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Want To Witness the Limit to Big Rig Customization? DMC Shows Off Their Magic
Want To Witness the Limit to Big Rig Customization? DMC Shows Off Their Magic

7 Feb 2023, 10:23 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This custom sleeper and tractor shop from Utah focuses on one-of-a-kind projects for truck owners with the cash to make their dreams come true

 
Remembering the $12 Million Thor 24 Big Rig: The "Holy Mother of Metal"
Remembering the $12 Million Thor 24 Big Rig: The "Holy Mother of Metal"

30 Jan 2023, 13:56 UTC · By: Cristian Curmei / This custom Peterbilt truck sold at auction for $12 million in Saudi Arabia and hasn't been seen since then. We take a look to see what the world is capable of

 
Midnight Rider, the Monstrous Record-Breaking Peterbilt Limousine, Is Still Insane
Midnight Rider, the Monstrous Record-Breaking Peterbilt Limousine, Is Still Insane

7 Jan 2023, 06:17 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The custom limo is based on a 1987 Peterbilt semi-truck and is world’s heaviest and largest, and unofficially the most expensive. Also, for sale

 
Slammed Peterbilt 359 Looks Like Something Out of Mad Max, Races Modded Kenworth T800
Slammed Peterbilt 359 Looks Like Something Out of Mad Max, Races Modded Kenworth T800

22 Sep 2022, 12:58 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / While we don’t know much of anything about their specs, this Peterbilt 359 and Kenworth T800 surely combine for thousands of horsepower

 
Tuned Peterbilt 359 Channels Inner Hypercar in Death Match Against Freightliner Semi
Tuned Peterbilt 359 Channels Inner Hypercar in Death Match Against Freightliner Semi

16 Jun 2022, 13:30 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / Even though we don’t have any exact numbers, we feel confident in saying that these two semi-trucks are putting down over 3,000 hp combined

 
This Kingsley Coach Motorhome Is a Luxury Lodge on Wheels With a Peterbilt Cab
This Kingsley Coach Motorhome Is a Luxury Lodge on Wheels With a Peterbilt Cab

4 Jun 2022, 15:00 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Essentially a Peterbilt glider kit with a Motor Coach Industries bus attached to it, this thing is a huge, full-blown Class A motorhome

 
Custom Peterbilt 359 Semi Races Kenworth W900, Drifts Like a Rabid Hellcat During Launch
Custom Peterbilt 359 Semi Races Kenworth W900, Drifts Like a Rabid Hellcat During Launch

2 Jun 2022, 14:56 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / This dark-themed early model Peterbilt 359 has so much horsepower, it did a multiple wheel power-slide when accelerating off the line

 
Red Peterbilt 389 Shames Bugatti in Terms of HP, Fights Orange Kenworth T800 to the Death
Red Peterbilt 389 Shames Bugatti in Terms of HP, Fights Orange Kenworth T800 to the Death

1 Jun 2022, 13:35 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / When it comes to semi-trucks that frequent both loaded and unloaded drag racing events, you’ll find that many of them produce well over 2,000 hp

 
$1.3 Million Peterbilt Six-Car Transporter Is a True American One-Trailer Road Train
$1.3 Million Peterbilt Six-Car Transporter Is a True American One-Trailer Road Train

17 May 2022, 11:55 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Concept Transporters Peterbilt tractor and six-car trailer are for sale, the honor of owning the combo could send the owner back close to $ 1.3 million

 
BMW iX Bites More CGI Peterbilt Semi Than It Can Chew, Morphs to “PeterBimmer”
BMW iX Bites More CGI Peterbilt Semi Than It Can Chew, Morphs to “PeterBimmer”

21 Mar 2022, 22:04 UTC · By: Aurel Niculescu / Henry Andrews, the virtual artist better known as “photo.chopshop” on social media, continues to impress for all the wrong reasons. Or is he just BMW-ironical?

