Category: Commercial Trucks

Opel delivers sportiness in the Vivaro VPC

Filed under: Euro, Commercial Trucks, Opel
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In Europe, no niche remains unaddressed, it seems. Business owners looking for a hottish-looking ride in their delivery vehicles were offered the Transit SportVan earlier this year by Ford. It combined the utility of the Transit with the optics of a Focus ST, what with its […]

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Posted in Commercial Trucks on Nov 7th, 2007, 10:22 am     

SEMA 2007: Toyota Tundra Dually Diesel

Filed under: Concept Cars, SEMA, Trucks/Pickups, Commercial Trucks, Toyota
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With a strong OEM presence at SEMA, automakers are forced to bring The Badass to the masses. Toyota has apparently been overrun with requests from customers for some form of diesel motivation in […]

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Posted in Commercial Trucks on Nov 7th, 2007, 10:22 am     

Europeans get new Nemo and Bipper compact commercial vans

Filed under: Euro, Commercial Trucks, Peugeot, Citroen

And you thought U.S. automakers were guilty of the world’s worst badge engineerings jobs! It’s bad enough that both Citroen and Peugeot took the Mitsubishi Outlander and made the C-Crosser and 4007 clones, but here we have two new compact commercial vans from these companies that are virtually identical. […]

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Posted in Commercial Trucks on Nov 7th, 2007, 10:22 am     

UAW strikes at International Truck and Engine Corporation

Filed under: Trucks/Pickups, Plants/Manufacturing, Commercial Trucks, UAW/Unions

First GM, then Chrysler and now International Truck and Engine Corporation … Beginning at 5 o’clock EST UAW members went on strike at all ITE union facilities. The UAW contract ended October 1st, but union members were urged to continue working despite the absence of a new contract. It […]

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Posted in Commercial Trucks on Nov 7th, 2007, 10:22 am     

Chrysler releases Dodge Grand Caravan Cargo Van

Filed under: Minivans/MPVs, Commercial Trucks, Dodge
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Chrysler has just released details on its commercial-grade Dodge Grand Caravan Cargo Van, which has tradesmen, small business owners, and other small fleet customers in its crosshairs (pun fully intended). Since it’s a work vehicle, the second and third row seats have been eliminated. This […]

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Posted in Commercial Trucks on Nov 7th, 2007, 10:21 am     

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