A “lifted” truck is a truck that sits higher than it did from the factory. People do it to clear obstacles off-road and fit bigger tires, though it can make the ride feel different.
A “lowered” truck is set up to sit lower than stock. It usually looks more aggressive and can feel more stable, but it may scrape easier and ride differently.
Amsoil is a company that makes motor oil and other vehicle fluids. They’re sponsoring the show and saying they use their products to help protect their trucks.
They’re talking about Toyota and a rumor about a new pickup truck. The idea is that Toyota may be making an off-road truck that competes with the popular Raptor.
A U.S. trademark is paperwork that protects a name. Car companies sometimes file it before they officially announce a new model, so people use it as a hint.
This is a 2026 off-road version of the Ford F-250, built by Shelby Performance. The idea is to make the truck more capable for dirt and rough terrain, not just look tough.
An LED light bar is a row of bright lights for seeing farther at night. “Nine-pod” suggests it’s split into multiple sections, and “power actuated” means it can move with a switch.
Horsepower is how strong the engine is. More horsepower usually means it can move faster and feel stronger, especially when the vehicle is working hard.
Instead of regular needles and dials, the dashboard uses a screen to show your speed and other info. It can show more details at once, which helps when you’re driving off-road.
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Polaris Slingshot
They mention the Polaris Slingshot because the engine design comes from that vehicle. Then Polaris tunes it differently so it works for the UTV’s off-road needs.
They’re reminding you that you usually can’t just drive a UTV everywhere—you often need a trailer to haul it to the trails. That’s part of the real-world cost of owning one.
A tow rig is the truck or vehicle you use to pull the trailer. If you don’t already have something that can tow safely, that’s another thing to plan for.
The Dodge Durango is a Dodge SUV. Here they’re talking about a special high-performance version that used a Hellcat engine and was marketed as a limited “Final Edition.”
Caterpillar is the company behind a lot of heavy construction machines like excavators and bulldozers. Here they’re showing a concept truck that’s meant to demonstrate their tech for construction sites.
An AI assistant is like a smart helper built into the system. It can guide you or help you with tasks using AI, shown here on the truck’s interior display.
A “control center” means one main screen or setup where you can manage a lot of functions. The idea is that the truck cab becomes the command spot for construction work.
That code is like a case number for GM’s fix. It helps identify the exact service action dealers are supposed to perform.
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So our favorite rumor of the week has to do with Toyota,
and that's the fact that they're finally coming to market with a Raptor competitor.
And they haven't quite come out and said that,
but all the signs and the magic eight ball point to yes.
And that starts with on March 10th, my birthday, thank you very much,
Toyota filed a U.S. trademark for the name TRD Hammer.
And people are surmising that that is going to be the name of the new Raptor competitor.
But apparently they arrived at Hammer after some market research,
but for me the only hammer will ever only be the AMG Hammer.
So I don't know if Toyota can come and you surf that name from AMG
and what we all know is the hammer.
Do you guys think that's a cool name?
I don't know.
I don't love it.
I don't hate it.
It's just to me it's not, I don't know.
And apparently it's going to be more of an RHO and V6 Raptor competitor
rather than a Raptor R and TRX competitor.
But we don't know for sure.
But again, we have some clues and those clues came from the recent Mint 400.
And it was the first time ever that a hybrid vehicle raced in the Mint.
And it was a Toyota Tundra on 37s and it won.
So Toyota is getting serious about it.
And so I think that tells us that that was probably the pre-production hammer
in race guys.
And we do know it'll have 37s.
We're pretty sure that's going to have a
uppowered version of the hybrid V6.
And what do you guys think?
I know we did a news story not too long ago about Ford talking about hybridized
Raptors with a V8.
Do you think a hybrid TRD Pro Tundra would be awesome?
Are you looking forward to the hammer?
Do you think we need another desert performance truck out there?
I mean, I think, I think we do.
Why not, right?
So anyway, more to come on that, but I thought that was kind of interesting
that all these little tidbits are starting to come out.
