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03/23/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: World's Fastest Hybrid Truck Will Try to Set New Record
World's Fastest Hybrid Truck Will Try to Set New Record   Volvo will attempt to set another world speed record with its "Mean Green" racetruck, the automaker announced today at the Mid-America Truck Show in Kentucky. Volvo will try to break the [...]
03/23/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Why GMC Trucks Matter to GM
Why GMC Trucks Matter to GM   In the minds of some, there is no reason why both Chevrolet and GMC pickups should exist, especially in light of the restructuring and government loans necessary to keep GM alive. Since there's [...]
03/22/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Head-to-Head Comparisons Aren't Easy
Head-to-Head Comparisons Aren't Easy   It's always fun to take a look at how others in the auto journalist realm do their head-to-head comparisons. They're typically done by various car-guys who feel they know all about what pickup [...]
03/21/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Wall Street Journal Looks at Luxury
Wall Street Journal Looks at Luxury   At a time when so much attention from the mainstream media focuses on hybrid and electric powertrains and the smaller cars they'll inhabit, it was nice to find this quick piece in the Wall Street [...]
03/21/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Ram's Lone Star Edition Hits 10th Year
Ram's Lone Star Edition Hits 10th Year   Ram Trucks is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Lone Star special-edition package by offering a unique version of the Texas-only look. "The Ram 1500 Lone Star was the first pickup truck [...]
03/20/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Fuel Spike Could Devastate Used Sales
Fuel Spike Could Devastate Used Sales   Volatile fuel prices could make prices for used pickups drop by as much as 22 percent, analysts for the National Automotive Dealers Association say. In a recent story in Automotive [...]
 
03/20/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: 2012 Ford F-650 V-10 Is Ready to Haul
2012 Ford F-650 V-10 Is Ready to Haul   Photos by Wes Allison Ever wonder what it's like to drive a medium-duty dump truck from Los Angeles to Las Vegas? That's what our friends at Truck Trend Magazine used to think about until they [...]
03/19/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Nissan Tried to Lure Manning to Tennessee Titans
Nissan Tried to Lure Manning to Tennessee Titans   Never one to miss a chance to shamelessly plug their products, the marketing gurus at Nissan sent an open letter to Peyton Manning, the NFL quarterback who worked out with the Tennessee Titans over [...]
03/19/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Is This the 2014 GMC Canyon?
Is This the 2014 GMC Canyon?   Illustration Copyright: Theophilus Chin/Chris Doane Automotive One of our spy-photo colleagues sent us this artist's illustration of what a GMC Canyon might look like if GM ever announced that it [...]
03/17/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Nightmare Road Trip With '68 Ranchero
Nightmare Road Trip With '68 Ranchero   Ever have fantasies of hitting the open road with a buddy in one of your favorite classic pickup trucks of all time? Well, that's what Hot Rod Magazine dudes David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan had [...]
03/16/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Quick Update: Hot Rod U Project a Success
Quick Update: Hot Rod U Project a Success   Remember the pile of rusted parts and half-chewed body panels we showed you when we introduced the Hot Rod U 1935 Dodge pickup project vehicle? We wanted to show you a few of the most recent shots [...]
03/16/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Video Walk-around: 2013 Ram 2500 HD CNG
Video Walk-around: 2013 Ram 2500 HD CNG   You might have read about the announcement that Ram will offer a bi-fuel compressed-natural-gas 2500 HD long-bed crew cab next year. Now take a closer look as we show you what this truck looks [...]
03/15/12 - PickupTrucks
PickupTrucks: Could More 'LUV' Come to U.S. Shores?
Could More 'LUV' Come to U.S. Shores?   Some may remember the concept SUT 1 that showed up at last year's Geneva International Motor Show, but now there are rumors that the production version, called the Korando Sports, could be the [...]