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	Euro-spec Outlander to get Mitsu's twin-clutch tranny Mitsubishi has announced that it will be offering its twin-clutch Sport Shift Transmission (SST) in the European version of its 2009... more

	Ford Flex marketing: Not just a family crossover Ford will stay away from the "f" word in the marketing campaign for its seven-passenger crossover, the Flex, arriving in dealerships in... more

	Ford hybrids get the best tax credit According to IRS The IRS has crowned a new tax-credit king: if you want to cash-in on going green, skip Toyota and head to your nearest Ford dealer. more

	Hummer gets a little greener in 2009 GM's Hummer division has announced that all of the brand's models will become E85 capable by the end of 2010. more

	Banks Sidewinder S-10 to run at NHRA Nationals in Las Vegas April 12 and 13 Banks Power race team is ready to run its record-setting Sidewinder S-10 Duramax V-8 pickup at the ninth annual SummitRacing.com NHRA... more

	Dakar rally may return to Africa by 2012 Dakar Rally may return to its traditional African destination by 2012, as reported by BBC Sport. more

	GM putting Chinese engines in its compact SUVs...since 2005 Well too late, you may have already bought one. According to GM, the company has been quietly installing Chinese-made engines in some... more

	Donoughe, Chrysler product developer leaves after just two months Cerberus Capital Management's efforts to turn the ailing Chrysler group around have hit another snag. more

	Famous car collection coming up for auction Some of America's finest vintage cars are about to go on the block. Joe MacPherson, a legend of California car-culture for over fifty years... more

	Tata buys Jaguar and Land Rover for $2.3 billion Ford Motor Company has signed a "definitive agreement" to sell Jaguar and Land Rover to Tata Motors for approximately U.S.$2.3 billion in... more

	GM's "luxury superstores" would group Cadillac, Saab, Hummer Drive through a major city and you might see multiple car dealerships selling divisions of the same brand located near one another -- thus... more

	Iveco trucks may join Alfa Romeo in U.S. Fiat wants to introduce the Fiat 500 and the Italian automaker's Iveco trucks to the U.S. market, CEO Sergio Marchionne revealed in an... more

	Jaguar, Land Rover deal coming Wednesday, report says Ford will announce the $2 billion sale of Jaguar and Land Rover to India's Tata Motors on Wednesday, reports Reuters, citing a report by... more

	SportsMoble West to build 17 military search and rescue vans SportsMobile West has received a military contract from the country of Qatar to build 17 customized Elite search and rescue vans for... more

	Audi decides against bringing hybrid Q7 stateside Audi has apparently decided that its new Q7 hybrid will not come to the U.S. after all, citing a slow economy and a weak dollar as the main... more

	Chrysler wants to trim its SUV lineup Chrysler has too many SUVs. That's what Jim Press, the company president recently poached from Toyota, thinks of the lineup he and his... more

	MPG now tops MPH in car-buying decisions, survey says According to a recent survey conducted by the AAA in Michigan, as prices approach $4 a gallon in some parts of the country with no downturn... more

	Who wants to be a Chrysler vehicle advisor? Every year companies spend millions trying to keep up with the changing tastes of the buying public, yet despite all the clinics and focus... more

	GM's OnStar record aids police in catching vandal GM's OnStar system has many uses: directions, emergency services, finding the nearest sushi bar -- but fighting crime? more

	Innovatek develops possible hydrogen fuel solution Washington-based energy solutions company Innovatek Incorporated has begun testing of what it is being called a revolutionary microreactor... more

	Police seize Jeep Cherokee straight out of James Bond Every James Bond fan has a favorite Bond car, whether it's Connery's DB5 in Goldfinger with bullet-deflecting panels, Roger Moore's Lotus... more

	Toyota says it may miss '08 global sales target Toyota Motor Company will likely fall short of its 2008 worldwide sales target of 9.85 million vehicles as a result of slowing sales in... more

	Ultimate: This The Next Hummer? On February 8, the military issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to suppliers, soliciting concepts for a new Joint Light Tactical family of... more

	Volvo Turbocharges XC70 wagon for 2009 During our 2008 Car of the Year testing, we noted that the naturally-aspirated 3.2-liter inline six was "just powerful enough" to motivate... more

	2009 Ford Flex first to get new Sony audio option Ford has announced a long-term partnership agreement with Sony to provide audio systems in North American Ford and Mercury vehicles as part... more

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My Top Three – this week

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

Driving an SUV? Trade it in now, while you still can

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

GM Full-Size Hybrid SUVs: Too Many Stinking Badges

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

Kill the gas tax moratorium proposals

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

2009 BMW X6: Perfectly pointless

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