Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
Whatever your needs, you must find professional impressions and opinions about the new truck model 2007. Try to find information about the options and features, test drivers and exterior and exterior analysis. Famous brands, such as Chevrolet truck, Dodge truck, Ford truck, GMC truck, Honda truck, Isuzu truck, Nisan truck and Toyota truck are present on the Internet and you must only select the truck you want; search the qualified dealers and ask for more information if necessary.
The Chevrolet Avalanche has been redesigned for 2007; the new version is awesome; it is one of a kind because combine the capacity of a pickup with the luxury of the five passenger car. The Midgate is a removable rear bulkhead situated between the pickup bed and the passenger component. It is removable, allowing the truck to be configured as a sport vehicle with a short bed or a pick up with an eight foot bed. You need to fold down the rear seats and open the Midgate to obtain the pickup able of securing gear from unexpected visitors or shielding drywall from rain or snow. You can also remove the rear glass and the tonneau panels to obtain a sporty, open-air vehicle. The truck has a clean and stylish look. The new Chevy Silverado is another dream truck of our days, featuring a new design to confirm its reputation as the longest lasting truck on the world. Its suspensions are designed to meet every requirement.
The new Ford 2007, the Explorer, has a longer pickup bed, more room inside and generates 292 horsepower with a new, strong six speed automatic transmission; there is also a five speed automatic version. Both vehicles are available with four or two wheel drive. The Ford F-150 is easy to drive, well designed and the cabs are really comfortable. 2007 Ford f-150 truck offers a quiet, smooth drive over rough pavement, a controlled handling, with a minimum of vehicle roll on corners. This truck comes in six versions, with four cab choices, four bed lengths, with an amazing cargo capacity. Ford prepares also a new truck, the 2008 Ford F-250, still in tests.
2007 Toyota Tundra is a truck that raises the competitive bar; almost everything is new in Toyota Tundra. The new 381 horsepower V8 truck comes in three styles: a double cab with secondary rear side doors, a four door version and a two door regular cab. The truck is available in three wheelbases and three bed lengths; a five or six speed automatics and a standard rear wheel automatics. If you need a four wheel drive, you can have it too. 2007 Toyota Tundra has also a DVD based navigation system with camera, GPS linked. The stability is improved using fully suspension new design, to make your ride smoother; a better stability is due to a standard electronic stability control.
The full size pickups are changing dramatically; Nissan is offering the awesome Titan, Toyota has a large scale of models, and power trains. Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge are presenting new attractive models; it is really difficult to find the truck of your dreams.
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
With a brand new factory in Texas, Toyota Motor Corp., a Japanese automaker takes aim at Ford and Chevy. In the American truck war, Toyota’s gamble will be its 2007 Tundra – much larger Tundra.
2007 Tundra, which was launched at the Chicago Auto Show, is made larger than Chevrolet Silverado, Ford F-Series,International truck, Isuzu truck, kenworth truck, Nissan Titan and Dodge Ram– its mighty rivals in the truck segment. The latest model boasts that the enhanced Toyota Tundra parts paved way for greater towing capacity and truck performance. There are 3 available engine choices - 4.0 L V6, 4.7 L V8, and new 5.7 L V8.
The upcoming arrival of Tundra sends quiver to other auto giants. In fact, General Motors has hired John Mellencamp, Indiana-born rock star, to record a patriotic song entitled “Our Country” for a television ad for its Chevy Silverado. The ad says: This is our country; this is our truck. Said ad is designed to capture customers in the heart of America and to save its slipping sales in said territory.
Chevy Silverado pickup parts include powerful V-8 engine that make the truck efficient and high-performance. This year, Silverado is the second-best selling vehicle in the United States. So far, the best-selling vehicle around the globe is F-150. Said variant came from Ford’s F-Series, which is composed of full-size pickup trucks. Ford F-150 pickup parts are designed to handle tough labor. Not only that, said model promises 250,000 miles and counting. Its reign in the truck war scene is attributed to its tough built and goodwill. Hitherto, Ford F-Series is deemed the bread-and-butter of the automaker.
Toyota wants to convince American truck drivers to trade their trucks for Tundra. This is the reason why the automaker added an American twist to its pickup. Another expected move is the moving of Tundra’s production to the Texas plant. According to statistics, Texas is America’s biggest pickup market. Statistics further divulged that out of every 4 vehicles sold is a pickup.
“Toyota has been expanding by building more plants in North America — they put them in areas where they want to increase their business,” said George Magliano, director of automotive industry research at Global Insight. “The idea is truck buyers become more loyal to a manufacturer that brings jobs and money into their state.”
“One strength Toyota has is its ability to stick with a strategy,” Magliano added. “They got into the truck market about 10 years ago, and they didn’t have much success right away, but they just kept working at it. They keep on improving a product, and they eventually crack the market and that is how they are gaining market share in the United States.”
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008
North American diesel engine production is taking a short breather in 2000 after impressive gains over the last five years. Including a slight decline in 1996 (-0.8 percent), the growth from 1995 to 1999 was over 33 percent. Not surprisingly, the on-highway diesel engine production (for trucks, buses and coaches) dominates North American production.
In 1995, on-highway production was 74 percent of the total North American diesel engine production compared to 78.5 percent in 1999 and a forecasted 78.8 percent for 2000. In other words, as on-highway goes, so goes the total.
