Texas Truck Showdown 2016: Max Towing

By Matt Schmitz
January 25, 2016
img 2144857544 1453752499005 jpg PickupTrucks.com's Texas Truck Showdown | Cars.com photo by Evan Sears and Angela Conners

CARS.COM — When it comes to pickup truck sales, the Lone Star State is the undisputed king. So to find the undisputed king of pickup trucks, we dusted off our 10-gallon hats, rounded up a posse and moseyed on down to Houston with a team of trucks to test for sister site PickupTrucks.com’s first-ever Texas Truck Showdown. We put competitors from Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Ram and Toyota through a battery of tests on the track, on the highway, loaded and unloaded, and with trailers in tow to find the toughest truck in Texas.

Check out the results from the Max Towing Showdown on PickupTrucks.com by following these links:

Texas Truck Showdown 2016: Max Towing Overview

Texas Truck Showdown 2016: Towing Acceleration

Texas Truck Showdown 2016: Towing Braking

Texas Truck Showdown 2016: Towing Mileage Test

What’s the Best Light-Duty Truck for Towing 2016: Texas Truck Showdown
Assistant Managing Editor-News
Matt Schmitz

Former Assistant Managing Editor-News Matt Schmitz is a veteran Chicago journalist indulging his curiosity for all things auto while helping to inform car shoppers.

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