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Not surprised the Ford trucks didn't even make the list. My 1999 GMC Sierra is a better truck 15 years old than a new 2014 F150. With GM you get quality and durability, with Ford trucks you get to meet firefighters; http://youtu.be/uAFdEkzgnIQ
GMC Sierra Ranks at Top of J.D. Power's Dependability Study
The GMC Sierra 1500 and 2500/3500 Heavy-Duty pickup trucks have won their respective categories in the J.D. Power and Associates' 2014 Vehicle Dependability Study. The half-ton GMC ranked highest in the Light Duty Pickup category, with the Toyota Tundra and Chevrolet Avalanche finishing in the...
Hey Gay Mike, that's your wife and daughters that are so ugly!
2014 Lingenfelter Reaper Package
We've seen some good Lingenfelter performance packages in the past, but this one might be the best to date. That's mostly because it looks to be the first Chevrolet Silverado 1500 ready to take on Ford's SVT Raptor. The Reaper is a project between Southern Comfort Automotive and Lingenfelter P...
Whoop Te Do! Ram fail! We rented a full size 8 cyl. DoD Chevy Suburban in Las Vegas last year and got 22 mpg with gasoline engine. Poor figures for ram, should have averaged that with 8 cyl, disappointing results.
Breaking News: Ram EcoDiesel Sets New Mileage Record
The 2014 Ram 1500 4x2 equipped with the V-6 EcoDiesel and eight-speed transmission has been fully tested by the EPA and found to offer 20 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway, with a combined fuel economy rating of 23 mpg — better than any other half-ton or midsize pickup in the U.S. The ...
Ford and GM still dominate with ram staying just ahead of the Tundra which will pass ram for the 3rd hottest truck later this year. GM inch's closer to ford, gotta make the ford sissies pretty worried GM is only 6k trucks behind them. Right now the 2 best trucks in the world are the Fords and Chevy/GMC's with no one close to the quality and capability.
Best-Selling Pickup Trucks: January 2014
You can thank the nasty January weather across the country for keeping potential pickup truck buyers out of dealerships to start the 2014 sales year. Many truckmakers were off by as much as 50 and 60 percent when compared to December 2013. Year-end deals are popular at dealerships, but when te...
So ford thinks it will last a week, one week? Wow, what could you do in a week to see if the new f-150 will last as long as a Chevy or GMC pick up. Been testing my GMC for 15 years now and it is still better than any brand new f-150 with no miles on it.
Ford Wants You to Prove 2015 F-150 Is Tough
Ford is launching a "You Test It" contest for five lucky U.S./Canadian residents who come up with the most original and creative ways to test the new aluminum-body 2015 Ford F-150. Those lucky five will get a week behind the wheel of the new pickup truck, testing it in real-world conditions. T...
Most women are attracted to gay men so I would tend to believe that is why they like ford men in black trucks, aka The Village People.
Survey: Women Dig Guys in Black Ford Pickups
By Aaron Bragman So you went down to your neighborhood Ford and forked over some cash for an F-150, a black one, thinking that not only was it a reliable, top-rated truck (one won the 2013 PickupTrucks.com Light Duty Challenge, you'll recall), but also that it looked pretty cool and maybe it...
Sissy trucks.
What We're Up to: Driving 2014 V-6s
We've been at a sunny and warm location for the past week with a gaggle of V-6 pickup trucks as part of PickupTrucks.com's Annual Physical. For this first year we decided to bring together as many new V-6 pickup trucks as possible to see what kind of shape they're in. We're collecting test inf...
Ford really dropped the ball on this innovation. Those tht think aluminum doesn't rust are ignorant. Aluminum gets white rust, it oxidizes and deteriorates if not removed. It won't be visible and will happen in every state since all you need it water to affect it unlike salt corrosion on steel. This truck will be a money pit a few years after someone buys it.
New Ford F-150 Owners Face Higher Insurance, Repair Costs
Making the big switch from steel to aluminum will be a double-edged sword for the 2015 Ford F-150. While it may save owners money at the pump due to improved fuel economy, it will cost more to insure and repair. According to Automotive News, the swap to aluminum will send ripples deep into the...
Congrats again Chevy for having the best pick up truck in the world 40 tears running. It's a shame there was little competition but at least with little education and limited knowledge of pick up trucks will grab about the Ram and F150. Ford is so worried it copied the exact design the new Tundra has, as if to confuse the Jethro Bodines that drive fords. They didn't have to do that, they stay confused. Will be funny to see the 2015 f150 stories about how the owner went to bed and woke up in the morning to find metal thieves strip the truck down to its scivies!
