2013 Light-Duty Challenge: Overview Posted by Mark Williams | June 17, 2013 By Mark Williams, Photography by Evan Sears It had to be done. The half-ton pickup truck segment is going through too much growth to make you wait, even for a second. With so many pickups overhauled, we knew we had to bring all…
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Posted by Mark Williams | May 8, 2013 www.pickuptrucks.com Photos supplied by General Motors Our first chance to drive the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 occurred just a few days ago in Texas, and the experience is likely to stick with us for a while. We can start by saying this is not the…
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Posted by Mark Williams | April 3, 2013 Fresh on the heels of revealing more performance and fuel economy numbers on the heart-of-the-market 2014 5.3-liter V-8 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, Jeff Luke, executive chief engineer for Silverado and Sierra, answered a few questions about the new details. The call-in conference shed more light on…
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Posted by Mark Williams | March 18, 2013 There are plenty of prototype Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500 heavy duty pickups doing durability testing in and around General Motors Milford Proving Grounds outside Detroit. From what our spy shooters tell us — which we suspected — much of the design language from the 2014 Silverado will…
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Photos from KGP Photography With all the recent buzz about what GM told dealers at the national meeting in Las Vegas, we knew it wouldn’t take long before we saw something interesting from our spies. We’ve gotten our best looks to date at GMC’s 2014 Sierra 1500 and the Sierra 3500 HD dualie prototypes. Our…
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From Enginelabs.com Just how much technology is GM planning to throw at its next-generation small-block engine? That’s the hot topic among performance enthusiasts these days as the general prepares to introduce the 5th-generation or Gen V small-block V8 sometime in October. The Gen V line of engines will power the new C7 Corvette, which debuts…
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Story by MIKE COLIAS From autonews.com DETROIT — Ford’s huge success with its EcoBoost V-6 engine on its pickups is well-documented. So General Motors just can’t wait to match Ford with a V-6 turbo when GM’s next-generation pickups roll out next year. Right? Not so fast. “I wouldn’t say that’s a huge priority,” GM North…
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EPA’s interpretation of Clean Air Act was ‘unambiguously correct,’ court says WASHINGTON — A U.S. appeals court has knocked down a challenge to the Obama administration’s 2012-2016 model-year fuel economy rules and has paved the way for new ones to be finalized this summer for the 2017-2025 model years. A three-judge panel for the U.S.…
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From The NY Times. By TUDOR VAN HAMPTON Published: March 16, 2012 TO many people shopping for new vehicles, there is little to differentiate the trucks sold by Chevrolet and GMC beyond the logos on the grilles. But to collectors, GMC holds claim to a hard-working personality distinctly its own. “Up until the late…
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What Percentage of Your Truck Is Made in America? Posted by Mark Williams | March 7, 2012 For seven years, Cars.com has been collecting data from various sources to determine which vehicles are the “most American” — meaning which ones have the highest percentage of its parts content produced in the U.S. and Canada. Cars.com’s American-Made Index rates…
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