So get ready if you're a Toyota fanboy because you're going to have to save
your pennies in your garage, in your driveway.
Apparently you're going to want a TRD hammer.
And Toyota is not the only one coming out with the new off-road truck.
Shelby Performance just announced the 2026 Shelby F-250 Super Baja,
which is the first in a new line of their high-performance truck series.
And it's the first Shelby vehicle to be built at Shelby Performance's new
state-of-the-art facility in Bristol, Indiana.
And this is based on an F-250, and it's got the 6.7-liter power stroke turbo diesel
and the 10-speed torque shift automatic.
So the Shelby team carefully developed their version of the Super Duty
with a bunch of tier one top suppliers in the industry.
So you'll know names like BF Goodrich for the 37-inch tires,
and King Shocks for the suspension, and 20-inch wheels.
And they've got spare tires mounted on steel chase racks in the bed,
and the Super Baja wears two-tone paint and has a functional air induction hood,
smooth painted OE-style fender flares with market lights,
powder-coated steel front and rear bumpers, toe points,
custom painted grille, airflow vents, LED lighting,
and it features XL power steps with rock sliders and lights.
And of course the aforementioned Shelby Baja chase rack with a nine-pod power
actuated LED light bar, bed liner, tinted windows, powder-coated exhaust tips,
six exterior Shelby stripe color options, and of course
Shelby badges to round out the vehicle package.
And from there you can personalize the truck even more.
On the inside the Super Baja has exclusive full leather seats
with special embroidery, digital gauges, custom carbon fiber accents,
embroidered floor mats, and billet racing pedals.
And of course each comes with a Shelby Super Baja badge and CSM serialized plate inside.
Now they did all this without messing up the toy capacity,
because not only can it rock off-road, but can tow 22,000 pounds.
And so if you're curious, what will the Shelby Super Baja Super Truck starting price be?
That would be $159,795.
And that includes a fully loaded Lariat Ultimate 4x4,
F-250 Super Crew, and of course the high output version of the 6-7.
And that truck by itself has an estimated MSRP of around 97,000 miles,
and the trucks will come with a full three-year 36,000 mile warranty.
Manufacturing started this month, and the truck will be publicly debuting at the Barrett Jackson
car auction in Palm Beach from April 16th through the 18th at the South Florida Fairgrounds.
Only 250 of this limited production truck will be made,
and it makes it pretty exclusive. So if you're a fan of Ford trucks and Shelby,
or you have a Shelby Mustang in your driveway, and you want to match it to a truck,
this is your opportunity.
This isn't really a truck story, but it caught my eye.
I know a lot of you guys love UTVs, side-by-sides.
And I just noticed that Polaris Razor has a new model called the ProR Ultra Edition
as hydraulic active sway bar links. And it's got from a two-liter inline four, 225 horsepower.
I was looking at the specs of this thing, and I'm like, this is gnarly.
So the suspension is what Polaris calls the Dynamics DVS system.
And it's the first and only side-by-side suspension that has hydraulic locking sway bar links
that are available from the factory. And it was developed with SDI or Suspension Direct Inc.
Tuned through racing, of course. So anyway, if you are wondering,
this thing has full digital gauges. It's got a screen on it.
I mean, the UTVs in the last maybe five years are, I mean, they've just gotten to be insane.
So you get 32-inch BF-K3 tires, 32-inch tires.
Just right there. That used to be big on a Ranger back in the day, right?
MPI steering wheel, Velocity blue exterior. And of course, all the stuff from the Standard
Razor ProR. So that's the two-liter ProStar Fury inline four. That comes out of the Polaris
Slingshot, if you're wondering, but tuned to produce 225 horsepower. And it's 104.5-inch
wheelbase, 74-inch track width, and 29 inches of usable suspension trial. I mean, those are
insane numbers. Are we going to be held accountable for all the crazy things we say?
