web02.fireside.fm Thu, 21 May 2026 09:39:14 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Unnamed Automotive Podcast - Episodes Tagged with “Pickups” https://www.unnamedautomotivepodcast.com/tags/pickups Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0400 Every week automotive journalists Benjamin and Sami review cars and get weird, and funny, and honest, about the automotive industry. en-us episodic Cars, trucks, and a weird sense of humor. Unnamed Automotive Podcast Every week automotive journalists Benjamin and Sami review cars and get weird, and funny, and honest, about the automotive industry. no cars, trucks, automotive, comedy, driving, EV, car reviews, truck reviews, EV reviews, electric vehicles, automobiles, journalism Unnamed Automotive Podcast benjamin@benjaminhunting.com Summer ReHeat: Nissan Trucks Desert Drive in Morocco, Guest Chad Kirchner, 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel https://www.unnamedautomotivepodcast.com/summer-reheat-nissan-trucks-morocco 71db054a-5474-4d20-8fdb-4dcb9ce2f9db Sun, 04 Aug 2024 01:00:00 -0400 Unnamed Automotive Podcast full Unnamed Automotive Podcast Guest Chad Kirchner tells us all about driving exotic Nissan trucks like the Patrol, the Terra, and the Navarra in the desert in Morocco, and compares them to the Nissan Titan, which he also pounded sand with. The trio then discuss the 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel for a mega-truck episode. 1:04:09 no <p>What's it like to be whisked off to exotic Morocco and given the keys to Nissan's entire global fleet of off-roaders? Guest Chad Kirchner shares his story of scorpions, Titans, Terras, and Patrols bashing through the dunes, and also discusses the differences between the Nissan Navarra and the Frontier pickup that is sold in North America. Benjamin, Sami, and Chad also discuss the 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel and compare it to the Ram EcoDiesel to try and figure out just how frugal the Blue Oval's efficiency-focused truck really is. *Rebroadcast from 2018 </p> Nissan, Morocco, Terra, Patrol, Navarra, Frontier, Titan, off-road, Ford, F-150, Diesel, Ram, EcoDiesel, truck, pickups What's it like to be whisked off to exotic Morocco and given the keys to Nissan's entire global fleet of off-roaders? Guest Chad Kirchner shares his story of scorpions, Titans, Terras, and Patrols bashing through the dunes, and also discusses the differences between the Nissan Navarra and the Frontier pickup that is sold in North America. Benjamin, Sami, and Chad also discuss the 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel and compare it to the Ram EcoDiesel to try and figure out just how frugal the Blue Oval's efficiency-focused truck really is. *Rebroadcast from 2018

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]]> Episode 172: The Death Of Sport Pickup Trucks, Concepts We Wish Had Been Built, Listener Updates https://www.unnamedautomotivepodcast.com/172 64f9c7e1-d6d4-4bee-83a4-68431cda55e6 Sun, 17 May 2020 08:00:00 -0400 Unnamed Automotive Podcast full Unnamed Automotive Podcast Sport trucks were cool, so why did they die? Benjamin and Sami examine the shift to off-road and take a look at what's left for street performance pickup fans before talking about concepts they wish had been built, and the lackluster stuff we got instead. 37:26 no <p>Why did sport trucks die out? Sami makes a passionate case that the off-road pickups we have today are a better match for truck fans, before both he and Benjamin try to build a sport truck from every major pickup manufacturer. The pair then discuss 'what might have been' concept cars and the sad production models we got instead, tying in automakers from Nissan to Cadillac to BMW, before a listener update focused on cars designed by musicians. </p> concept cars, cars, automobiles, trucks, sport trucks, pickups, off-road trucks, automotive podcast, car talk, car podcast, truck podcast Why did sport trucks die out? Sami makes a passionate case that the off-road pickups we have today are a better match for truck fans, before both he and Benjamin try to build a sport truck from every major pickup manufacturer. The pair then discuss 'what might have been' concept cars and the sad production models we got instead, tying in automakers from Nissan to Cadillac to BMW, before a listener update focused on cars designed by musicians.

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]]> Episode 99: Nissan Trucks Desert Drive in Morocco, Guest Chad Kirchner, 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel https://www.unnamedautomotivepodcast.com/99 497dc118-da7f-4bf9-bf83-4c67af5ff961 Sun, 25 Nov 2018 10:00:00 -0500 Unnamed Automotive Podcast full Unnamed Automotive Podcast Guest Chad Kirchner tells us all about driving exotic Nissan trucks like the Patrol, the Terra, and the Navarra in the desert in Morocco, and compares them to the Nissan Titan, which he also pounded sand with. The trio then discuss the 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel for a mega-truck episode. 1:04:09 no <p>What's it like to be whisked off to exotic Morocco and given the keys to Nissan's entire global fleet of off-roaders? Guest Chad Kirchner shares his story of scorpions, Titans, Terras, and Patrols bashing through the dunes, and also discusses the differences between the Nissan Navarra and the Frontier pickup that is sold in North America. Benjamin, Sami, and Chad also discuss the 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel and compare it to the Ram EcoDiesel to try and figure out just how frugal the Blue Oval's efficiency-focused truck really is. </p> Nissan, Morocco, Terra, Patrol, Navarra, Frontier, Titan, off-road, Ford, F-150, Diesel, Ram, EcoDiesel, truck, pickups What's it like to be whisked off to exotic Morocco and given the keys to Nissan's entire global fleet of off-roaders? Guest Chad Kirchner shares his story of scorpions, Titans, Terras, and Patrols bashing through the dunes, and also discusses the differences between the Nissan Navarra and the Frontier pickup that is sold in North America. Benjamin, Sami, and Chad also discuss the 2018 Ford F-150 Diesel and compare it to the Ram EcoDiesel to try and figure out just how frugal the Blue Oval's efficiency-focused truck really is.

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  • Why Aren’t Nissan Trucks as Popular Here as They Are Around the World? — We were in Morocco to experience Nissan’s global LCV (light commercial vehicle) lineup. For those in North America, that means the Nissan Titan was represented. But also present was the Nissan Navara, Patrol, and Asian-market Terra. The Sahara was a central meeting place for journalists all over the world to see what Nissan was all about.
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  • Why Aren’t Nissan Trucks as Popular Here as They Are Around the World? — We were in Morocco to experience Nissan’s global LCV (light commercial vehicle) lineup. For those in North America, that means the Nissan Titan was represented. But also present was the Nissan Navara, Patrol, and Asian-market Terra. The Sahara was a central meeting place for journalists all over the world to see what Nissan was all about.
]]> Episode 54: Live from the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Reveal in Detroit https://www.unnamedautomotivepodcast.com/54 4f61b93d-c7b3-475d-b733-7e8f281589f8 Sat, 13 Jan 2018 20:00:00 -0500 Unnamed Automotive Podcast bonus Unnamed Automotive Podcast Mini Episode! Benjamin and Sami get an early look at the newly 2019 Chevrolet Silverado Pickup ahead of the 2018 Detroit Auto Show. 10:11 no <p>New engines, new design, new interior secret storage compartments and all the other juicy, non-aluminum (and also aluminum) details of the new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado. That's all we talk about in this mini-episode of the podcast. </p> New engines, new design, new interior secret storage compartments and all the other juicy, non-aluminum (and also aluminum) details of the new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado. That's all we talk about in this mini-episode of the podcast.

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