South buyer's guides

Weather, roads and lifestyles vary a lot across the South. Pick your state for model recommendations and local ownership tips.

Alabama

Tornado watches, bass boats and the I-65 beach run: what an Alabama driveway has to handle

Rice fields on one side, Ozark switchbacks on the other: Arkansas needs two kinds of truck

Will a Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep or Ram hold up in Florida? Sun, salt and flood lines explained

Peach Pass lanes, Savannah container trucks and red clay: three Georgia drives, three different vehicles

Horse trailers, hollers and a river that floods: read the Kentucky map before you pick a vehicle

Street flooding, sinking pavement and the Atchafalaya crossing: a Louisiana vehicle checklist

Delta dust, Gulf Coast storms and the Natchez Trace: shopping for a Ram or Jeep from Tunica to Biloxi

Beach sand, Blue Ridge grades and the Charlotte commute: three North Carolinas, three shopping lists

Hail, wind and red dirt: Oklahoma tests trucks harder than most states

Salt marsh, snowbird traffic and no inspection sticker: buying a vehicle in South Carolina

Tennessee has a mountain end, a river end and a steep plateau in the middle

Too big for one recommendation: how Texas geography changes the right Ram, Jeep or Dodge

Tunnels, tolls and tidal flooding: Virginia from Hampton Roads to the Shenandoah

In West Virginia the question is how often you'll need low gear, not whether