Archive for 'Trucks/Pickups'
Plant Creativity Saves GM Millions
Posted on 04. Feb, 2012 by admin.
Creative solutions can save a lot of money, and if you happen to be building light-duty and heavy-duty pickup trucks for GM, those savings can run into the millions of dollars. Josh Cable of Industry Week magazine recently toured GM's truck assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Ind., and he discovered that when heavy-duty production was brought to the light-duty pickup plant in early 2010 (due to the bankruptcy reorganization), the team on site had to figure out how to incorporate heavy-duty production on a line that wasn't big enough to handle the larger truck lengths. The biggest challenge was how to fit the bigger, heavier-duty trucks (which now would inlcude duallys) in paint booths that were only long enough to hold the shorter, lighter-duty full-size
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NATOY Jury Changes Award Criteria
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
We're not sure if we had anything to do with it , but the body of jury members that chooses the North American Car of the Year and North American Truck of the Year has recently announced it will change the criteria for the latter award. As you recall, the jury, made up of 50 U.S. and Canadian journalists, got into some hot water this year by awarding the Land Rover Range Rover Evoque (from a few other unibody crossover finalists) as the North American Truck of the Year.
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Ram Truck and Country Music in 2012
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
Ram Truck just announced it will continue its connection with country music by creating a "Road to the Ram Jam" concert series that will allow fans to see their favorite country artists up close and register for a drawing to win gifts and prizes. Five concerts are scheduled this year, plus a year-end invitation-only Ram Jam concert in December. The first officially announced concert will be with "American Idol" alum Kellie Pickler, who will get the use of a fully loaded Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn for the year that will be auctioned off in 2013 with proceeds going to the USO, a nonprofit group dedicated to lifting the spirits of America's troops and their families.
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Dearborn Truck Plant on Ultimate Factories
Posted on 03. Feb, 2012 by admin.
National Geographic Channel’s "Ultimate Factories" will feature the 2012 Ford F-150 and Dearborn Truck Plant. The episode, which will air at 8 p.m. EST Saturday, will cover the assembly and testing of an F-150 EcoBoost V-6 and the SVT Raptor.
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Recall Alert: 2011 Honda Ridgeline
Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by admin.
Our friends at KickingTires.com are reporting that Honda is recalling 206 Ridgeline pickup trucks because they may be equipped with the wrong type of spare tire, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In the affected vehicles, may be equipped with a full-size tire instead of a temporary spare tire. In these cases, the tire specifications listed on a placard affixed to the vehicle — listing the size and recommended cold inflation pressure for a temporary tire — are not correctly displayed.
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2011 Pickup Truck Sales Recap
Posted on 02. Feb, 2012 by admin.
We know, we know. It's already February, and we haven't gotten around to wrapping up the 2011 sales numbers. Here's the complete breakdown of pickup truck sales, truck by truck, in the U.S.
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January 2012 Top 10 Pickup Truck Sales
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by admin.
2012 looks to be starting off quite well for some, while others continue to struggle. The F-Series picks up where it left off and the Ram Trucks is the big winner, posting a 47-percent improvement over the first month of 2011. Additionally, the mid-size segment is doing exceptionally well with Tacoma, Frontier and Chevy's Colorado all up between 20 and 40 percent over last year's January
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Spied! Super Duty Running With Test Equipment
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by admin.
One of our friends sent us these images of a Super Duty running around Michigan with a boat-load of test equipment inside and outside the bed of the pickup.
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Only in Canada: Ford’s M-Series Pickups
Posted on 01. Feb, 2012 by admin.
From 1946 to 1968, Ford offered the Mercury M-Series pickup trucks that literally the F-Series lineup of the day.
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Does the Allison 1350 Point to GM’s Future?
Posted on 31. Jan, 2012 by admin.
Allison Transmision just announced it will be producing a new 1350 model that will have a higher towing and GCW rating than the previous 1000. Factory gross combined rating numbers for the 1000 are 26,000 pounds; however, the new 1350 has a 30,000-pound rating, which also means it should be capable of towing more wieght than the 1000 as well.
