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Final Notes From The 2011 NAIAS Floor; Kia KV7, Classic Trucks, Toyota
30092756 Posted January 12 2011 05:47 PM by Truck Trend

 There were no big surprises at this year's show, but even that shouldn't surprise anyone. This is still an industry nursing some deep wounds with quite a few repairs still needing to be made. The mood was certainly more...

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2011 NAIAS: What Will The 2020 Ford F-150 Look Like?
30092711 Posted January 12 2011 05:37 PM by Truck Trend

 Each year, the College for Creative Studies in Detroit holds a competition at the NAIAS in order to give students a chance to show off their design talents. This year, the project was sponsored by Ford, which asked the...

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2011 NAIAS: The On-again-off-again Jeep Truck
30092081 Posted January 12 2011 05:18 PM by Truck Trend

 Probably the most interesting buzz at the show surrounded the on-again/off-again idea that Jeep is coming back to the market with a pickup truck.

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Truck Trend's Picks The Best of Show at NAIAS
30091616 Posted January 12 2011 05:04 PM by Truck Trend

 By a long way, the best vehicle of the show for me was the GMC All Terrain concept , designed by Carl Zipfel. The truck itself, as you've likely seen at trucktrend.com, is a Sierra HD with a Duramax engine. The suspension...

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Driving Impressions: Piloting the New 2011 Jeep Compass Around Detroit
30064907 Posted January 11 2011 05:11 PM by Truck Trend

 I've just spent the last few days in a new 2011 Jeep Compass with the new Freedom Drive II option. The Compass and Patriot are built off the same platform but the Compass was never given the CVT that allows for a lower...

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Truck Trend Covers NAIAS: Notes From Ford, Ram, Toyota, and Jeep Displays
30060272 Posted January 11 2011 04:14 PM by Truck Trend

 Ford made a strong global push at its one and only press conference, displaying 10 new small cars and giving the heads of Ford Asia Pacific and Ford Europe a chance to shine. Not surprisingly, Ford showed several live...

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2011 Detroit Auto Show: More on the Protean F-150
30059711 Posted January 11 2011 02:18 PM by Truck Trend

 An unassuming 2008 Ford F-150 sporting four wheel-hub-mounted electric motors was displayed at the North American International Auto Show in the bowels of Michigan Hall, a place typically relegated to the smaller, "less...

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Notes from the NAIAS Floor: Explorer Wins NACOTY, Electric Motors for Wheel Hubs
30036416 Posted January 10 2011 05:35 PM by Truck Trend

 This must be the North American International Auto Show because I'm freezing my butt off and every auto manufacturer here is acting like a desperate, teenage girl trying to get attention. And as fun as it is to see all the...

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SEMA 2009: Jeep Lower Forty and Overland Concepts
25824152 Posted November 4 2009 07:02 PM by Truck Trend

 There is no shortage of Jeep vehicles at the SEMA Show, but our guess is there's never been one like this before. First debuted at the Moab Easter Jeep Safari last April, the Lower Forty is equipped with 40-in. tires...

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2009 Motor Trend Truck of the Year Contender: Dodge Ram
12425800 Posted December 10 2008 01:36 PM by Truck Trend

 The new 2009 Dodge Ram now offers three different cab configurations, with the addition of an all-new Crew Cab model. In the past, Ram 1500s offered only a Regular Cab and Quad Cab model (the MegaCabs were available only...

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Video Find: 2008 SEMA - 2010 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor Video
11504900 Posted November 14 2008 12:20 PM by Truck Trend

 Truck Trend Editor Mark Williams heads out to the desert outside Las Vegas, NV to check out Ford's off-road rocket - the F-150 SVT Raptor.

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SEMA 2008: More (Blackberry) Notes From the Floor, With Very Sore Feet
11228061 Posted November 6 2008 11:32 AM by Mark Williams

 7:00 AM -- Chevron breakfast at the Venetian. Got the download on fuel additives that can help clean deposits from injectors, valves, and fuel-sending units that usually suffer from bad or cheap fuel. Especially needed...

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SEMA 2008: (Blackberry) Notes From My First Day On The Floor

11226222 Posted November 5 2008 07:59 PM by Mark Williams

 What follows are the collected Blackberry notes I made from my first full day from the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center. They are short because I have fat thumbs, and they're not very deep because neither am I, at...

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Once and For All -- Who Makes the Best Half-ton Pickup Truck?
11008613 Posted November 2 2008 11:25 PM by Mark Williams

 Two years ago, the new GM Silverado and Sierra came out. Last year, the all-new Tundra entered the ring. This year, Dodge and Ford have their best-selling vehicles entering the market when the segment sales have fallen off...

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Motor Trend's 2009 Truck of the Year Testing, Testing, Testing

11000318 Posted October 30 2008 11:29 AM by Mark Williams

 If you haven't figured it out by now, we take our testing pretty seriously around here. As much as some of the haters out there want you to believe we don't drive any of the vehicles we write about and simply choose a...

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