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9 May 2007 posted in Commercial Trucks 49 views
Freightliner announces new big rig: the Cascadia Click image to enlargeIt may not look like anything revolutionary to the untrained eye, but to hear DaimlerChrysler tell it, the all-new Freightliner Cascadia is very much a big deal. It's built on a ...
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3 April 2007 posted in Commercial Trucks 7 views
New York Auto Show: Art school students wrap-up the Chevy HHR Click the image above for full-size, high-res pics.In an effort to drum up enthusiasm for Chevy's new HRR panel wagon, The General decided to enlist the help of some art students and the results hit o ...
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21 March 2007 posted in Commercial Trucks 6 views
Land Rover Defender holds the high ground with 2007 updates I remember as a young child visiting the local British car dealership while my dad inked the deal on a new Jag (which I dearly miss to this day). I was busy checking out a big red Land Rover Defender ...
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7 March 2007 posted in Commercial Trucks 93 views
Van again: Ford announces 2008 E-Series click above image to vew high-res pics of the 2008 Ford E-Series van in various configurationsYou may have a grown up in a family that used a conversion van for daily transport like I did. If so, perh ...
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6 March 2007 posted in Commercial Trucks 8 views
Sterling Bullet quietly debuts in wake of Geneva Believe it or not, there's other news being made in the auto industry besides what's coming out of Switzerland. Sterling Truck Corporation took the wraps off of its Bullet class 4/5 medium duty chassi ...
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14 February 2007 posted in Commercial Trucks 7 views
Dodge unveils new 2007 Sprinter click on above image to view addition high-res images of the 2007 Dodge SprinterSo the embargo on material for the new 2007 Dodge Sprinter lifted at midnight last night. Yeah, we forgot about it, too. ...
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7 February 2007 posted in Commercial Trucks 6 views
Chicago Auto Show: New Dodge trucks can carry a 'chip-load' of stuff Click for a 22-image high-res gallery of the new Dodge Ram Chassis Cab HDLooking to break Ford's domination of the medium-duty truck market, Dodge today launched its Ram 4500 and 5500 chassis cab. Fra ...
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6 October 2006 posted in Commercial Trucks 7 views
Chevy introduces HHR Panel click image to enlargeWho says slow news days don't yield surprises? Moments ago, we received the GM press materials announcing the all-new HHR Panel. At first, we assumed it was a SEMA thing, but lo ...
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2 October 2006 posted in Commercial Trucks 48 views
Dodge's new diesel debuts at Texas State Fair The Texas State Fair was the location of another big truck announcement last week when Dodge announced its new Cummins turbo-diesel engine for the 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500. Enlarged to 6.7 liters ...
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28 September 2006 posted in Commercial Trucks 13 views
Heavy Metal: Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra HD details and pics GM has revealed the details for its new full-size heavy-duty pickups, the 2500HD and 3500HD versions of the Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra trucks. The big trucks offer a huge range of configurations. ...
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22 June 2006 posted in Commercial Trucks 5 views
Heavy-duty Nissan Titan on track for 2009 The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Nissan does plan on building a heavy-duty version of its Nissan Titan pickup that will be ready for sale in late 2009. Production of the Quest minivan at the ...
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25 May 2006 posted in Commercial Trucks 5 views
Fiat's Ducato officially released We first showed you a sneak peak of Fiat's new Ducato commercial truck when a small photo first surfaced on the Internet back in mid-March. But with the official unveiling of the lineup, a brace of ne ...
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8 May 2006 posted in Commercial Trucks 8 views
Ford dresses up the Super Duty Lariat with Outlaw and Highline packages Not content to let the newly-redesigned Super Duty rest with only five trim levels, Ford has announced two more for the late May start of 2007 production - the Lariat Outlaw and Lariat Highline. Avail ...
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