 
Egg-Crate 1939 Peterbilt 5-Ton Truck Is a Rare Antique, Only One to Be Auctioned
Egg-Crate 1939 Peterbilt 5-Ton Truck Is a Rare Antique, Only One to Be Auctioned

18 Mar 2022, 09:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This 1939-40 Peterbilt 260GD 5-ton truck is one of five surviving examples, and the first one to ever be offered at auction

 
Peterbilt-Inspired Super Sleeper Semi-Truck Is a LEGO Artwork Built With Comfort in Mind
Peterbilt-Inspired Super Sleeper Semi-Truck Is a LEGO Artwork Built With Comfort in Mind

7 Mar 2022, 16:07 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / This LEGO super sleeper semi-truck is 10-stud wide, made of 740 pieces and designed so that your mini-figures can enjoy the comforts of home while on the road

 
Peterbilt 359 Semi Unleashes 3,000 HP, Puts On Mind-Blowing Show During Drag Race
Peterbilt 359 Semi Unleashes 3,000 HP, Puts On Mind-Blowing Show During Drag Race

3 Feb 2022, 16:02 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / This customized Peterbilt 359 is so fast, we’re starting to wonder if it could beat the Tesla Semi in a quarter mile drag race

 
Peterbilt 379 Semi Purrs Like a Kitten at Idle, Pulls Like a Hellcat During Drag Race
Peterbilt 379 Semi Purrs Like a Kitten at Idle, Pulls Like a Hellcat During Drag Race

20 Jan 2022, 14:50 UTC · By: Sergiu Tudose / This modified Peterbilt 379 racing semi is clearly better equipped to taken on rivals unloaded, yet still looks dominant even when hauling weight

 
Watch an Army of 1,000HP+ Semi Trucks Invade Texas Half-Mile Event in Abilene
Watch an Army of 1,000HP+ Semi Trucks Invade Texas Half-Mile Event in Abilene

1 Nov 2021, 08:23 UTC · By: Humphrey Bwayo / Fourteen 1,000 HP+ working trucks check into Texas Half-Mile Event in Abilene and steal the show with some of the truck running 107 on the half mile stretch

 
Discontinued Legendary American Truck Still Lives on Through This LEGO Model
Discontinued Legendary American Truck Still Lives on Through This LEGO Model

2 Aug 2021, 15:47 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / It was an American legend that cruised the highways relentlessly. The Peterbilt 379 truck may have been retired, but here's a cool LEGO version of it.

 
Big Pete Is World’s Only “Real” Monster Truck, Now With Matching Monster Trailer
Big Pete Is World’s Only “Real” Monster Truck, Now With Matching Monster Trailer

16 Nov 2020, 14:05 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Powered by a big-block Chevrolet V8 engine, Big Pete is a legend in the UK and Europe, putting on amazing shows since 2004

 
The Midnight Rider Is World’s Heaviest, Largest and Perhaps Fanciest Limousine
The Midnight Rider Is World’s Heaviest, Largest and Perhaps Fanciest Limousine

26 May 2020, 17:12 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Built the old-fashioned way of trial-and-error over 7 years, it cost over $2.5 million to put together entirely by hand, using only top-quality materials

 
Thor 24 Peterbilt 359 Semi Truck Packs 24-Cylinder Detroit Diesel, 4,000 HP
Thor 24 Peterbilt 359 Semi Truck Packs 24-Cylinder Detroit Diesel, 4,000 HP

22 Nov 2019, 20:50 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Thor 24 isn't your typical Peterbilt 359, but one of the most extreme semi tuning projects we've ever seen. Total cost of the build? About $7 million

 
Cummins and Peterbilt Reveal Their Improved SuperTruck
Cummins and Peterbilt Reveal Their Improved SuperTruck

21 Mar 2013, 10:29 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / Engine manufacturer Cummins and truck maker Peterbilt Motors Company, displayed their new SuperTruck that is 54 percent more fuel-economic than the majority of other semi-trucks. Their long-haule...