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Ford Adds Tremor Trim to Explorer for 2026

1 day ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

NEW! by Matthew Guy (IC: employee) Seeking to grab a piece of pie enjoyed by rigs with suffixes such as Z71 and TRD Pro, the crew in Dearborn have applied its Tremor trim to the popular Explorer for the 2026 model year. Ford has dabbled in this with the Explorer before, though the Timberline trim was arguably more of a paint and wallpaper package than anything with an actual dose of off-road chops.
Stuff We Use: JB Weld Exhaust Wrap

1 day ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

NEW! by Matthew Guy (IC: employee) On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we use and have purchased with our own meagre income. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories.
The Fast & The Questionable: Which F&F Cars Were Legit?

1 day ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

What follows is a very unscientific ranking of some cars from the Fast & Furious franchise. Some of the selections are intensely personal, a couple are fan favorites, and some are simply contrarian. And by the way - all the plots run together for us after the fourth film, so we beg your askance if we need to consult The Internet before referring to the correct movie in this expansive fictional gearhead world.
Design Overload: When Styling Goes Too Far

2 days ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

There’s nothing more disheartening than hauling into a parking lot only to see the place inhabited by milquetoast crossovers - all painted some shade of grey, of course. If sir would like his new vehicle in an actual visible light, that’ll be an extra charge. This is why we celebrate machines which look a bit different or introduce a fresh styling element into the mix. Mostly.
Stuff We Use: Brake Pads

3 days ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we use and have purchased with our own meagre income. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories. Car accessories or, in this case, car parts.
Nissan Adds Nismo Trim to Armada

3 days ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

NEW! by Matthew Guy (IC: employee) The crew at Nissan has added a Nismo trim to the gargantuan Armada SUV, jacking horsepower and giving it a noisier exhaust. With this addition for 2026, the Armada is a model line which now runs the gamut - luxurious Platinum Reserve, off-roady Pro-4X, and now the brawny Nismo. The company says it has cranked power by 35 ponies compared to other Armada variants, meaning the twin-turbo 3.5L V6 is now good for 460 horsepower.
Tire Buying 101: What the Codes Really Mean

3 days ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

The second two digits (55, in our example) refer to the size of the tire’s sidewall. This is the area of rubber between the edge of the metal wheel and the tire’s tread surface. This figure is read as a percentage of the tire width. Here, the sidewall is 55 percent of the 205 mm tread width. This number will be higher on tires fitted to off-road trucks, for example, since a big sidewall is important to try and guard against damage while sporty vehicles may have a low number.
UAW Fumbles Investments, May Have Flubbed $80 million

4 days ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

NEW! by Matthew Guy (IC: employee) Most people have rued at least one missed investment opportunity in their lives, though likely none so large (both in terms of monetary value and people affected) as the UAW is suggested to have made after the 2023 strike action. According to a report by Automotive News, the UAW failed to immediately reinvest the money it hauled out of stock portfolios and liquidated in order to pay workers who were on strike.
How to Spot a Bad Used Car in 5 Minutes

4 days ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Matthew Guy

These pages have been awash with used car advice over the last couple of decades. Long time readers will know this site has welcomed no shortage of those who know the cogs of buying and selling used cars - Murilee, Jack, Bark, Sajeev, Steve Lang, et al. This author also toiled in the swelter of a dealership with no air conditioning, one in which every office (yes, even the F&I) save the Dealer Principal’s lounge was a 6x6 cube.
Junkyard Find: Zombie 2010 Saturn Outlook XR-L Premium

4 days ago | thetruthaboutcars.com | Murilee Martin

NEW! by Murilee Martin (IC: employee) Seven of the past 11 doomed vehicles covered in this series have been General Motors products, so it's probably time to switch to… oh, to hell with it, I just found one of the very last Saturns in a Denver-area car graveyard and I must write about it immediately.