MetaFilter posts tagged with trucks

You don't want to get hit by one of these.

Effigy2000 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:53:03 -0800

Mack Truck History. Mack Truck Photos. Mack Truck Forums. Lots and lots and lots of Mack Truck videos.

Cars Under Covers

rzklkng — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:53:21 -0800

Broken Embargoes. Given the long amount of preparation required to print an automotive "buff book" (US examples include Car&Driver, Road&Track, Automobile, and MotorTrend), automobile manufacturers customarily provide them with access to concepts and new production vehicles months prior to the "official" public unveiling, requiring them to abide by an embargo on the images and data until a certain date has passed, usually to accomodate a carshow or other media event. In these cases, it was to coincide with the North American International Autoshow (NAIAS, aka Detroit Autoshow, 1/13-1/21), with the embargo lifted with either 1/7/2007 online publication or February print issues, which the buff books dropped the last week of a December. As soons as that happened, web outlets like b l o g s and various forums released their embargoed materials for each model. As a result, many manufacturers have had their marketing plans torn assunder (list and more background inside)...

Dekotora photo galleries

soundofsuburbia — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 07:53:27 -0800

Dekotora photo galleries. They're big. They're bad. They're dekotora ("decoration trucks"). [via Bifurcated Rivets]

Cuentan que en Oaxaca se Toma el Mezcal Con Café

fandango_matt — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:44:43 -0800

Oakland's Taco Trucks: cool site featuring their menus, art, reviews, and locations!

Dogs Love Trucks. Beavers Love Trucks. Dogs Love Beavers.

Eideteker — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:17:10 -0800

Do you like pickup trucks? How about automotive history and evolution? Here are some pictures of old pickups, from the blatantly-obviously named oldcarandtruckpictures.com. And since I got complaints on IRC that the wheels weren't big enough...

Disgusting Trucks

nj_subgenius — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 17:48:07 -0800

Disgusting Trucks Can you identify any worse? Yeah and Yeah.

The CXT Truck | I like em' Big and Stupid

namespan — Sat, 23 Oct 2004 18:55:27 -0800

And they're like, it's better than yours. The automotive arms race continues -- what's bigger than a Hummer or Ford F350? The Navistar CXT. Or is this all about hauling power for people who don't just want to buy a Kenworth?

1 Highway, 0 City

gazingus — Mon, 13 Sep 2004 11:54:06 -0800

Meet the CXT. "We can see it a as a vehicle for business people who want to make distinct impression. For personal use, it's for people who want to make a statement." I think it will leave a little more than an impression.

2tricked out japanese trucks

mathowie — Mon, 09 Jun 2003 09:37:37 -0800

2fast, 2furious, 2...something. This gallery of tricked-out Japanese big rigs defies description.

tomplus2 — Sun, 11 Aug 2002 12:53:51 -0800

Truck-nutz? Can it get any more crude, I mean 'red', than this? (here, another brand and lots of pics - click on mugshots). Who in their right mind would hang these under thier bumper?

hotdoughnutsnow — Wed, 31 Jul 2002 13:04:02 -0800

As the biggest, burliest SUV sold in the United States -- nearly 19 feet long and weighing about 7,200 pounds -- the Excursion was attacked by social critics who accused Ford of environmental irresponsibility. I for one, will not miss it.

gutenberg — Fri, 12 Apr 2002 09:56:29 -0800

Biometric authentication system. Starship Enterprise? No, Kenworth. Their new T800 High-Tech Truck is loaded with security features for the long haul. Could airplane manufacturers learn a thing or two from the grand-daddy of big rigs?