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REPORT: GM kills plans for unibody pickup truck

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 showed off the GMC Denali XT concept at the Chicago Auto Show. That truck was actually based on the same Zeta rear wheel drive platform used for the Pontiac G8. And unlike the star-crossed G8 ST that never made it into showrooms, the intended production truck would have been derived front-wheel drive/all-wheel drive Epsilon II architecture like ... Read more →

Dodge increases towing capacity of 2010 Ram on paper with no hardware changes Dan Roth

To paraphrase – Dodge: "Gosh, the Ram is even better than we thought." That's essentially the explanation given as to why the Ram's maximum towing capacity has been bumped from 9,100 pounds ...

Toyota overtakes Dodge as third best-selling truckmaker in U.S. Jeremy Korzeniewski

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 ...

First Drive: HUMMER H3T Jonathon Ramsey

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 ...

Spy Shots: VW "Robust" pickup Jonathon Ramsey

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 ...

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 ...

World's Fastest Diesel Pickup controversy settled 2 years ago on Autoblog

The Great Pickup Controversy has been settled. It was reported last week that the Rocket Ranger, from SPAL USA, crossed the Bonneville Salt Flats at 215.091 miles per hour. In doing so, SPAL claimed it set the top speed world record for a pickup truck. However, back in 2002, Gale Banks ...

Canada's eco-Auto program backfiring, pickup sales increase 2 years ago on Autoblog

A new program to urge Canadian drivers to downsize to more fuel-efficient vehicles from large gas-guzzling SUVs has had the unwarranted effect of lifting sales of pickup trucks. The new ecoAUTO Rebate Program offers a rebate ranging from $1,000 to $2,000 for people who pick up certain ...

Pickuptruck.com concludes 2007 Heavy Duty Shootout... who won? 2 years ago on Autoblog

In Parts 1 and 2 of his 2007 Heavy Duty Shootout, Mike Levine and his cohorts from Pickuptruck.com compared the acceleration of gas three-quarter ton and diesel one-ton pickups from Dodge, Chevy/GMC and Ford on flat surfaces, both unloaded and loaded with 10,500-lb trailers. For the third and final ...

Truck pr0n: 2008 Ford Super-Duty 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above image to view high-resolution gallery with 35 new pics We want a 2008 Ford Super Duty truck. Badly. And the hell of it is, we really don't need one at all. It's just that after seeing the things up-close and in person at NAIAS last week, we can't help but think that the massive, ultra ...

Dodge's new diesel debuts at Texas State Fair 3 years ago on Autoblog

The Texas State Fair was the location of another big truck announcement last week when Dodge announced its new Cummins turbo-diesel engine for the 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500. Enlarged to 6.7 liters from 5.9 through increases in both bore and stroke, the new inline-six turbodiesel now boasts 350 ...

General Motors and Isuzu to build pickups together 3 years ago on Autoblog

General Motors and Isuzu Motors Ltd. will get together for another joint venture to start developing new pickups together for emerging markets.  The JV, called LCV Platform Engineering Corp., has worked together successfully before on pickup development and production, and despite GM having ...

GM to offer Cinch Jeans editions of Kodiak and TopKick pickup trucks 3 years ago on Autoblog

General Motors and Monroe Truck Equipment are teaming up with "western" clothing manufacturer Cinch Jeans to offer special editions of the Chevrolet Kodiak and GMC TopKick pickup trucks. Starting with a 4500-series GM medium-duty vehicle that's a significant step above the typical one-ton ...

Two steps forward for Ford, one step way back for two Ford plants 3 years ago on Autoblog

Mark Fields revealed last week during his update speech detailing Ford’s progress with its “Way Forward Plan” that two Blue Oval plants will be idled in 2008. The two plants affected include the Twin Cities Assembly Plant in St. Paul, MN and the Norfolk Assembly Plant in Virginia. ...






Autoblog Podcast #153: With Phil Berg

Phil Berg puts his reputation on the line and hangs with the podcast crew.

 
 

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