The premium heavy-duty Class 8 diesel production is expected to decline at least 25 percent in 2000 compared to the peak of 331,000 in 1999. Medium-duty diesels traditionally follow heavies by three to six months and are forecasted down at least 10 percent in 2000. The wild card in the diesel engine production formula has been light-duty. Growth in light-duty diesels for 2000 was less than 5 percent but enough to threaten the predicted downturn of the total market.
In 2000 truck market was faced many major problems; new truck overselling creating a used truck for sale, a continuing lack of qualified drivers, rising interest rates and the price of diesel fuel.So what will change in 2001?
Probably not much. We predict little change in 2001 for the heavy-duty truck and medium-duty truck markets. We feel both will continue to be weak in line with their performance in the last half of 2000. If the market was worried about the overselling in 1997 creating a used truck glut in 2000, take a good look at the heavy- and medium-duty truck for sale in 1998 and 1999. Last year was the peak for both markets and 1998 increased more than 10 percent compared to 1997.
The major fleets will have to purchase new trucks sooner or later, which will help stop the truck order free fall currently being experienced. Fuel prices may stabilize, but a per barrel price of $28 (mentioned as a good stopping point by OPEC and many analysts) will be more than twice the price we were enjoying only six months ago. Wars in the Middle East could ignite and fuel supply could send prices well above the $28 level — it currently is in the high $30 range. Interest rates are another variable that could be influenced by energy prices as well. Inflation based on energy prices could result in higher interest rates, although most analysts are predicting current rates to stay stable over the next year.
The driver shortage will continue with more women and mid-20s and younger drivers in the workforce. This is not a new problem for the major fleets and will probably affect the transmission selection (with a greater emphasis on automated manuals and automatics) more than the truck demand.
Light-duty truck diesels are a refreshing contrast. Currently, 3 percent to 4 percent of the Class 1 through Class 3 truck factory sales are diesel. Many of the applications, under 8500 lb. GVW, are not potential for do-mestic diesels due to emissions regulations. However, that is all expected to change by the 2002 model year. We believe the light-duty market will level in 2001, but increased penetration will increase light-duty diesel production volume.
There are a number of new diesel engine models being developed for light-duty trucks by international for Ford, Isuzu for GM and Detroit Diesel and Cummins for DaimlerChrysler.heavy duty truck have some model that is Conventional truck, dump truck, crane truck, flatbed truck etc, and medium duty truck also have model van truck, wrecker tow truck, concrete truck etc. It now appears the Detroit Diesel Delta diesel will be the choice for trucks below the Dodge Ram, while Cummins continues to meet its supply contract for the Ram with its B series. In 2001, we forecast the on-highway diesel engine production in North America to increase almost 3 percent, despite declines in medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Light-duty diesels are expected to rise 12 percent, which equates to 64,000 engines. Although dominant (79.1 percent of the total for 2001), on-highway diesels are not the only application in North America.so here we give some models of heavy medium and light duty truck.if you want more knowledge and information than website gives in detail.
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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
It’s bizarre, pointless and strangely appealing, so much so we decided to conduct our own World’s Strongest competition. Rather than scouring the Ukraine for guys who can bench-press BMWs, we used the vehicles themselves as contestants. And not just any vehicles: the biggest, strongest, most abnormally pumped-up pieces of street-legal machinery you can buy without a special license.
We’re talking about heavy-duty trucks, and the bigger the better. There were no rules against foreigners, but it was an all domestic field consisting of the 2006 Chevrolet Silverado 3500, the 2006 Dodge Ram Mega Cab 3500 and the 2006 Ford F-350 Super Duty.
Like the bald-headed big men on TV, these trucks would be subjected to plenty of heavy lifting. Most of it came in the form of towing a trailer up the steep Jacumba grade near the U.S./Mexico border in Southern California. There would be no cheering crowds and no prize money: only the distinction of being crowned the World’s Strongest Pickup. Let the grunting begin.
Since this was going to be a test of serious hauling capability, all three of our 1-ton trucks were equipped with dual rear wheels and four-wheel drive. An extra set of wheels in back helps stabilize loads when you’re towing, while the ability to send power to the front wheels is added insurance when the pavement ends.
We also specified crew cab body styles and the longest beds possible for maximum passenger and cargo room. The Chevy and Ford trucks were your standard crew cabs, while the Dodge was a super-sized Mega cab. The extra-large Mega Cab adds serious passenger room, but reduces the bed length to 6 feet, 4 inches. Both the Chevrolet truck and the Ford had full-size 8-foot beds.
Our final criteria were diesel engines and automatic transmissions. With their massive amounts of torque, diesels are the ticket for heavy-duty hauling, and although all three trucks come standard with manual transmissions, we tested automatics since they’re easier to live with on a day-to-day basis.
Going with diesel power isn’t cheap. On the Chevrolet Silverado, the Duramax V8 is part of a $6,705 package which, along with a few other extras, boosted our test truck’s price to $48,855. Ordering Ford’s Powerstroke V8 and Torqshift automatic for our F-350 tacked on $6,240. It also had the King Ranch appearance package and several stand-alone options that upped the total price to $52,575. Our Dodge Ram Mega Cab came standard with a 5.9-liter Cummins inline-six turbodiesel, but when combined with a long list of additional options, the final price topped out at $55,715.
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