Ford Motor Co.’s president of the Americas, Mark Fields, on Tuesday said Ford would be dedicated to making its future vehicles “meet or beat the competition in fuel economy” in the face of $4-a-gallon gasoline, weak consumer confidence and plunging auto sales.
Fields noted that July auto sales have been no better than they were in […]

Hummer sale, truck cutback could hit Shreveport General Motors plant
General Motors’ plant in Shreveport faces a potential double whammy from Tuesday’s announcement that the auto giant will cut production of trucks and may sell its gas-guzzling Hummer brand.
GM also said it would lay off salaried workers, suspend its dividend and borrow up to $3 billion […]

A slumping market for trucks has one Albuquerque dealership taking drastic steps and getting national attention because of it.
Zangara Dodge is cutting sticker prices on its Dodge Rams by 50 percent. Managers said in the last 90 days they’ve seen a 30 percent decline in sales on the Ram.
Managers also said the sale actually puts […]

Last fall, CMT (Country Music Television) introduced a six 6 show pilot called “Trick My Truck”. It is a new reality show featuring a deserving trucker and his 18-wheeler in each episode. The show is a theme similar to “pimpmyride” and “overhaulin”, where old vehicles are restored except the target vehicles are semi trucks. A […]

As Ford rethinks the future of its rear-wheel drive platforms due out in 2013, upcoming plans for its top-selling F-150 truck are emerging, with latest talksindicating that two EcoBoost engines — including a four-cylinder option — will find their way under the truck’s hood, according to a report by Pickuptrucks.com.

 
Ford’s EcoBoost engines will start making […]

Every month it costs me a few more dollars to fill up my 2005 Colorado GMC truck with gas, Over the past 6 months I’ve been using some of the following ideas and been getting better gas mileage for my truck, anyone who takes advantage of these ideas should get better gas mileage for truck, […]