Articles tagged with: pickup trucks
There isn’t much else that can be said about the Ford F-150 that truck enthusiasts don’t already know. Then again for everyone else much can be said about this truck line that launched as the …
Indian automaker won’t be selling its trucks in the United States.
In 2008, it sounded like a good idea: bring a pair of small, diesel-powered pickup trucks to the market and fill a void that no …
Compact pickup truck receives exterior and interior changes.
Toyota has updated its best-selling Tacoma pickup truck line, by modifying the truck’s exterior and offering a redesigned and upgraded interior. The 2012 Toyota Tacoma returns with its …
Midsize pickup truck production ceases.
The Dodge Dakota was a breakthrough truck for the Chrysler Corporation when the truck made its debut for the 1987 model year. That vehicle succeeded several earlier attempts by Chrysler to …
By Jason Lancaster
We’ve all heard that pickup trucks are some of the worst offenders when it comes to gas mileage. To hear the media tell it, pickup trucks are tremendous low-tech gas guzzlers that waste …
Chrysler’s decision to produce a small pickup truck will force Ford, GM and others to follow suit.
Slumping Sales
Sales of small pickup trucks have been falling steadily over the past decade despite higher fuel prices and …
Last week, Jason Lancaster shared “Trends Indicated Compact Pickups Will Die,” outlining the declining interest for these types of trucks at least in North America. Elsewhere, demand for smaller pickup trucks remains strong, primarily in …
Electrovaya Inc., the Mississauga, Ontario innovator of lithium ion super polymer battery technology, has announced that it is supplying battery packs for a second plug-in hybrid electric vehicle platform, specifically for an unidentified North American …
Heavy duty pickup trucks provide all of the passenger room, payload, towing and power that business owners and avid recreational enthusiasts demand. The Ram 3500 is no exception, a rear dually powered by a 350-horsepower, …
Indian automaker Mahindra & Mahindra won’t be shipping its compact diesel-powered pickup trucks to the United States this year. Not that there are many weeks left in 2010, but the trucks were supposed to have …
Compact truck fans love their Toyota Tacomas and Nissan Frontiers. They also love their Suzuki Equators, Dodge Dakotas, GMC Canyons, Chevrolet Colorados, but not their Ford Rangers.
Say it again?!
Well, they do love their Ford Rangers, …
Built Ford Tough
The most storied name in the world of pickup trucks is the Ford F-Series, a broad line of full-sized trucks introduced by the Ford Motor Company for the 1948 model year. More than …
You can determine small truck towing ability.
Big pickup trucks such as the Ford F-150, Dodge Ram and Chevy Silverado are prized for their power and towing capacity while small trucks such as the Ford Ranger, …
Full size trucks lead the way
I read Edmunds’ analysis about pickup truck sales as being a measuring stick for the nation’s economic health and have to say I agree with what they shared.
Edmunds quoted Dale …
Truck utility meets family sedan comfort in the all new Dodge Ram.
Ever since Chrysler redesigned its Dodge Ram pickup in 1994 to give it a big rig truck expression, the vehicle has been the …
Pickup Trucks, Anyone?
What if you built a new vehicle and nobody wanted it? All right, that is a bit of an exaggeration, but if you redesigned a popular fleet of pickup trucks and the market …
