Truck talk with numbers attached.
TFL Talkin' Trucks follows pickup, off-road, EV, and commercial-truck news with a practical eye. The conversations move from engine rumors and show-floor reveals to towing loops, tire choices, trim differences, and what those details mean for buyers.
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TFL Talkin' Trucks is an automotive conversation show with trucks at the center of everything. Pickup news is the main lane, but the show also ranges into off-road racing, commercial rigs, vans, EVs, supercharged SUVs, and the future of truck engines. It works best when a simple question opens into a practical argument. Are V8 truck engines dead or coming back? Is a rumored giant diesel real, or just noise? Which truck actually fits a buyer's trailer, budget, and daily life? The answers are rarely clean, and that is part of the appeal. Episodes lean on specifics: tire size, wheelbase, bed length, trim level, towing loop mileage, fuel cost, price, ground clearance, and transmission hardware. The show is conversational and occasionally messy, with sponsor reads and live-event texture cutting into the flow. Still, the core is useful. A midsize truck gets judged against a half-ton and a heavy-duty. A Tundra race program becomes a discussion about 37-inch tires, skid plates, durability, and mixed traffic. An auto-show walkaround turns into close reading of concepts, graphics, badges, and whether expensive trucks look special enough. Work Truck Week brings heavier machinery into view, including PTO setups and commercial transmission options. The voices on the show sound like people who have spent real time around trucks, not just spec sheets. They get excited, then pull back into caveats. Diesel efficiency matters, but so does the price of diesel and long-term maintenance. A factory badge can look cool, but real mud still wins. Future-product rumors get attention, but uncertainty stays on the table. TFL Talkin' Trucks suits listeners who want automotive enthusiasm with enough real-world friction to be useful.
Made for: For pickup shoppers, truck enthusiasts, off-road fans, and towing-minded drivers who want news, rumors, and reviews framed around actual use cases. It especially suits listeners who enjoy comparing trims, engines, capability, and cost.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by translating truck specs into practical consequences instead of stopping at reveal-day excitement. It mixes studio banter, show-floor coverage, towing tests, and interviews with people close to racing and commercial-truck hardware.
TFL Talkin' Trucks is the truck podcast for TFL Studios (AllTFL.com). All trucks all the time! Each week we have fun discussing all things automotive including new pickup truck reviews, new and old truck trends, and best of all everything that is happening in the pickup truck, EV, and off-road world. So, if you love trucks as much as we do, you'll love this podcast!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Truck engineering becomes legible through practical comparisons of capability, durability, fuel use, towing, and the compromises hidden inside new hardware.
TFL Talkin' Trucks treats pickup trucks as working systems, with lively conversations anchored in what engines, suspensions, tires, and towing hardware actually do.
This is the truck aisle where capability beats chrome, and your dad still judges the gas engine.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
Semi-trucks, Nissan Xterra news, and diesel-versus-gas cost talk make this a practical truck episode.
TFL Talking Trucks keeps the focus squarely on working-truck talk, moving from semi-trucks to the latest news out of Japan on Nissan and the teased return of the Xterra.
A factory Tundra uses Mint 400 punishment to make Toyota's off-road ambitions feel practical.
Toyota's Tundra racing effort gets a grounded check-in at the Mint 400, where the truck's choices have to answer to ruts, sand mounds, and the need to keep moving.
Hyundai's pickup tease and Ram's badge talk anchor an auto-show discussion.
This segment moves cleanly from Hyundai's auto-show tease into confirmation, with the hosts first weighing an off-road SUV like the Crater concept or a pickup before circling back to Jose Munoz's earlier hint.
A noisy Indianapolis show floor turns into a useful, hardware-first look at live PTOs and commercial-truck platforms.
TFL Talking Trucks treats Work Truck Week in Indianapolis 2026 as a practical walk through commercial vehicles, from small, medium, and huge trucks to vans, with the range running from 1929 to 2026 and beyond.
A snow-drive Durango Hellcat discussion that keeps circling price, age, and the life of a limited run.
The episode starts with dealership-installed aftermarket supercharger talk for 5-liter vehicles, including Mustangs and F-150s, before moving into Andrei's trip to Detroit and a Durango Hellcat drive in Vermont snow.
A holiday heavy-duty truck discussion that puts buying logic and function first.
This Thanksgiving-week holiday episode of TFL Talking Trucks centers on why the hosts chose a 2025 GM heavy-duty Silverado diesel to keep a Ram Cummins company, and on the thinking that led to that call.
A clear comparison of three GM pickups, grounded in towing, bed size, and everyday truck use.
The episode centers on a practical comparison of a GMC Canyon 84X, a Silverado 1500, and a Silverado heavy duty 2500 diesel at the ranch, and it keeps the question simple: which pickup fits a given trailer and job.
Car reviews with the fine print left in.
Real car testing, plain-spoken buyer advice.
Fast car talk with lived-in opinions.
Car reviews with garage-floor honesty.
Andre and Case from TFL Studios explain why they purchased a 2025 Chevy Silverado HD Trail Boss diesel for their company.
The hosts of TFL Talkin' Trucks compare three General Motors trucks: a GMC Canyon AT4X, a Chevrolet Silverado 1500 RST, and a Silverado 2500 HD Trail Boss.
The show opens heavy-duty, with semi-trucks taking up a lot of the conversation before the talk swings to Nissan news from Japan.
The hosts discuss Toyota's factory-backed Tundra racing program and its potential to lead to a Raptor competitor, based on an interview with engineer Skyler Watson.
The hosts open on Hyundai's long-teased New York Auto Show reveal.
The hosts discuss rumors about upcoming large-displacement diesel engines for pickup trucks and debate whether they are hoaxes or the perfect engine.
The hosts discuss whether V8 engines in trucks are making a comeback, touching on the twin-turbo V6 and GM's new four-cylinder turbo, while celebrating the podcast's sixth anniversary.
Ram’s new ProMaster City returns with one powertrain, a 1.6-liter turbo, and about 2,000 pounds of payload.
Detroit comes first.
Comparing midsize, half-ton, and heavy-duty pickup trucks to help listeners decide which one they need.
The hosts compare four full-size half-ton trucks from Ford, GM, Toyota, and Ram as part of their Truck of the Year competition, discussing exterior features, interior technology, and upcoming tests.
The hosts discuss whether Ram's updates to the 2025 Cummins-powered heavy-duty trucks are sufficient, based on their extensive testing including the Davis Dam towing test.
Roman from TFL Talking Trucks gives a hands-on overview of the 2026 GMC Sierra EV lineup, including the Denali, AT4, and Elevation trims.
The hosts compare three Ford trucks of different sizes—compact Maverick, full-size F-150, and heavy-duty F-250—to help listeners decide which size truck is best for their needs.