Best Pickup of 2014: Chevy Silverado 1500
For the first time in Cars.com's history, we are presenting a dedicated award for pickup trucks. And that makes sense. Three of the top five best-selling vehicles in the U.S. in 2013 were pickup trucks, and with the number of luxury trim packages growing and average transaction prices rising, ...
Btw, is it true Ford motor company bought Pickuptruck.com?
Five Things the 2015 F-150 Got Right
1. Reducing Weight This had to be done. Half-ton pickup trucks have been attempting to outpace and outperform each other in towing and payload for so long it's started to get a little crazy. Aluminum and other composite materials have been around for a long time, but the issue has always bee...
The real experts got it right, Ford fails: http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20140113/AUTO04/301130038/1148/auto01/Chevrolet-Corvette-Silverado-named-2014-Car-Truck-Year
Five Things the 2015 F-150 Got Right
1. Reducing Weight This had to be done. Half-ton pickup trucks have been attempting to outpace and outperform each other in towing and payload for so long it's started to get a little crazy. Aluminum and other composite materials have been around for a long time, but the issue has always bee...
Doesn't look any different than the present 1/2 ton. You also need to back up the statement "best selling 1/2 ton" with actual figures breaking down sale, not just throw in 'f series", leave PU.com much less credible. I also agree PU.com is trying to sell fords over other makes by gratuitous promotion. Other vehicle reviewers aren't kissing fords ass like PU.com is because of the use of aluminum, a commodity that fluctuates in price and is sought after by the Chinese making it a huge financial risk. I worked many years with aluminum in machining and it is very sensitive to temperature becoming brittle in cold and expanding greatly in heat. Wait and see, it can also rust that is called white rust....so at least the fords will keep on rusting.
2015 Ford F-150: Body and Cabs First Look
Let's start by offering some perspective about what we're talking about regarding the world debut of the 13th-generation Ford F-Series half-ton pickup truck at the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. There is no other way to describe the type of change exemplified by the 20...
Not surprising, best truck built last 40 years. I'm surprised they compared it to 2 pos's, the Lamb and Junkdra, easy win, and ford was to scared to even show up.
2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Wins Two More
The awards for the newly redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 are still coming in, and it seems both fleet owners and off-road enthusiasts like what Chevy has done to the pickup. The folks at Bobit Publishing surveyed fleet managers from around the country to determine the winner of the 20...
Congrats to GM for being the true sales leader 17 years running...ford, keep doctoring the figures, the ford girlies fall for it:
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/04/17/the-silverado-and-sierra-have-topped-the-f-series.aspx
Best-Selling Pickup Trucks: December 2013
December was a mixed sales bag for many pickup truck makers, but several finished the year with 13 to 18 percent gains over 2012, with Ram and Honda leading the pack, finishing over 20 percent year over year. The Ford F-Series came within a whisker of selling 75,000 pickups this month (if you ...
"Fred the Girl" of course it doesn't pertain to you, you can never afford a new truck or a quality truck. Stick to your old rams and fords from Buy here Pay here joints.
Breaking News: 21 MPG for GM's 6.2L V-8 Option
GM has received fuel-economy ratings for the redesigned 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups with the optional EcoTec3 6.2-liter V-8, we learned this morning at a breakfast meeting of the Midwest Automotive Media Association in the Chicago area. The range-topping engine, ...
13 mpg in the city, poorest quality vehicle on the market, cam shaft explosions, rotted frames, rotted spare tire brackets, failed tail gates, bed flex, oil sludge issues...just to name a few. How did they sell a million in just 15 years? Must be the same 75K idiots buying them each year. Still the ugliest least capable pick up on the side of the road.
Toyota Hits Milestone and Readies to Hit More
On Sept. 18, 2013, Toyota's San Antonio truck plant produced its 1 millionth truck, a 2014 Toyota 1794 Edition CrewMax Tundra in Sunset Bronze Mica. That means that if you lined up all the Tacomas and Tundras that have rolled off the assembly line outside San Antonio they would make a pickup ...
