Porsche 911

Chevy Silverado, GMC Sierra HD Diesels

The heavy-duty Chevrolet Silverado (top) and GMC Sierra (bottom) prototypes featured here provide quality looks at the remakes of the crew-cab versions of the standard and dually trucks due in 2016. GM is reportedly bumping the current 6.6L Duramax turbo diesel’s horsepower, torque and towing capacity to counter Ford’s recently upgraded 6.7L Powerstroke V8 turbo diesel.

Part of GM’s strategy is to feed more air into the engine via a new functional air intake designed into the trucks’ redesigned hoods. The prototypes were all sporting diesel exhaust, and the fuel doors stated, “Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel Only.”

’17 Jeep Patriot Mule

Ford SVT Truck

The test mule for the ’17 Jeep Patriot uses a stretched version of the FCA-derived “small” platform that currently underpins the new Jeep Renegade. The mule includes a riveted section that lengthens the Renegade platform by several inches.

The stretched Renegade-based Patriot mule largely confirms speculation that the singular follow-up to the Patriot/Compass duo will follow a path closer to the more rugged Patriot instead of the more car-like Compass. The timing of this mule seems to confirm earlier reports that the next Jeep Patriot will appear sometime in the second quarter of ’16 as a ’17 model, slotting between the Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Renegade to better flesh out Jeep’s model range.