Or do? Anyway, if you're wondering, and I get, okay, I started by a sidetrack,
I'm not really a side-by-side guy. I like them, but I don't own one and they're fun, right?
But I'm like, for that kind of money, just like, I'd use Jeep and go do all the other
things, stuff something street legal, whatever. The prices aren't insane. The base price of the
Polaris Razor ProR Ultra Edition. I think we might need a drum roll for this.
$46,999 for a two-seater and $50,999 for a four-seater. Whoa, that's not right.
But I mean, if you think of it as like a mini trophy truck, it's a pretty good deal. And
for all the wamping you can do over the whoops, I think I get it. It's just, that's just a lot
of coin. I mean, wow. And there's going to be people out there who are going to buy it, 100%.
And if you compare that to the 2023 Special Edition, which was around the same, but didn't have all
the extra stuff that this one has, okay, I get it. I'm not hating on it. I'm just saying,
like, if you don't live in the UTV space, then that number is slightly jarring to you.
That's what I'm saying. That's it. And you still need the trailer. You still need the tow rig.
It's just that's a lot for most people. So here's one for you Dodge Durango owners out there
who sued Stellantis because he bought Final Edition Hellcat powered Durango SRTs.
And then they made one for another year and then they made it for another year. Well,
again, they sued and they lost. According to Reuters, the Delaware judge presiding over the
suit found no proof that Dodge's advertising and marketing of the 2021 model as a final or limited
edition was done in bad faith. So ultimately, the plaintiffs were not able to prove that Dodge had
planned to make it a one year thing only. So if you have one, you don't need to keep it under
a tarp in the garage anymore, get out there and drive it the way it was intended.
Here's another good one for you. Remember, we talked about the caterpillar truck and we were like,
hey, there's these rumors and then AI went crazy online like, oh, caterpillar truck, caterpillar
truck cat is going to blow super duty and Chevy and Ram away and the caterpillar truck,
they get it blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And everyone sent the truck to a podcast email
like an Instagram like 25 different. This is the new caterpillar AI I had friends and friends who
aren't even in automotive and don't care. We're like, hey, I heard caterpillars going to make a
pickup truck. So we got some info on that. And it's real, sort of. So caterpillar released images
from the con expo con AGG event in Las Vegas. There's a reveal and it is a cat branded pickup
truck except it's a super duty. So the idea behind it is that it features their tech suite. It's
got a drone launching station driver fatigue monitoring system, camber detection for when
people are too close to machinery, an additional interior display that runs cats AI assistant
and vision link productivity. So basically, it's a concept as a control center for a construction
boss is basically what it is. And so it's not their own pickup truck, but they did redesign it.
It's got, you know, different wheels, tires, hood, the grills different, it's branded cat,
but it's clearly still a super duty. But it is basically, I guess just a platform for them to
show off all of their electronic wares, according to the cat release, which essentially poked fun
at all the AI stuff. It said, quote unquote, you couldn't look away and we couldn't either.
Thousands of inquiries flooded in from customers, contractors and equipment owners with one simple
question. What would a cat truck really be like? They dreamed of torque and towing power. Those
were the easy parts for caterpillar. So we went further to see how we could help them even more.
We dreamed of a tech forward system that would transform every job site. So we did something
bold. We built it. So there you go. The cat truck is real. And no, it's not what you thought it was
or what AI was telling you it was, but it's still cool. All right, this one's in honor of our good
friend Jay Tillis because he loves Legos. Yes. So we have a Lego tease. Apparently they just pulled
the cover back on a Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler. And it's super cool. So this is a square headlight.
So it's a YJ. It's inspired by the original Jurassic Park film all the way back in 1993,
which seems like forever ago. And it's going to be an upcoming block hit. So they don't have all
the details out yet. We do know a few things. The set number will be 77 984. If you're going
to be looking for it, it's designed for adult builders and it has 1,924 pieces.
