Consumer Articles
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Editor's Desk: March/April 2007 Edition
Driving 20 minutes south of the heart of San Antonio, Texas, puts you in sight of one of the newest and largest pickup-truck manufacturing... more |
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Editorial: Trucks I Wouldn't Buy
A lot of folks ask me if there are any "bad cars" still on the market. My answer is generally no. more |
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A Special Edition of the "Truck Trend Times"
Sometimes, the most interesting part of the story is what we didn't get to tell in the magazine. more |
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Editor's Desk: Your Trucks, a Tundra HD, and More
Sometimes, it's nearly impossible to keep track of everything going on around the office. The good thing is, sooner or later, you get to... more |
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Designated Driver: January/ Febuary 2007 Edition
The Dirty Secret About Tow Ratings: The sales games most often used to attract a buyer to today's pickups and SUVs focus on two subjects:... more |
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Road Test: 2007 Grand Cherokee Diesel
Mercedes-Benz builds the torquey 3.0-liter common-rail turbodiesel that's under the hood of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee CRD. You're going... more |
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Whale watching: January/ Febuary 2007 Edition
One day, I snuck into a dealership while a salesman was explaining to a potential customer how his 3/4-ton would pull the trailer he was... more |
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Detroit Final Thoughts: Truck Shortage, Toyota vs. Ferrari
My flight back to Los Angeles gave me time to think about and digest some of the major and minor happenings from the show, which turns out... more |
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Auto News: The DHRA Expands Westward
The Diesel Hot Rod Association has been a roaring success--with an emphasis on the roar. more |
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Editor's Desk: January/ February 2007 Edition
Ten years is a long time, but here we are. It started with transforming the "Truck Trends" column in Motor Trend into a single special... more |
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Emission Control
Is Biodiesel Ready for Launch? Sure, we've all heard the old story: "You don't need to pay OPEC for diesel, just get the leftover... more |
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Mileage Makers
How to Get More Efficiency and Power from Your Truck: The rising price of fuel hits light-truck enthusiasts hard, but affects those in... more |
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Nissan Rogue To Make Detroit Debut
Like VW, Nissan is joining the compact crossover market late. The Rogue is already on sale in Eur... more |
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Whale Watching
My buddy's CJ has a tag that reads "Wut Road?" After driving on a loop of fresh blacktop, it made me realize "Wut Road?" is a question that... more |
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Where the Rubber Meets the Road
What's New in Truck Tires? Times have changed. Rising gas prices have affected the sales of trucks and SUVs, and many wonder what will... more |
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Expert Advice: November/ December Edition
Questions and answers from the Truck Trend Garage more |
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Road Test Comparison: 2007 BMW X5 and 2007 Land Rover Discovery 3
Diesel Duo: 510 Miles on a Tank of Fuel! With a few formally announced diesel-powered SUVs that are due in the U.S. by 2008, it appears the... more |
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Auto News: GM's All-New HD Pickups
Caught! While GM can't show off the new 2007 half-ton Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra enough, it hasn't talked about the upcoming 3/4- and... more |
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Auto News: Hummer Adds the H3X
Every Hummer H3 gets a new 3.7 more |
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Editor's Desk: November / December Edition
Unless you've been living under a rock, you know Ford and GM are having a rough time. more |
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Auto News: Freightliner Pulls Rack-and-Pinion Steering Off the Peak and Onto the Highway
NASCAR used to justify itself by explaining that the technical developments teams devised on the track would pay off in better road cars in... more |
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Motorsports: Road-Racing Diesels
Banks Engineering has put together several diesel truck projects to reap the benefits of torque. more |
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Consumer Feature: Ford Power Trucks
It's not every day two heavyweight fighters announce their supremacy at the same time. And when those contenders are vehicles backed by... more |
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First Look: Lance SC8S Sports Camper
Armed with a combination of common sense and a keen understanding of the industry, Lance Camper created two new products within its Sports... more |
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Editor's Desk: September/October 2006 Edition
Somewhere in the depths of my mind, I have a vague recollection of a teacher speaking about the glacially slow and steady progress of plate... more |
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Posted March 13 2008 04:27 PM by Mark Williams
We get a lot of vehicles coming through our garage doors here at Truck Trend; sometimes so much stuff, I don’t get to write about or comment on everything. Here are three vehicles that have impressed me lately. Granted, my... more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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Posted January 17 2008 02:01 PM by Allyson Harwood
Sometimes in the face of the newest, hottest technology, it's the vintage models that stand out. At this year's Detroit auto show, the coolest classic was in Land Rover's display. more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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Posted January 7 2008 04:57 PM by thomas_voehringer
Relatively few things have me diving for the TV remote to quickly change the channel. Kia's end-of-year Kiafest commercia l is one of them. Within three notes of hearing Michael Sembello's "Maniac" emanating from my TV,... more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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Posted April 10 2008 11:52 AM by Melissa
The Pontiac G8 Sport Truck, based off the Holden's VE Ute, caused a huge buzz at this year's New York auto show as one of the hottest crossover pickups soon to hit the U.S. market. According to pickuptruck.com , Ford is... more
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Has the ever-growing pain at the pump finally gotten you thinking about giving up your V-8, seven-passenger SUV for something a little more frugal? Well you might want to get to a dealership soon, because the trade-in... more
I congratulate General Motors for being first in the pool with hybrid-powered, full-size sport/utilities. These SUVs employ a true hybrid powertrain (not like the Malibu, Aura, and previous-gen GM trucks, which use what... more
DETROIT - This is an idea whose time has come, and quickly gone. Presidential candidates John McCain (I believe he proposed it first, so he's mentioned first) and Hillary Clinton have proposed a moratorium on the federal... more
I grabbed the keys to the BMW X6 last night. By the time I got home I was wondering whether, in a quiet corner of the FIZ, BMW's giant engineering center in Munich, a bunch of engineers were crying into their weissbier... more
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