In the '70s, this little truck was the fastest production car money could buy in the USA. Now, you can have it for around $30 ...

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 ...

The Dodge Li’l Red Express Truck arrived at a strange moment in American performance history, when emissions rules had choked most muscle cars and carmakers were scrambling for loopholes. Dodge ...

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 ...

Brett T. Evans has more than a decade of experience driving, writing about, and evaluating automobiles. His early career comprised writing about pre- and post-war classic cars, as well as late-model ...

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 ...

Actively reporting, writing, and editing on automotive news and since 2021, Dave has brought his acerbic wit and love of European car culture to brands such as HotCars, CarBuzz,and TopSpeed.

In the late ’70s, the fuel crunch was in full swing, and the performance car industry was at arguably its lowest point in history. Smog-laden big-block gas engines could barely crank out 200 hp, and ...

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 ...

It looks we'll soon be seeing a modern interpretation of the 1978-1979 Dodge Lil' Red Express truck. The original truck was part of Dodge Trucks's "adult toy" promotion that included a few other ...

Only malaise-era kids will remember the Dodge Li'l Red Express pickup truck was the quickest performance car that America could muster in the post-oil-crisis economy. Just listen to these blistering ...

Chad has been a muscle car and classic truck lover since he could walk. The classic vehicles from the '60s and '70s are the best in his eyes, but he is more than willing to give the new technology a ...