Vehicle Production Group MV-1 – Click above for high-res image gallery
Remember the Standard Taxi from the Vehicle Production Group? It’s now called the MV-1, and production is slated to begin next year at the AM General plant in Mishawaka, Indiana. That’s the same assembly location where the Hummer H2 is built, which makes sense since [...]
2010 Ford Transit Connect – Click above for high-res image gallery
After relying on full-size E-series vans for commercial cargo carrying since the dawn of time, Ford is finally ready to offer North American businesses a more practical alternative. The Transit Connect is a compact, purpose-built van that’s been available overseas since 2002, and Ford has [...]
Quiqley has performed aftermarket 4WD conversions for more than 25 years. Now that GM is offering its Duramax diesel in the full-size G-van platform, Bowtie (and GMC) fans looking to combine all-terrain capability, diesel fuel economy and towing power, and up to 260 cubic feet of cargo room have a place to turn.
The basis [...]
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 company’s Canton, Miss. plant where both models are produces will likely be moved to make room for the bigger [...]
Last week we saw a picture of a heavily-camouflaged 2008 Ford Super Duty; this week brings additional shots of vehicles in more revealing livery – something that looks more like Mossy Oak. The sharp eye of Chris Doane found three examples – a single-rear-wheel truck, a dually, and a medium-duty flatbed – undergoing hot-weather testing [...]
Well, we can’t say it looks a whole lot better in person than it did in the design sketches we posted earlier. Our man in Madrid, Alberto has graced us with a smattering of photos from his trip to the Madrid Auto Show for AutoMK Spanish. We’d recommend clicking out the site, where [...]
When a new Ford Power Stroke diesel comes along in 2007 to replace the current 6.0-liter model, it may represent the first use of piezo injectors in a pickup truck. The Siemens-built injectors should help International’s 6.4-liter twin-turbo meet upcoming emission standards while also improving upon its predecessor’s spotty reliability record, as well as giving [...]
We’re by no means experts on European commercial vehicles, but it would seem that White Van Men on the continent are about to be inundated with new product choices, while their Stateside counterparts continue to make due largely by choosing between a Dodge/Freightliner Sprinter, Chevrolet Express/GMC Savana, or Ford’s jurassic Econoline. In just the past [...]
A consortium of networks including ABC, CBS, Fox, Turner Entertainment and Disney have banded together to file a federal lawsuit against the Flying J truck stop chain.
Apparently, the chain of 178 travel plazas and fuel stops has taken to substituting outside commercials for their own spots in every location that has a trucker’s lounge playing [...]
After waxing loquaciously about Americans’ lack of class struggle, inner outdoorsmen, and their ‘barbaric’ tendencies, Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson finally winds up at something four-wheeled: a Volkswagen (Transporter) T30 TDI 174 Sportline, what he figures is the UK’s equivalent of a U.S. pickup truck. Clarkson finds the van “jolly big,” with enough room up front [...]
Those waiting to do a spot of stump-pulling with Ford’s revamped 2007 Super Duty pickups will have to hold their horses a little longer. The fortified F-Series trucks won’t hit dealers until January, despite internal plans to release it in the fourth quarter of 2006. As a result, the Blue Oval’s profit-rich big boys likely [...]
Fiat’s Light Commercial Vehicles Division is showing off its brand new Ducato at the Madrid Motor Show today, and to celebrate the launch of the new version the Fiat Style Center has created the “Truckster” show van.
With a style described as “modern and exuberant,” the Truckster would certainly stand out in a crowd of tuner [...]
In a bit of creative (if liberally stretched) cross-brand marketing, Kelley Blue Book, the folks responsible for helping consumers evaluate the value of all things four-wheeled, have teamed up with Walt Disney and Pixar to offer assessments of how much the animated stars in CARS are worth.
The upcoming film, slated to hit theatres June [...]
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 new, larger snapshots have become available, along with the range’s full story. As we reported earlier, van buyers will [...]
