Hyundai Gains Edge With Hybrid Battery Replacement Coverage
February 6, 2012 – 1:40 pm | No Comment

Korean automaker finds yet another way to trump its competitors.
What would keep you from buying a hybrid model? Besides price, one of the most significant concerns for potential buyers are each model’s battery packs. Those …

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2012 Ford F-150 Overview & Specs
February 1, 2012 – 12:05 am | One Comment
2012 Ford F-150 Overview & Specs

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 …

Feds Nix Mahindra Entry
September 15, 2011 – 4:59 am | No Comment
Feds Nix Mahindra Entry

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 …

Refreshed: Segment Leading Toyota Tacoma
September 8, 2011 – 7:34 am | No Comment
Refreshed: Segment Leading Toyota Tacoma

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 …

Ram Dakota Ends Production Following 24-Year Run
August 25, 2011 – 8:02 am | No Comment
Ram Dakota Ends Production Following 24-Year Run

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 …

Are Pickup Trucks Really Gas Guzzlers? Myths vs Reality
May 25, 2011 – 12:05 am | 3 Comments
Are Pickup Trucks Really Gas Guzzlers? Myths vs Reality

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 …

Big 3 Likely to Rethink Small Pickup Truck Plans
May 19, 2011 – 12:05 am | No Comment
Big 3 Likely to Rethink Small Pickup Truck Plans

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 …

Teased: Chevrolet Colorado Show Truck
March 22, 2011 – 9:51 am | No Comment
Teased: Chevrolet Colorado Show Truck

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 …

Canadian Lithium Ion Battery Supplier Announces Second PHEV Application
February 22, 2011 – 6:28 am | One Comment
Canadian Lithium Ion Battery Supplier Announces Second PHEV Application

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 …

2011 Ram 3500 Specs and Overview
November 22, 2010 – 5:47 am | No Comment
2011 Ram 3500 Specs and Overview

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, …

Mahindra & Mahindra Delays Its Trucks Again
October 19, 2010 – 6:05 am | One Comment
Mahindra & Mahindra Delays Its Trucks Again

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 …

Missing Global Ford Ranger: Found
October 15, 2010 – 4:48 am | One Comment
Missing Global Ford Ranger: Found

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, …

Book Review — Ford F-Series: America’s Pickup Truck
September 20, 2010 – 12:05 am | One Comment
Book Review — Ford F-Series: America’s Pickup Truck

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 …

How to Determine Small Truck Towing Capacity
August 23, 2010 – 12:05 am | No Comment
How to Determine Small Truck Towing Capacity

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, …

Are Truck Trends An Economic Barometer?
August 12, 2010 – 6:46 am | No Comment
Are Truck Trends An Economic Barometer?

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 …

The Purpose Driven Dodge Ram 1500
November 6, 2009 – 12:15 am | One Comment
The Purpose Driven Dodge Ram 1500

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 …

Chrysler Announces 0% Financing For New Dodge Ram
July 11, 2008 – 3:00 am | 6 Comments
Chrysler Announces 0% Financing For New Dodge Ram

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 …