For most mass-market vehicles, there are two methods of construction: unibody and body-on-frame (there are also monocoque vehicles, but they're rarer and don't really apply here). These two distinct ...

Most new vehicles are either unibody or body-on-frame. Both of these are essentially ways of constructing a vehicle, and both have their distinct advantages. Unibody vehicles essentially have the ...

SUVs are everywhere, representing almost 60% of the vehicles sold last year in the U.S. However, most of them fall in the unibody category, a construction technique where the chassis and body are ...

Nissan Pathfinder may return to CUV roots, ditch body-on-frame again The Nissan Pathfinder has done what was needed to take advantage of a sales trends: it started life as body-on-frame, then switched ...

The midsize Land Rover Defender line ran from 1983-2016 as a standard body-on-frame sport-utility vehicle, then was dropped from lineup. Now it’s back. Jaguar Land Rover, the new company that controls ...

In the early days of the SUV revolution, best-sellers were proper truck-based, body-on-frame off-roaders that buyers appropriated as family cars. SUVs like the Ford Explorer and Chevrolet Blazer were ...

Hyundai will launch a body-on-frame midsize pickup in the U.S. before 2030, likely with hybrid power—unlike the unibody Santa Cruz. “The midsize truck segment is one of the largest and most profitable ...

It's not a secret at this point that Ram is gunning for the likes of Ford, General Motors and Toyota in the growing mid-size truck segment. The automaker has confirmed that its own Ranger / Canyon / ...