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Posted March 16 2008 10:00 AM by TT Editors
When Ford started development of the Excursion in the late 1990s, SUV sales charts were reaching near-vertical trajectories, particularly for the larger 'utes. Prognosticators saw the need for big SUVs and were all too...
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Posted January 10 2008 12:25 PM by TT Editors
A handsome, roomy, go-anywhere SUV, and a desirable pre-owned 'ute as well! There's no question that Jeep's Grand Cherokee, the larger, sleeker sister of the boxy, suddenly cool-again Cherokee, opened the brand to...
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Posted December 4 2007 12:41 PM by Melissa
The evergreen Ford Ranger offers a wide range of appeal for trucklet buyers. While other compact pickup trucks have sold well--the Tacoma arguably has given Ford the strongest run for its money--the evergreen Ranger just...
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Posted November 29 2007 11:51 AM by Melissa
Once seen as plain, dowdy, and uninspired, the Frontier made a useful jump in practical features. By the 1990s, Nissan, the company that (under the Datsun name) essentially created the compact pickup market in the U.S.,...
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Posted August 9 2007 10:24 AM by Melissa
Buick ties with Lexus to rank highest among nameplates in vehicle dependability -- marking the first time in 12 years that another brand ties with Lexus for the highest-rank position, according to the J.D. Power and...
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Posted August 3 2007 07:30 AM by Melissa
Big jobs require big trucks. That's probably why Ford's previous generation of heavy-duty pickups, the F-250 and F-350, has been such a huge success. Starting with the 1999 model, Ford built the Super Duty models on a...
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Posted July 17 2007 06:18 PM by Melissa
In many parts of the country, vehicles like the Chevrolet Suburban are the working class, the backbone that helps get stuff done. They pull trailers, haul workers and their tools, and generally go about their business...
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Posted June 6 2007 11:51 AM by Melissa
One year after the S-10 received a
major redesign, Chevrolet revised the Blazer, its popular midsize SUV
based on the same platform. At the same time, the manufacturer also
removed the "S-10" from the nametag. (Everything...
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Posted May 31 2007 11:03 AM by Melissa
Hyundai Motor America
announced an industry first with its new Hyundai Certified Pre-Owned
Limited Warranty, boasting a 10-year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty
on used vehicles going back five model years with less...
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Posted May 29 2007 01:11 PM by Melissa
Smartly dressed, ready for most any
occasion, but not too macho, the 1999 RX 300 was the first
"metrosexual" SUV. Lexus aimed this crossover at luxury sport/utility
drivers--many of whom had already taken a turn in larger...
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Posted May 17 2007 03:55 PM by Melissa
Smartly dressed, ready for most any
occasion, but not too macho, the 1999 RX 300 was the first
"metrosexual" SUV. Lexus aimed this crossover at luxury sport/utility
drivers--many of whom had already taken a turn in larger...
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Posted April 25 2007 09:49 AM by Melissa
Toyota's minitruck has been such an
icon and strong seller it's ironic that it took until 1995 for it to
get a popular name. This sixth-generation minitruck continued a trend
started in 1964 for Toyota reliability and...
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Pre-Owned: 1997-2004 Dodge Dakota
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Posted April 17 2007 08:46 AM by Melissa
Middle kids occasionally get a raw
deal. Sometimes, however, they achieve the Goldilocks Effect: They're
not too big and not too small; they're just right. That's the Dodge
Dakota's lot in life. It's a midsize pickup not...
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Pre-Owned: 1990-1998 Chevrolet/GMC C/K Pickup
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Posted April 9 2007 11:17 AM by Melissa
Somewhere in the country at this
very moment, a Chevy or GMC full-size pickup is working for a
living--the new Silverados are at the mall, while the stalwart C/K
iterations, built for the 1990-1998 model years, are in the...
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Pre Owned: 1998-2005 Ford Ranger
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Posted March 27 2007 02:35 PM by Melissa
While other compact pickup trucks
have sold well--the Tacoma arguably has given Ford the strongest run
for its money--the evergreen Ranger just keeps ticking along, providing
vast amounts of utility in a wide range of...
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