When the Dodge Lil' Red Express Truck (LRE) hit the market in spring 1978, it was not just another trim package; it was a bold, chrome-laden protest against the performance-breaking environmental ...

The high-performance truck is back — but it isn’t new. One of the first of the breed dates back to the height of the Disco era, 1978, when high-performance cars had all but ceased to exist because of ...

The Dodge Lil' Red Express was the fastest 1978 production vehicle, outrunning Corvettes by exploiting EPA truck exemptions during the muscle car era.

The 1970s saw the bottom drop out of the muscle car craze, and high-performance became a dirty word. Despite this, real work still had to be done in America, and trucks were there to do it. Among them ...

In the 1970s, Americans still looked to long-hood coupes and low sports cars when they talked about speed. Names like Corvette , Trans Am, and Camaro carried the glory from the muscle era into a ...

Decades before the Chevrolet SS 454, GMC Syclone, Ford F-150 Raptor, or the Ram 1500 TRX, a red Dodge pickup truck was roaming the streets, embarrassing much more expensive sports cars. Known as Li’l ...

It's not often that someone waltzes down your driveway and asks if you are interested in buying their old truck, but this is exactly what happened to Randy Carter one day. The man told Randy he had ...

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co's pioneering interstate Wingfoot Express truck line is celebrating its 90th birthday in 2007. In 1917, a five-ton Packard with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co's pioneering ...