And it looks really cool. Some of the other features include a signature red and yellow
Jurassic Park graphic, a working windshield front, rubber tires, and even a fabric style roof
so that you could make it open air if you want. And the doors function as well. So adding a little
bit of realism. It all came from an Instagram post on the Lego account. So if you want to find more,
you can go check it out over there. But for you diehard Lego fans, this one is going to be super
cool. Alright, before we end the show, let's get into some recalls.
So we've got a couple from GM this week. And they're kind of weird ones. Like you would think,
oh, it's a recall. Like the left side of my truck fell off and I got to get it reattached
to the dealer or something like that. No, these are kind of weird. So apparently,
they're on the first recall is the fact that GM issued a widespread non-compliance recall because
their vehicles were missing owner's manuals. So it looks like the recalls cover 25 and 26 model
years. And they just left the factory without a owner's manual. And according to GM, the recall
number N252540430 affects everything from the Colorado to the Escalade, Buick Enclave, Silverado,
Silverado EV, Silverado HD, Hummer. I mean, you just go down the list and it's a lot of stuff.
And according to the report, quote unquote, these vehicles may have been delivered without an owner's
manual. Owners may be unable to find information on the safe use and operation of the vehicle
increasing the risk of injury in a crash. So if you have one of these vehicles, dealers will
be remedying the situation just by handing out physical manuals to the owners who have missed
out or reset the radio to enable the electronic download of the documents. So the fix itself
is pretty minor, but it's still one of those things where you're like, how did that get missed?
All right. And then the other GM recall is also kind of another, I guess these are what I would
consider administrative recalls because of they're not, they don't affect the vehicle. It's not like
a quality thing. It's just somebody dropped the ball, but GM just released a fix for the Chevy
Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD for trailer hitch label errors. So this goes under a customer
satisfaction program N252-537-030. And it was launched on February 10th. And according to
the bulletin that GM distributed to its dealers says there are instances where the trailer hitch
label understates hitch capacity. So basically the physical sticker attached to the hitch doesn't
accurately reflect the actual towing specs engineered in the truck. So it's a pretty easy
fix. Dealers have to locate the towing capacity label on the hitch and remove it. So apparently
there's nothing wrong with the truck. You just have to remove the label so it doesn't give false
information. It doesn't say anything about whether that label will be replaced or anything like that
with a new one. Sounds like they're just going to take it off the truck. But there is some urgency
around it. And all new used and certified pre-owned vehicles currently in dealer inventory have to
be held back and repaired before anyone takes delivery. And it also says that CPO units certified
pre-owned will be automatically decertified in the system until the dealer completes the label
removal and submits a warranty transaction. So that's kind of a weird one. The sticker's wrong.
So you can't sell that car that that person wants. Anyway, a couple of weird ones. But
we like to report on all the stuff going on in the truck industry with our
Have You Heard section. So there you go. All the stuff that happened in the last few weeks in the
world of trucks. All right, that's going to do it for this episode of the Truck Show Podcast.
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About this episode
Rumor and product news drives the episode, starting with Toyota’s likely Raptor rival: a trademark filing for “TRD Hammer,” hinted by the Mint 400 where a hybrid Tundra on 37s won. Next up is Shelby’s 2026 Shelby F-250 Super Baja—limited to 250 units, built on the 6.7L Power Stroke with a long list of off-road and tech upgrades, plus 22,000-lb towing. The show also covers Polaris’ high-power Razor ProR Ultra Edition UTV, a lawsuit over “final edition” Durango Hellcats, a Cat-branded Super Duty concept focused on jobsite tech, a Jurassic Park LEGO Wrangler set, and two quirky GM recalls.
Toyota TRD Pro HAMMER, Shelby Super Baja, $50K Polaris RZR, Dodge Durango Hellcat wins in court, Caterpillar pickup is real, LEGO launches Jurassic Park YJ, and the latest recalls. The Truck Show Podcast is brought to you in partnership with AMSOIL, Kershaw Knives, and OVR Mag. Don't forget to check out truckshowpodcast.com for special offers from our friends and sponsors.
