Japanese automaker supplying diesel engines for ...

We spent much of last summer together, this weary little band of writers and photographers, sampling Model Year 1980 cars and light-duty trucks at various Michigan proving grounds. We drove the new ...

In stock form, the 1980 Ford F-150 ran a quarter-mile best of 18.97 at 71 miles per hour. Modern pickup trucks are the best thing since 33-cent gasoline. They offer the comfort of a car and the ...

Eighties retro is so in now that Nissan used the word “rad” in announcing its Hardbody Edition. A design package on the 2024 Frontier, the Hardbody Edition, honors the first small truck the brand sold ...

The fuel, distilled at home, only cost about 50 cents a gallon. The fuel, distilled at home, only cost about 50 cents a gallon. The fuel, distilled at home, only cost about 50 cents a gallon. Rising ...

Not every classic car is a hard-to-get, limited-production exotic, and there are plenty of formerly common 1980s cars that ...

Nathaniel is an experienced automotive writer with more than 10 years of automotive writing under his belt. From model reviews to industry politics to new innovations and development, he covers a wide ...