After military service a career as war correspondent was on the cards. But then an exclusive bursar programme in automotive journalism came 'a-knockin' - and so a 26-year journey spanning newspapers, ...

The new Lexus GX is one of the coolest new SUVs on the market, with its boxy, kick-ass styling and twin-turbo V6. Thankfully, it should stick around for a while, as its ladder frame chassis was built ...

Lexus debuted its new GX SUV this evening, though we've known for some time it will be a rugged, body-on-frame vehicle based on the Toyota Land Cruiser. But what we didn't know until today is that the ...

Most cars on our roads today are underpinned by a monocoque chassis. However, some models still come with a ladder-frame chassis. A ladder-frame chassis consists of two long beams on the sides of the ...

The VW Amarok bakkie is based on an company-developed, rugged ladder frame - a construction method ideal for its applications. Choice application of high-strength steels gives the chassis an ...

Earlier this month, we've seen a Tesla Cybertruck's frame snapping while pulling a gas-powered Ford F-150, making people question its toughness. The same YouTuber is now torturing the Ford F-150 to ...

Hot on the heels of reports that Hyundai could launch a ladder-frame SUV, a designer has imagined what such a vehicle could look like. While Hyundai also builds a large SUV in the form of the Palisade ...

"While one of them rests on a ladder frame, the other has unibody construction" and then he looks up. If you were a Jeopardy contestant and shouted "What is the difference between an SUV and a ...

The Kia Tasman pickup might just be the opening chapter in a larger story for the brand’s ladder-frame ambitions. As interest in rugged utility vehicles grows, Kia is eyeing the possibility of turning ...

Some of the SUVs we often see on U.S. roads, or, less often, on the trails they were meant to traverse, started out as pickup trucks. Or they were otherwise designed similarly at first, with boxy ...