After buying a cheap Chevrolet Avalanche Z71 at auction, I quickly realized parts were missing. What started as a simple project turned into a hunt to track down what happened—and who was responsible.

With new trucks selling in the neighborhood of $40,000-60,000 or higher, budget-conscious buyers are looking more often to the used market or holding on to their older trucks and freshening them up ...

It's been five years since we've revisited the Chevrolet Avalanche, our 2002 Motor Trend Truck of the Year. Since that time, Chevrolet has addressed the few problems we found with the winner and ...