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September 15, 2013

“Dogs ride inside”, says Ford

It is a personal pet peeve — pardon my pun. I hate to see dogs chained or loose in the beds of pickup trucks. Yes, yes, I know you profess to love them more than your […]
August 21, 2013

The big tease: 2015 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon

It’s happening again.  GM is tantalizing the market with a little lift of the skirts on its new trucks.  For the Silverado and Sierra it was footage and still photos of camouflaged vehicles months before they […]
August 20, 2013

Just announced: Cummins to build new turbo diesel engine for Nissan Titan

While others watch and wait, it appears that Nissan is the next pickup truck brand to embrace diesel as an alternative for a probable 2015 introduction.  While not totally unexpected, this is the first product news […]
August 14, 2013

Towing stats announced for 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and Ram V-6

It seems like only yesterday when I wrote about Ram’s new diesel light-duty pickup truck.  Actually it was late last month when I covered the latest addition to the Ram 1500 offering, and the company had […]
July 25, 2013

RAM readies industry’s only light-duty diesel pickup for fall intro

As the 2013 Ram 1500 pickup continues to pick up awards — North American Truck of the Year, Motor Trend Truck of the Year, Truck of Texas and numerous others — the industry is closely watching […]
April 24, 2013

In my rearview mirror: GM Foundation grant, Honda recall, Best of Texas vehicles

Often stuff happens that isn’t quite major enough to merit a single large story.  Here are some from the past week: GM Foundation gives $100,000 to the American Red Cross On April 20th, GM provided a […]
March 26, 2013

Photographer’s spy camp may fulfill a fantasy

If you have ever seen photos of vehicles shrouded in camo, weird tribal symbols or canvas to obscure their identity, you have undoubtedly seen her work.  But, unless you are an insider, you probably have never heard of their […]
March 18, 2013

No surprise here: pickup trucks are Texas most stolen vehicles

In a state where one out of every four (or five) vehicles is a pickup truck, this sports and work icon placed first, second, third and seventh in the top-ten stolen vehicle derby in 2011, the […]
February 25, 2013

MotorWeek names Drivers’ Choice Bests for 2013 Trucks

MotorWeek, the iconic television program, has named its Drivers’ Choice award winners for 2013 and, while there were few (if any) major surprises, it is always interesting to see what conclusions they draw.  While I don’t always […]
February 17, 2013

Ram 1500 offers industry-first diesel engine on full-size pickup

The latest innovation to fill Ram truck’s prolific pipeline will be a new 2014 RAM 1500 EcoDiesel powered pickup truck, available after production begins in the third quarter of 2013, the truck maker announced last week.  This is on […]