Author Archive for Tim Esterdahl
Associate Editor Tim Esterdahl is a married father of three who enjoys all things automotive including wrenching on his collection of old pickups. He also plays an absurd amount of golf. Like really absurd.
Toyota Building New NASCAR Truck Series Tundra Pickup
When the 2014 Toyota Tundra was announced, most of the focus was on consumer use. It seems Toyota had larger plans including building a new NASCAR pickup for the truck series. Cool or boring?
The 2014 Tundra is being used as a template for a new NASCAR truck series pickup.
Friday Funny: How Not to Unload a Ford Raptor
The Ford Raptor is one mean off-road machine (really, there isn’t a doubt), yet even it can’t withstand stupidity. Check out this video.
2014 Toyota Tundra Ride Quality Improvement – Toyota Engineer’s Perspective
The 2014 Toyota Tundra is being touted as having a much improved ride over previous models. How much better? Here is a Toyota engineer’s perspective.
Want to know about the 2014 Tundra ride quality from the engineers who worked on it? Here it is.
Report: Mercedes-Benz Considered Launching a Pickup – New T Class?
A new report from Road and Track says that Mercedes-Benz thought about offering a pickup truck. This luxury truck would have been an interesting addition to the upscale pickup offerings in North America. Could they reconsider?
This Mercedes-Benz truck tailgate was in the works according to sources. The idea was killed right before the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. Could Lexus offer a model?
Toyota Texas Plant Builds One-Millionth Truck – Market Pushes 2 Million
On the same day that Toyota announced it has built its one-millionth pickup, truck sales forecasts could reach two million this year. This could be the best year for truck sales since the 2007 recession.
Toyota says it has now built 1 million trucks in Texas.
