Al Peterson’s 1999 Ford F-Series pickup is holding up pretty well. It’s got 221,000 miles on it. But the Asheville, NC contractor is thinking of trading up this year to a Heavy-Duty pickup, especially since he picked up a trailer at an auction that will easily hold more than 10,000 ...
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Read & Discuss »Chevrolet Silverado HDs are made for towing and hauling. HUMMERs are made for off-roading. But what's the purpose of the new 2010 Ford SVT Raptor? Is this just a plain F-150 with a fru-fru trim package made up of big wheels and a stick-on graphics package? Or could this the world's newest super ...
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Read & Discuss »In Pictures: Toyota TacomaToyota TacomaMSRP Price: $15,170 - $27,075EPA Mileage: 26 mpg Hwy, 20 mpg City Why We Like It: Few people realize that Toyota sells the cheapest pickup truck in America. Starting at just $15,170, the "Taco" undercuts even the cheapest offerings from the Big 3. Part of the ...
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Read & Discuss »For business customers whose current pickup truck is worn out and needs replacing or for those recreational users looking for the next best thing, the 2009 model year promises a whole raft of new and improved pickup trucks. Industry figures show that, while the pickup truck segment slipped from its ...
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Read & Discuss »With the high cost of gasoline driving car buyers from big trucks and SUVs into smaller vehicles, the topic of safety has frequently been raised, as many consumers are wondering if smaller vehicles can offer them as much protection as their previous "enormo-sleds" in the event of a crash.Well, as it ...
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Read & Discuss »Just when you thought pickups couldn't get any bigger, Ford goes and makes its Super Duty pickups, well, super-er. Indeed, whereas the outgoing model was a workhorse specializing in towing, hauling and doing everything a big truck should do, the 2008 Super Duty one adds F-150-like style and comfort ...
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Read & Discuss »Modern mobility implies more than just human transportation. We tote playthings along with our persons. Depending on your proclivities, those toys can grow so large that you need a pickup truck that's optimized for towing. With rear-wheel drive (or four-wheel drive), powerful engines, rugged ...
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Read & Discuss »The big news these days is not so much that the Japanese are making a major push to get into the pickup business but how successful the U.S. makers have been at maintaining their advantage.That's not to say that the Japanese haven't made significant inroads into the market. Companies such as Toyota, ...
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Read & Discuss »I've got to think that when Bill Ford goes to bed at night he says a little prayer of thanks for the F-150 pickup truck. That's because Ford's chairman and chief executive knows that for the past 30 years the F-150 has been the nation's top-selling truck -- and the top-selling vehicle of any type ...
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