The new Lexus GX is one of the coolest new SUVs on the market, with its boxy, kick-ass styling and twin-turbo V6. Thankfully, it should stick around for a while, as its ladder frame chassis was built ...

Toyota patents a ladder frame engine block design for V6/V8 engines, potentially for GR performance cars or heavy-duty ...

Hyundai's new patent reveals designs to integrate batteries into a ladder frame for better towing and off-road power in heavy ...

Most cars on our roads today are underpinned by a monocoque chassis. However, some models still come with a ladder-frame chassis. A ladder-frame chassis consists of two long beams on the sides of the ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...

The VW Amarok bakkie is based on an company-developed, rugged ladder frame - a construction method ideal for its applications. Choice application of high-strength steels gives the chassis an ...

If we were to name cars we least expected from manufacturers, we could list down a few prime examples. There's the Porsche ...