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Ford bringing new Raptor’s 10-speed transmission to the F-150

As part of an announcement on new manufacturing facility investments, Ford has announced that it will soon begin offering a 10-speed transmission option to F-150 customers. The F-150 is currently offered with a six-speed transmission. This new 10-speed will be introduced with the 2017 F-150 Raptor slated for release with a new SuperCrew model later this […]

May 2, 2016

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Mack’s new Predictive Cruise control for mDrive AMT remembers those hills

Along with the unveiling of its new 2017 MP Series engine models, Mack Trucks announced that it will offer Predictive Cruise, an intelligent system that memorizes a route when cruise control is on, storing up to 4,500 hills in its memory. The next time the driver travels the route, Mack Predictive Cruise engages Mack’s mDrive […]

April 27, 2016

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Mack launches 2017 MP7, MP8 engines with more power, new designs, better fuel efficiency

Mack Trucks has unveiled its 2017 11-liter MP7 and 13-liter MP8 engines with a handful of advancements designed to simplify maintenance and improve efficiency and productivity. John Walsh, vice president global marketing and brand strategy for Mack Trucks, says Mack’s new generation engines boost fuel efficiency from 2.1 to 8.8 percent compared with prior model year […]

April 25, 2016

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Ford F-150 becomes first full-size pickup to sweep IIHS top safety honors

The 2016 Ford F-150 has earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) Top Safety Pick for SuperCrew and SuperCab configurations, the only large pickup to earn such a distinction. Raj Nair, Ford executive vice president, Global Product Development, and chief technical officer, says the company set its sights on best in class crash performance […]

April 18, 2016

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Oil Category PC-11 is in Your Future

By: Steve Sturgess In response to current and upcoming mandates on heavy duty diesel engine fuel economy, engine manufacturers are looking at ways to increase fuel efficiency and decrease internal losses in the engine. A path to increased economy is to run the engine hotter. Decreasing losses includes using an engine oil that takes less […]

April 13, 2016

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Sleds Ford used to test Super Duty hill-climbing limits were no match for new models

Thanks to the new second-generation 6.7-liter Power Stroke V8 when Ford releases its 2017 Super Duty trucks later this year, they’ll be the most powerful models to date with torque expected to breach the 900 lb.-ft. mark for the first time. And while Ford has been quick to boast of these trucks’ new power, the automaker […]

April 6, 2016

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What it’s like to drive Mitsubishi Fuso’s all-electric work truck

Though outnumbered by larger and more powerful trucks at last month’s NTEA Work Truck Show in Indianapolis, no vehicle garnered quite as much buzz as Mitsbubishi Fuso’s Canter E-Cell. The all-electric work truck made its U.S. debut at the show. And since bringing you coverage of that unveiling, we’ve been able to hop behind the […]

April 4, 2016

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Ford’s Kansas City plant launches special edition F-150 to honor Royals’ World Series win

With the first pitch of Major League Baseball’s 2016 regular season Opening Day leaving the mound Sunday, Ford has launched a limited run of F-150 pickups to celebrate the Kansas City Royals’ 2015 World Series win. The Royals clinched their second World Series title in November beating the New York Mets four games to one. Ford […]

March 31, 2016

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Ram considering not one, but two midsize pickups for U.S.

Despite comments to the contrary around this time last year, Ram may indeed be entering the midsize pickup market. The Detroit News recently reported that Mike Manley, global head of Fiat Chrysler Automobilies NV and Ram trucks, said that there’s “opportunity there in the U.S. if you look at what’s happened in the mid-size segment […]

March 30, 2016

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Nissan unveils redesigned 2017 Titan with gas V8 coming soon to big brother XD

Nissan has officially unveiled the pickup it plans to send to battle against Chevrolet’s Silverado and the Ford F-150. The new Titan pulls heavy styling inspiration from its beefier brother the XD but lacks that truck’s 5-liter Cummins V8. Instead the 2017 half-ton Titan Crew Cab is powered by Nissan’s 5.6-liter, 390-horsepower Endurance V8 gasoline engine. The […]

March 29, 2016

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Ten-year-old boy ends police chase by bringing pickup hauling scrap to a halt

A 10-year-old boy in Alabama is being hailed as a hero after taking control of a pickup that officers say was swerving and running vehicles off the road on Interstate 65 and Highway 14 on Friday in Montgomery. Christopher Wheeler’s life-saving deed went viral after police say he grabbed the wheel of a pickup he was […]

March 28, 2016

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Air bag defect halts sales of 2016 Chevrolet Colorado as GM issues recall

General Motors has issued a stop-sales order and recalled affected 2016 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon pickup trucks. The recall, which is owed to potentially defective front air bags, also impacts the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. About 1,750 GM vehicles are effected by the automaker’s actions, according to a report from Reuters. GM vehicles in Mexico will […]

March 24, 2016