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Mahindra maps out 'potential' U.S. dealer network for forthcoming small diesel pickup

No, you're not looking at yet another voting map, or even a topographical depiction of the WalMarting of America (trust us, you don't want to see that). The image seen above is that of Mahindra's "dealership network." We're putting quotes on that because the Indian automaker says on its website that the dots represent only "potential" outlets for their forthcoming small diesel pickup trucks. Even if the map hasn't been finalized (and doesn't have an associated time frame for each franchise coming on-line), the map is interesting because ... Read more →

REPORT: Even without Dodge Ram, Ghosn says Nissan Titan will survive Chris Shunk

When Dodge announced that it wouldn't be sharing its Ram platform with Nissan, we just kind of assumed that the Titan was going to go the way of the Do Do. Why? Because Titan sales are the suck. ...

SEMA 2009: Knee-high tri-axle pickup by Air-Zenith is down and (not so) dirty Frank Filipponio

We're not exactly sure what this used to be in its former life, but it all kinds of cool in its current iteration. Just knee-high to a Hobbit, this six-wheel convertible was parked in the shadow ...

REPORT: GM kills plans for unibody pickup truck Sam Abuelsamid

General Motors has reportedly cancel plans for a new unibody mid-sized pickup truck after finding it wouldn't get much better fuel economy than existing body-on-frame designs. In early 2008, GM ...

Texas truck sales uptick seen as bellweather for auto sales? Chris Shunk

When auto sales began to circle the drain in 2008, no single segment was hurt more than pickup trucks. Sales were cut in half in many instances, pummeling the domestics from Detroit more often ...

VIDEO: Toyota Dealer Training: 2007 Tundra 3 months ago on Autoblog

Over the past couple of weeks, we've shown you the did-not-age-well 1989 Ford dealer training videos, and the completely laughable + hopeless late-Eighties Chevrolet dealer training clips. Interestingly, in the waning years of Ronald Reagan's America, the domestics weren't doing so bad. The Big ...

GM, Isuzu recalling 185,000+ small pickups over faulty brakelights 4 months ago on Autoblog

GM's midsize Colorado and Canyon pickups are being recalled, along with their Isuzu cousins, to replace a brake light switch that may be faulty. Nearly 186,000 of the pickups are affected by the problem, which could result in either no brake lights or brake lights that stay on. The afflicted ...

Volkswagen continues inscrutable naming practice with new Amarok pickup 6 months ago on Autoblog

Remember when Volkswagen just named their cars for different winds? Scirocco, Jetta, Corrado, Santana – they all had a certain clean, sweeping quality about them, even if it wasn't immediately clear where the names came from. More recently, however, VW has gone further afield, invoking ...

37,000+ Dodge Ram pickups recalled over... faulty HVAC software?! 6 months ago on Autoblog

Dodge is recalling 37,407 Ram pickups from the 2009 model year to repair faulty software that controls the manual temperature controls (not the digital dual-zone temp controller). According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the system's faulty programming can render defrosting ...

Cadillac EXT owners make serious coin, spend lots of it on truck 8 months ago on Autoblog

Not surprisingly, owners of the most expensive pickup truck in America tend to have lots of money themselves. According to SEMA, 71% of Cadillac Escalade EXT owners make over $100,000 per year, and they also dole out plenty of coin for aftermarket improvements. While that little nugget of knowledge ...

Rest in Pickup: Man buried in 1967 Chevrolet truck 8 months ago on Autoblog

Albert Dancy Jr. of Sutton, West Virginia told his family that when he passed away, he wanted to be buried in his 1967 Chevy pickup truck. On February 15, Mr. Dancy was unfortunately shot and killed in a domestic dispute, so his son Adam gave his father the burial he always wanted. Dancy, an avid ...

Review: 2009 Ford F-150 Platinum 4x4 10 months ago on Autoblog

The Blue Oval delayed the introduction of its all-important 2009 Ford F-150 by two months late last summer. The company claimed it could save some cash by postponing the pickup's launch, but in the interim, the cost to fill up the F-150's biggie-sized tank was slashed in half. The delay ...

