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Construction Equipment

TODAY: Join us for a live Twitter chat discussing diesel’s rapidly growing popularity and the Ram 1500

In the past few years, consumers have dealt with rising fuel costs and a recession by seeking out more fuel-efficient vehicles. Automakers have obliged them by revamping their lineups with better fuel economy, hybrids and, increasingly, fully-electric vehicles. But what many likely didn’t see coming was a renewed interest in diesel. For decades now, it’s […]

May 22, 2013

Gear

GEAR: Volkswagen Amarok concept pickup boasts V-6 turbodiesel, 0-62 in 7.9 seconds (PHOTOS)

Just a few weeks ago we posited that if Volkswagen wants to achieve its goal of becoming an automotive giant that goes head-to-head year in and year out with Ford and GM, they need very much to bring a pickup truck to America and successfully sell it. The automaker already has a great place to […]

May 13, 2013

Construction Equipment

Can pickups and heavy trucks in the U.S. make Volkswagen the automotive leader?

Over at our sister site Overdrive, editor Jack Roberts has posted a very interesting column on the future of Volkswagen. In it, Jack attempts to dissect Volkswagen’s past and present in order to piece together what the future might hold for the loved, yet middle-of-the-pack, company. Jack writes that he keeps a close eye on […]

April 23, 2013