My Truck Recommendations For Every Driver

Vol. 9

Sometimes it seems like everyone on the Internet wants me to tell them what car to buy. So, for once and for all, here are those recommendations, all in one place. I’ll break these down by your needs. 

“Which Subaru should I get for off-roading?”

My recommendation: A Ford Bronco Sport

But I read on a car website that those are bad: Most car journalists get into the job because they’re into sports or luxury cars. Often, the only time car journalists ever do any actual off-road driving is on press launches. Many manufacturers carefully curate the drive courses at those events to flatter a vehicle’s capabilities, and to hide its flaws. Lately, as it’s really gotten into off-road vehicles, Ford has taken the opposite approach, and is turning those same journalists loose on some legitimately challenging terrain. Combine a driver’s lack of experience off-road, with what may be the first-ever time having to carefully choose lines, and think about which buttons to push, and you’ve got a recipe f…