Ok, Chevy is the best truck, proven beyond a shadow of a doubt (at least with intelligent truck buyers). But yes, the cost is way too high and everyone knows brand loyalty trumps being a better truck. People continue to buy the Tundra, a junk truck with no redeeming qualities. The ford girls won't admit they know GM trucks are better. The the difference between the trucks will always be loyalty. I won't need a new truck for years. My 99 GMC is a better truck at 14 years old than a brand new Ram. It would be nice if the 2014's still cost what the 99's did.
Consumer Reports Chooses 2014 Chevrolet Silverado As Top Pickup Truck
By Aaron Bragman Influential consumer testing organization Consumer Reports has ranked the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado pickup as its top pickup truck choice, scoring the freshly redesigned truck above the 2013 Ram 1500 and the previously tested Ford F-150. The Silverado garnered a score of 81 ...
Hey Homo, is that you Frank?
Best-Selling Pickup Trucks: August 2013
Pickup trucks continue to do the majority of the heavy hauling in what some are calling a recovering auto industry. Clearly sales for full-size trucks are on the rise as the truck segment is outpacing the auto industry as a whole. In fact, the big players continue to see huge sales gains, espe...
How many spare transmissions did the Ram have to carry to make it through this pull comparison? Hope the Ford got better than 7mpg.
Kings of Beasts Are on the Road
What are you doing this Labor Day weekend? We bet you won't be having as much fun as we are. In fact, we'll have two of the biggest tow monsters running across the American Southwest, collecting towing impressions and data along the way, and we'll be loving every minute of it. We'll be travel...
16 fords in 86 years of driving? Shame he wasted all that money on something that would only last 5 years. Should have bought Chevy trucks, then he would only need 3 pick ups in 86 years.
There's a Simple Formula to Build the Truck You Want
Are you frustrated with the way your favorite pickup truck maker is building its newest truck? Do you think you have a better way? Do you have a list of upgrades for your favorite pickup that would smash the competition? Well, we're here to tell you there may be a way to take control of any o...
Yawn! A little less ugly, same fail, 13 mpg in a "truck" that is 25 years behind the Big 3's. They will attract the idiot buyer but will not get an educated driver to waste money on something so weak and worthless.
Toyota Releases Pricing for 2014 Tundra
Toyota has just released its pricing for the newly redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra, which now offers five distinct trim package options: the base SR, the volume-leading SR5, the upper-trim Limited and a choice of sophisticated or cowboy luxury with the Platinum and the 1794 Edition. Overall, p...
Hank, we all know your ride is a moped, I hear they call you moped Hank around the homeless encampment. Maybe one day you will get lucky and find a lost winning Powerball ticket. Then you can tell all those critics who said after you dropped out of the 3rd grade and got your 15th DUI arrest they were wrong, you are not only a loser but a loser with a winning lotto ticket.
Midwest Pickup Fans Set Guinness World Record
In celebration of a new SiriusXM radio station called Rural Radio (channel 80), more than 500 pickup truck owners showed up at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Aug. 3 to participate in a Guinness Book of World Record attempt for the world’s largest pickup truck parade. In the end, 386 pick...
Thanks frank for showing once again you are the least educated, most clueless troll, with the poorest knowledge of pick up trucks in these forums. But then again, ford counts on uneducated dumbazzes like you to buy their junk.
July 2013 Top 15 Pickup Truck Sales
Sales are strong and steady for the big players, with GM making the biggest leap this month with the first full month of sales data for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra half-tons. It looks like just about every manufacturer with a full-size pickup available is set to have a record y...
About time ford caught up to GM & Chrysler on the CNG pick ups, it's a shame they only have one as shown in the picture. I got to see some of GM's CNG's 5 years ago when they had a media event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, they impressed everyone. While ford is last with technology at least they are trying to play catch up.
F-150 Will Be First Half-Ton to Offer CNG
As part of its continued push to put more compressed natural gas work vehicles on the road, Ford just announced it will offer the 2014 Ford F-150 with a CNG prep package at a cost of $315. It will be available this fall. This will make Ford's popular half-ton pickup the first and only truck i...
Sorry to hear that, Consumer Reports is the most unreliable poorly ran rag on the market. Not what Ram needed, it is as bad as being endorsed by Rush Limbag as he pops his pills.
Ram 1500 Earns Consumer Reports Recommendation
In its annual pickup truck ratings update, Consumer Reports awarded the 2013 Ram 1500 the coveted recommended label when compared to all full-size pickup trucks sold in the U.S. CR identified the new interior, updated powertrains and revised chassis as reasons why the Ram 1500 did so well. Th...
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