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Cash for Clunkers Shock Horror! HUMMER Bought with C4C Cash!
Not THIS HUMMER (that would be a bit of a stretch). But a HUMMER nonetheless. The Associated Press reports that “Data released late last week by the Department of Transportation shows that tens of...
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Piston Slap: I’m Pickin’ Up Good Vibrations Pt. II
Chris writes: Thank you all for your input on my question. I took the truck to my mechanic and he gave it a good go over and could not find anything wrong. He was said it might be the heat shield on...
View ArticleTruck Thursday: GM Spending “Several Hundred Million” On Full-Size Truck Update
According to our data, the full-size pickup segment declined by 29.4 percent last year. Of all full-sized pickups, the Chevy Silverado lost the most volume, dropping 32 percent and an eye-popping...
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In The Midst Of CAFE Negotiations, GM Re-Invests In Trucks
[UPDATE: GM responds to this piece here] With environmentalist groups on the warpath over forthcoming 2017-2025 CAFE standards, trucks sitting on lots, and the Flint HD Pickup plant idled for much of...
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Fake In China: More On The Faux F150, And Its Chevy Precursor
Tycho, my Dutch friend in Beijing, scored the big one with his fake F150 story. After we wrote about it, everybody from Motor Trend to Pickupinfo.ru wrote about it as well, taking the...
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Piston Slap: LSX-FTL???
Adam writes: I have been on your site for a couple years now and don’t remember ever seeing this topic. Our issue is we have a 2007 Suburban with a 5.3 AFM (Active fuel management) motor that was...
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Rent, Lease, Sell, Or Keep: 2000 Chevy Silverado
I stole it. At least in the purely metaphorical sense. This 2000 model Silverado went through the last of a sparsely attended sale in Acworth, Georgia. For $1350 plus the $95 auction fee it was all...
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Meet The New GM Trucks, Same As The Old Trucks
GM revealed its new full-size pickups today, with a combination of “evolutionary” styling and while offering a more traditional pickup, devoid of the fancy turbocharged V6 engines and air suspensions...
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GM Pickups Get Fuel Economy Figures In 5.3L V8 Configuration
GM announced that prices of their new 1500-series trucks would remain flat, while the new 5.3L V8 is estimated to beat Ford’s F-150 Ecoboost in fuel economy and towing capacity. Silverado and Sierra...
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Pre-Production Review: 2014 Toyota Tundra (With Video)
We don’t just love pickup trucks in America, we practically worship them. The half ton pickup truck is an American icon embedded into our music, our entertainment and almost the core of our culture....
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Price Differential With Competing Pickup Trucks Has GMC & Chevy Dealers Upset
Many dealers are complaining that price differentials between the all new GM pickup trucks and heavily discounted competitors from Ford and Ram are leaving them with disappointing sales results. The...
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Review: 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 (With Video)
I’ve never cared for the phrase “as American as apple pie” as apple pie is far from an American invention. Instead, we should say as “American as the pickup truck.” In 1925 Ford crafted the “Ford...
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Review: 2014 Ram 1500 Eco Diesel (With Video)
There’s just something about a diesel pickup truck that makes grown men regress into Tonka-loving children. Even my Prius-driving environmentalist friends in Berkeley admit they secretly want a diesel...
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GM To Recall 370,000 Silverado/Sierra Trucks For Fire Risk
The new-for-2014 Silverado charmed our very own Winston Braithwaite when he tested it earlier this year. But if you ran right out to buy one after reading the review (YES ADVERTISERS THIS HAPPENS...
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GM To Produce Aluminum Body Pickups, Secures Alcoa and Novelis As Suppliers
The Wall Street Journal today announced that GM is planning on producing aluminum-bodied pickups for the next generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, due for 2018. This comes on the heels of...
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Barclays: GM Suffering From Worst Large Pickup Launch In 15 Years
Though the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado took home North American Truck/Utility of the Year at last month’s Detroit Auto Show, the large pickup and its brother, the GMC Sierra, have suffered from “the...
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Wards Auto: Industry Analysts Unsure If Ford Gained Advantage With The...
Ford dropped a heavy light weight military-grade aluminum gauntlet with a metallic thud when they announced that the aluminum-intensive F-150. With up to 97% of the body being made of aluminum, and...
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Chevrolet Offers Incentives, Extends Truck Month To Take Back Sales Crown
Though Ram knocked Chevrolet off the monthly sales throne for the first time since August 1999, the brand is ready to reclaim their part of Truck Mountain by offering incentives and extending their...
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Tow Rig Capsule Review: 1999 GMT800 Silverado 2500 3/4 Ton
The last time I looked at my 1969 Chevrolet CST/10, it was a pile of disappointment. After reviving it and replacing a freeze plug, it proceeded to pop three more freeze plugs during warm up. Time was...
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General Motors Prepares To Enter Diesel Car, Light-Duty Pickup Games
General Motors has few diesel-powered wares at the moment, but with the U.S. diesel market expected to hit 10 percent of the overall market by 2020, GM wants as much as it can get. Automotive News...
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