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The Last Company To Produce A Car This Ugly Went Out Of Business

If you haven’t seen the secretly obtained photo of the new 2014 Jeep Cherokee, than put down your coffee (or beer) and try not to do a spit-take all over your keyboard.

2014 Jeep Cherokee, as seen on Jalopnik.com (it’s their photo – click the image to see the original story).

Ugly, right? Not just ugly, but really, really ugly. Pontiac Aztek ugly.

The Pontiac Aztek was so ugly that it put Pontiac out of business (well, sort of).

And comparing this new Jeep to the Aztek is 100% on-point, because the last company to make a car this ugly went out of business.

Simply stated, the design failure of the 2014 Jeep Cherokee may very well be evidence of severe problems at Chrysler-Fiat.

2013 NASCAR Truck Series Opens Today – Red Horse Racing Toyota Tundra

Here at Tundraheadquarters.com, we like to show all sorts of Toyota Tundra pickups in action. How about a modified Tundra racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series? You bet. How would you like to drive a NASCAR modified Tundra?

The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series opens Friday, February 22,2013. How would you like to be behind the wheel?

Dodge Ram 1500 Diesel – Big Deal to Toyota?

By now most everyone has heard that Dodge is going to release a diesel version of the Ram 1500. While this news has the potential to shake up the automotive world, is it that big of a deal to Toyota?

Can the Ram 1500 diesel alter the truck market so much that Toyota will build a diesel?

Toyota Wins Seven 2013 J.D. Power and Associates Awards

J.D. Power and Associates released their 2013 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study and no surprise, Toyota crushed the competition.

Toyota crushed the competition with seven 2013 J.D. Power and Associates Award for Dependability.

The Trouble With Weight-Saving Technologies

While Ram, Ford, and GM truck enthusiasts are falling all over themselves about turbochargers, baby diesels, and active grille shutters, there are much bigger technological advances being developed by truck manufacturers.

Specifically, I’m talking about weight loss – the single-best way to improve truck fuel economy without resorting to complicated fuel-saving technologies or powertrains that don’t quite deliver the power or fuel economy promised.