Pickup Trucks (Page 109)

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Sales numbers for the F150 are still down relative to the same months last year, but as more 2015 Ford F150 pickups reach dealerships around the country every day, those numbers are steadily improving and the Motor Company has announced that the EcoBoost V6 engines and the premium trimlines are leading the charge for the 2015 model year.

During the last serious cold snap of the 2015 Detroit winter, I had a chance to spend a few days working out the 2015 Ram 2500 Tradesman with the 6.7L Cummins Turbo Diesel – a budget friendly work horse with best in class capabilities that has everything that you need and only a little of what you don’t need (but will enjoy).

One cause for the economic troubles some U.S. automakers faced in the past was too great a reliance on trucks for profits. Guess what?

The 2017 Ford SVT Raptor F150 that debuted earlier this year at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show is powered by a new 3.5L EcoBoost V6 that has been specially tuned by Ford’s high performance SVT division and if the history of the Raptor is any indication – we could see this high powered EcoBoost V6 in other new F150 pickups in the future.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced the crash test results for the 2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew and with a 5-star overall score, the lightweight aluminum F150 is the safest ever – being the first to score 5 stars under the new scoring system and equaling the numbers of the competition.

Imagine if a full size electric truck was produced by Ford, Dodge, Chevy or Toyota. How many truck fans would buy them? Would they help to make EVs widespread?

Over the past few weeks, word has spread around the internet that the Chrysler Group’s Ram Truck brand was working on a new large truck-based sport utility vehicle that will be named the Ramcharger, but Im sorry to inform everyone who didn’t realize this at first that the Ramcharger is yet another stupid April Fool’s joke pulled by a publication looking to score traffic with fake news.

The 2017 Ford SVT Raptor F150 made its grand debut back in January at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show with an all-new 10-speed automatic transmission – one that will soon make its way into the entire Ford F150 lineup.

The 2017 Ford SVT Raptor F150 will derive its power from a specially tuned 3.5L EcoBoost V6, but the 2014 Raptor was powered by a 6.2L V8 and that older V8 pickup is the one that Shelby American has used to design their new Baja 700 package – with 700 horsepower and an off road suspension setup that make it the baddest truck on the road and off.

The 2015 Ford F150 has gotten a ton of attention for its weight saving aluminum body, but in designing the new half ton F Series pickup, the Ford team cut weight in more areas than just the body panels – and a new statement from the Motor Company breaks down where engineers helped to reduce the overall weight of the new models.

Although the Tacoma is not the newest vehicle in the mid-size pickup segment, it is still the best value. Here’s why.

After seeing the new 2015 Chevrolet Colorado win so many awards, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one to put it through my working world testing program to see if the truck voted the best in the US could keep up in an environment dominated by full sized trucks – and I was surprised by the results.

In the fifth chapter of Nissan's Truckumentary series on the all-new Titan pickup truck, we are taken to Alaska's winter to see how the new Titan underwent real-world cold weather testing, a critical part of any diesel vehicle's checkup.

Almost a year ago, we looked at the possibility of a 2015 Ford F150 that could be the most fuel efficient half ton truck in America with the 4-cylinder EcoBoost engine from the 2015 Ford Mustang and now that we know more about both the new F150 and the new Mustang – the idea of a 4-cylinder EcoBoost SFE F150 seems even better.

The availability of the 2015 Ford F150 pickup at dealerships around the country is about to get a whole lot better, as this is the first full week of production for the new aluminum bodied F150 at the Kansas City production facility – allowing the Motor Company to better meet the early demand for the 2015 models.

There was a day and age where a heavy duty 1-ton pickup with dual rear wheels and one of the industry’s most powerful diesel engines would be reserved for a full-blown work truck, but the 2015 Ford F350 King Ranch is a remarkable combination of a premium luxury vehicle and a pickup that can do almost any work that you can throw at it.

We all knew the Colorado would eventually take on the Tacoma TRD Pro. Here’s what GM’s Global Product VP says about it.

Over the past week or so, there has been a great many people writing in to ask if the 2016 Ford Bronco shown above is actually coming to market and while this F150-based SUV looks awesome, I’m unfortunately writing this piece to point out that the Bronco shown here is nothing but an April Fool’s Day joke that has been continuously drudged up by disreputable automotive sites.

The 2015 Ford F150 is selling so well that the Motor Company isn’t able to adequately meet the demand right now, which is having a negative impact on truck sales as prospective buyers wait for their ideal trucks to arrive – but more 2015 F150s are on the way.

FourWheel Network chose the Ram as its number one, but second and third went to Toyota's 2015 Tacoma and Tundra.

Looking for an off-road, on-road, snow tire for your Tacoma? BFGoodrich thinks it has the answer.

The 2015 Ford F150 production began at the company’s Rouge production facility, but with the automaker expecting more F150 demand than Rouge can provide, thousands of workers at the Kansas City truck plant are being trained to build the aluminum bodied half ton pickup.

The driver of a 2006 Toyota Tacoma survives an incredible crash off of one part of the Big Dig and lands on a lower section. We wish we could report he was the first to do this.

Ford Motor Company has introduced some incredible performance models over the past few months, including the new Raptor F150, the Shelby GT350 Mustang and the Focus RS, but they have only offered up estimated power figures on all of those models – a decision which has quickly gotten to be very played out in the modern performance vehicle segment.

I recently had a chance to spend a week behind the wheel of a 2015 Ram 1500 with the 3.0L EcoDiesel engine and in addition to the rigors of daily driving, I had a chance to put the most fuel efficient half ton truck to work – which made it very clear that this new, super-efficient diesel is every bit as good as it is made out to be.

It has been six months since our story on the Toyota Tacoma frame replacement. We check in with our man Pete.

Prior to the debut of the 2017 Ford SVT Raptor F150, we weren’t sure if the new SVT pickup would be an on-road or off-road performance truck, but based on the rumored specs of the next gen Raptor, it could satisfy the performance needs of both types of go-fast truck buyers.

Ford Motor Company recently announced that Barrick Gold Corp ordered 35 new 2015 F150 pickups for their company vehicles and this is an important piece of information because Barrick was one of the companies that secretly and unknowingly tested the first aluminum body components that are used on the 2015 F150.

The turbocharger in the 5.0-liter Cummins turbodiesel engine mounted in the new Titan XD pickup truck is made to boost power at all levels. This video explains how it works.