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Ford F-Series crowned Hottest Truck at SEMA Show
At the opening ceremony for the 2015 SEMA automotive show here in Las Vegas, the show announced that the winner of its annual Hottest Truck award is Ford’s F-Series. The truck award is one of four the show hands out to manufacturers each year, including Hottest Car, Hottest 4×4/SUV and Hottest Sport Compact. In fact, Ford […]
November 3, 2015
Construction Equipment
Heavy duty winch bumper with light bar openings headlines Westin’s SEMA introductions
Westin Automotive Products introduced several new products Monday at the 2015 SEMA show in Las Vegas. An addition to its Heavy Duty Xtreme (HDX) truck gear line, the HDX Winch Bumper is a solid one-piece construction utilizing 7-gauge steel for heavy duty winching capability. The bumpers feature an application-specific design with seamless welded bends. Each bumper […]
November 3, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS > Vintage Jeep trucks display 3 eras of company’s glorious pickup past at SEMA
Rumors have heated up that Jeep is set to launch a pickup version of its Wrangler, but the folks at Omix-ADA brought to the 2015 SEMA Show this week a reminder that Jeep, years ago, was already a player in the pickup segment. The 1955 Willys 4×4 pickup truck in the gallery above, and its 226-cubic-inch […]
November 2, 2015
Technology
BrandMotion’s 360° Vision system brings à la carte overhead views to most pickups
Though the SEMA show hadn’t officially opened its doors quite yet Monday, that didn’t stop the Equipment World team from poking around a bit inside the Las Vegas Convention Center as exhibitors hurried to put the final touches on their booths. One of the companies we ran into at a preview event for the media was BrandMotion, […]
November 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
Chevrolet intros 2016 Colorado Midnight Edition, a sharp monochrome midsize (PHOTOS)
Aimed at truck customers with more particular tastes, Chevrolet has announced a second special edition model of the Colorado to join the Z71 Trail Boss we took a look at last week. While the Trail Boss is meant for the off-roading crowd (or at least those who enjoy the look of a 4×4 truck) the […]
September 8, 2015
Construction Equipment
Integrated drivetrains speak a language all their own, giving fuel-conscious work truck owners even more reason to love AMTs
One surprising trend over the past few years has been the unprecedented market share growth of automated manual transmissions. Many OEMs now are reporting AMT take rates that would have seemed improbable when the first units appeared on North American shores. Volvo, Daimler Trucks North America and Paccar all report AMT specifications in more than […]
September 2, 2015
Construction Equipment
Ford wants to resurrect the Ranger and the Bronco in the U.S., reports say
Ford wants to resurrect two of its most iconic discontinued truck models here in the U.S. with production said to begin in 2018, according to two reports. The Detroit News broke the news of Ford’s plans Wednesday with a report saying the automaker will bring back its Ranger midsize pickup. A second report from Bloomberg Business says […]
August 27, 2015
Construction Equipment
PHOTOS: Spy shots of 2017 Ford Super Duty confirm updated styling, September unveiling
Usually, the skilled spy photographers who stalk the automotive industry’s camouflaged secrets catch these working prototypes during highway testing. But in the case of the 2017 Super Duty’s latest photo op, Ford was ready. As seen in photos by SpiedBilde posted by PickupTrucks.com and Auto Guide, the automaker prepared a special camouflage decal coating to […]
August 24, 2015
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Ford boosts the F-150’s acceleration by adding the same sport mode found on the Mustang
One of the cool things about development at Ford is the amount of cross-pollination of ideas that occurs between the automaker’s truck and car engineering teams. For instance, the 2017 F-150 Raptor unveiled earlier this year will be powered by the same turbocharged EcoBoost V6 as the GT supercar. And now the automaker has announced […]
August 13, 2015
Construction Equipment
Making sense of the split: Don’t worry about Navistar, but where will Caterpillar find its 15-liter truck engine?
The big news story last week was, of course, Cat and Navistar breaking up. At first brush, given Navistar’s fresh troubles with a brand-new EPA lawsuit, you’d be forgiven for thinking Cat’s move was a sign of more trouble in Lisle, IL. I don’t think that’s the case. Though I focus more on the trucking industry […]
August 3, 2015
Business
Caterpillar splits with Navistar, will design and build its own vocational trucks in Texas
Caterpillar has announced a parting of ways with truck maker Navistar, ending a six-year partnership between the two companies that launched the Cat brand into the vocational truck market. MORE >> Navistar to launch new line of severe duty work trucks once split with Cat is complete Cat has worked with Navistar to design and build […]
July 28, 2015
Construction Equipment
FIRST DRIVE: A bit of wheel time with Mack’s mDrive HD, the AMT built for construction
Mack announced at the World of Concrete Show in February that it was launching a new, “ruggedized” version of its mDrive automated manual transmission (AMT). Thursday, at the company’s ancestral home in Allentown, Pennsylvania, journalists were given the opportunity to drive the new mDrive HD on various durability courses at the Mack Customer Center—a combined museum […]
May 1, 2015
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