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GM to cut truck production by 300K units by 2009, cuts V8 development

Click above for more images of the 2007 Chevy Silverado We have been covering the amazing decline of the pickup truck in America over the past few months, but General Motor's recent announcement that it will be cutting truck production by some three-hundred-thousand units by next year puts quite a cap on it. The General makes a hefty profit on each full-size truck it sells, and this production cut will have a huge impact on the bottom line of America's largest automaker. Of course, GM is probably quite pleased that it's not releasing a brand ... Read more →

Fox Business wants you to keep your trucks Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for high-res gallery of the Piaggio MP3 400 and 500 Finding yourself stuck in a truck? Gas guzzling got you down? You are certainly not alone. Though the most obvious thing to do would be ...

Full-size SUVs from GM to get lighter Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above for more high-res shots of the Chevy Tahoe Hybrid It was only a few years ago that General Motors was bullish on the U.S. market for full-size, body-on-frame sport utility vehicles. ...

GM launches big incentives on hybrid SUVs Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click the Tahoe hybrid for a high-res gallery To go along with the advertising push that General Motors is planning on for its large hybrid SUVs is news that the automaker will increase incentives on ...

GM considers the future of the full-size pickup truck Jeremy Korzeniewski

It's no secret that the pickup truck market is shrinking, with high gas prices as one obvious culprit. In fact, Toyota's ridiculously popular Camry midsize sedan is nipping at the heels of full-size ...

American love affair with trucks seems to be waning 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The days of Americans migrating from cars to ever larger pickup trucks and SUVs may finally be behind us as a perfect storm seems to be hitting the big truck segment. The combination of high fuel prices and the implosion of the real estate bubble has led to full-size pickups dropping to an 11.7 ...

Could Scion ignite the compact pickup class again? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I can't believe that I missed this story, but somehow the fact that Scion might be considering a foray into the compact pickup segment was lost on me. Sometimes I'm just stuck in la-la (horrible!) land I guess. Anyway, check out the rendering that I found at PickupTruck.com for the possible truck. A ...


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