ROUSH unveils liquid propane-powered Ford F-250 10 months ago on Autoblog

LPG has come to the masses massive, with ROUSH introducing a conversion for the Ford F-250. The changes are minimal: fuel tank and pump, stainless steel fuel lines, aluminum fuel rails and PCM calibration. They'll mean cheaper running costs but no loss of horsepower, torque or towing capacity. ...

Toyota overtakes Dodge as third best-selling truckmaker in U.S. 10 months ago on Autoblog

As we all know by now, auto sales are down, dropping by around 18% in 2008. Pick-ups actually fared worse, posting a decline of 26.5% over the same period. Still, the Ford F-150 and Chevy Silverado maintained their positions as the two best selling vehicles in the United States, and these two ...

Detroit 2009: Dodge Ram HD goes for the Big Horn 10 months ago on Autoblog

The 2009 Dodge Ram Heavy Duty was left to rumble on its own out back while the electric concepts took to the Chrysler stage at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show. But the hulking oil-burner certainly deserves mention. Powerplants come in two flavors on the 2500 models: a 5.7-liter V8 with 355 hp and ...

Spy Shots: Thai-market 2010 Ford Ranger MAX 10 months ago on Autoblog

A cunning photographer has grabbed some shots of what appears to be production versions of the Thailand-bound Ford Ranger Max. While hardware and interior information are scarce at this point, it's clear that some of the details have been toned down from what was shown on the concept (namely the ...

Toyota will debut Tundra Work Truck Package in San Diego 11 months ago on Autoblog

One glaring omission in the range of Tundra trim levels is a stripper model suitable for duty as a basic work truck. Toyota will change all that at this year's San Diego Auto Show (Dec. 31, 2008 to Jan. 4, 2009) when the 2010 Toyota Tundra Work Truck Package debuts. Like any good work truck, a ...

Ford Works Solutions gets priced, not exactly cheap but not bad 11 months ago on Autoblog

Ford Works Solutions caters to the kinds of commercial builders and workmen who will buy trucks no matter what state the economy is in because of one simple fact: they need them. Its four main features -- Internet access with limited Office functionality, Tool Link, Crew Chief, and Cable Lock -- ...

2009 Dodge Ram earns 5 stars for crash safety 11 months ago on Autoblog

The 2009 Dodge Ram was all aces in the latest round of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration crash testing, with the big D-wagon achieving five stars in both driver and passenger front crash ratings. The Dodge Ram follows the 2009 F-150 and Chevy Silverado as the only pickup trucks to ...

What the...? Volkswagen considering Beetle-based pickup? 1 year ago on Autoblog

Of all the wild-ass rumors we hear on a weekly daily hourly basis, this one has that special air of cow manure. According to Automotive News, Volkswagen is considering a pickup truck for the U.S. based off the second generation Beetle, which is due out around the turn of the decade. The rationale ...

Volkswagen pickup concept to debut next week 1 year ago on Autoblog

Pickup truck sales have tanked here in the States, but in emerging markets, affordable haulers are still in demand. VW has announced that those markets would get a sneak peak at the concept version of its upcoming pickup truck offering at next week's Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany. Our ...

SEMA Preview: Mopar bringing Dodge Ram R/T concept 1 year ago on Autoblog

With gas prices still leaving people numb, the Dodge Ram R/T probably won't get the reception Chrysler wants – but that doesn't mean the automaker won't give it some good car show loving: Mopar is bringing a 'roided up version of the truck to this year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The blue ...

First Drive: HUMMER H3T 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for hi-res gallery of the HUMMER H3T If HUMMER had a theme song, it'd probably be the Allman Brothers' Whipping Post -- the one that goes "Sometimes I feel, sometimes I feel, like I been tied to the whipping post..." The brand has been the go-to effigy when something needs to burn on ...

2009 Ford F-150 officially tows 11,300 pounds 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Ford F-150 The pickup truck market may have run out of steam, but the 2009 Ford F-150 can haul an 11,300-lb trailer full of coal if the need ever arises. The next F-150 will keep its light duty pickup towing title when it hits showroom floors in the fall ...

