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0Official: GM-Isuzu joint venture assembles 1.5-millionth Duramax diesel 1353507300
General Motors and Isuzu have officially stitched together 1.5 million Duramax 6.6-liter diesel engines. The joint venture between the two manufacturers started in 1998, and now the DMAX plant employs 517 workers in a 584,000 square-foot facility. GM introduced the Duramax turbo diesel engine to ...
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Report: AM General to offer civilian Humvee kit car 1343947860
For anyone feeling nostalgic about the passing of the Hummer brand, or the actual wartime vehicle that inspired it, now is your chance to own a version of the original HMMWV, albeit without an engine. After a 12-year hiatus from the civilian vehicle market, AM General is reportedly set to offer ...
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Official: New Chevrolet TrailBlazer revealed in Dubai [w/video] 1320937080
General Motors has unveiled its next-generation Chevrolet TrailBlazer at the Dubai International Motor Show. The model is set to go on sale around the world, though Thailand will have the first crack at the vehicle in early 2012. The 2013 TrailBlazer features seating for seven, and, since the ...
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Videos: Chevrolet releases new "Duramax & Allison" ad campaign to promote Silverado HD 1288983480
Max and Al see eye-to-eye – Click above to watch the videos after the breakGeneral Motors' advertising department has seen quite a shakeup over the past year. GM chief marketing officer Joel Ewanick may have hand-picked San Francisco-based Goodby, Silverstein and Partners as his ad agency ... -
Official: Ford 6.7-liter PowerStroke gets 800 lb-ft as of next week, upgrades available 1280840460
2011 Ford Super Duty pickup – Click above for high-res image galleryFord has made it official: beginning with next week's production, the 6.7-liter PowerStroke turbo diesel in the 2011 Ford Super Duty pickup will be upgraded to 400 horsepower and 800 pound-feet of torque. That's a bump of ... -
Report: Ford 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel to churn out 800 lb-ft of torque 1279569660
In February, the specs on Ford's 6.7-liter Power Stroke turbo-diesel V8 were announced: 390 horsepower and 735 pound-feet of torque. A month later, General Motors laid out the specs on its 6.6-liter Duramax turbo-diesel: 397 hp and 765 lb-ft. According to PickupTrucks.com, the Duramax could be ...
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GM reconsidering 4.5-liter Duramax diesel for use in HD pickups 1276606620
2011 GMC Sierra Denali HD – Click above for high-res image galleryAs you may have noticed, automobile sales are picking back up after their seemingly perpetual nosedive of the last two years or so. The same holds true for fullsize pickup trucks, and we're hoping that this resurgence will ... -
GM adds two more Sierra HD Denali models 1273255020
2011 GMC Sierra Denali HD – Click above for high-res image galleryGeneral Motors has just announced that the GMC Denali line will get a little more diverse starting next year. Buyers will now be able to have their 2011 Sierra Denali HD 2500 in two-wheel drive guise for the first time, and ... -
GM quickly one-ups Ford with 2011 Duramax diesel ratings, shows off GMC Sierra Denali HD 1268227740
2011 GMC Sierra Denali HD – Click above for high-res image galleryNot even a month ago, at the end of our post on the 2011 Ford Super Duty engine specs, we wrote: "General Motors, there's a big ass ball in your court." Someone at GM has apparently grabbed their big ass racket and said, ... -
Ford turns down Heavy Duty tug of war challenge with GM 1264627200
Well this is just too bad. As you may recall, Pickuptrucks.com was chatting with Tom Stephens, GM's vice chairman of global product operations, about GM's new heavy duty pickup trucks. Suddenly Stephens said something quite interesting:
"You know what I want to do to prove it? I want to take ...