Spy Shots: VW "Robust" pickup 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Volkswagen pickup codenamed "Robust" has been caught testing again, this time in the U.S. They aren't too different from these spy shots, both sets showing that VW is not going for any kind of flash with its newest pickup. At one point, the regular cab version was speculated to have buttresses, ...

Get your 2009 Dodge Rams with zero-percent financing 1 year ago on Autoblog

UPDATE: We've been informed that the 0% financing for 72 months offer is only available for the 2008 Dodge Ram. Financing details for the 2009 Dodge Ram will be announced at a later date. The 2009 Dodge Ram appears to be a top-notch competitor in the light truck market, but that won't keep the ...

Toyota under spotlight for possible Tacoma sudden acceleration 1 year ago on Autoblog

Audi went through it in the '80s. Jeep went through it a couple years ago. Other makers have been accused of it, and now it's Toyota's turn: the NHTSA is considering investigating Tacoma pickup trucks from 2004-2008 due to claims of unintended acceleration. In one instance, a man said he turned off ...

GM jacks up incentives on trucks and SUVs 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above image for a high-res gallery of the Chevy Tahoe 2-mode Hybrid We've been waiting for General Motors to step up to the plate with its own incentives now that Ford has offered employee pricing on its F-Series trucks and Dodge has offered $2.99 fuel to go along with its various incentives ...

In the Autoblog Garage: 2008 Dodge Dakota Sport 1 year ago on Autoblog

When we first locked eyes on the 2008 Dodge Dakota at the 2007 Chicago Auto Show, we were breathless. The reason for our inability to process oxygen had everything to do with the ungainly sheet metal that covered the latest iteration of Dodge's midsize truck offering. The new Dakota is boxy with an ...

"Dear Dodge, Thank you for giving the Ram a really strong frame." 1 year ago on Autoblog

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Thank_you_for_giving_the_Dodge_Ram_a_really_strong_frame'; There is a good reason to pay attention to those "Bridge May Be Icy" signs that are posted at nearly every overpass in the U.S., and the guy in the photo above would likely have died for ignoring the ...

HMR magazine drives the HUMMER H3T mule 1 year ago on Autoblog

The HUMMER H3T has been much in the news lately, now we finally have some press coverage that doesn't involve broken embargoes. After a few days in the High Sierras putting pre-production versions through boulder-strewn paces, the words from HMR magazine are: it's good! Once past the ...

Ford to invest $209m in South Africa for new Ranger pickup 1 year ago on Autoblog

click above for more images of the current Ranger sold outside the US While recent times haven't been rosy for Ford here in the States, business is much better for the Dearborn, MI automaker overseas. To keep blue skies in foreign markets, Ford is ponying up $209 million in South Africa for both a ...

GM idling three pickup plants for two weeks 1 year ago on Autoblog

As reported earlier, General Motors plans to cut production in the first quarter of 2008 by 11-percent in an effort to limit excessive dealer inventory. The cut would affect both cars and trucks, but GM announced today that it would be halting production of its pickup plants in Pontiac; Fort Wayne, ...

Ford to keep truckin at Super Duty plant despite International strike 2 years ago on Autoblog

International and Ford haven't been the best of friends lately, with the two companies sparring over compensation for the Powerstroke 6.4L. International stopped making the engines in protest earlier in the year, but this time the union has walked out on International. Even with the strike, Ford ...

Toyota getting educated, changing Tundra's model mix 2 years ago on Autoblog

Toyota's foray into the world of full-sized pickups has taught the company several lessons –- the hard way. According to Automotive News, the automaker is trying to adjust the production of certain trim levels to meet market demand; increasing output on some, while reducing others. The ...

Hyundai said to be considering pickup 2 years ago on Autoblog

Yup. You read that right. According to the folks at Edmunds, Hyundai made a statement yesterday that a pickup truck might be in the cards, but it won't be available for a long time. The announcement by the Korean automaker comes the same day as a trade pact between the U.S. and Hyundai was ...






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Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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