Pickup Trucks

Ram 1500 truck gets thoughtful upgrades for 2013 model year

2013-05-18 00:00:00

It looks like a truck, drives like a truck and hauls like a truck. So the 2013 Ram 1500 is, you guessed it, very much a truck. This is despite the fact that beneath the handsome sheet metal are two key elements that, until recently, would have...

Healthy crossover sales a boon to April auto results

2013-05-01 14:21:00

Lower gas prices and a rebounding economy are pulling more auto buyers into crossover SUVs and boosting pickup truck sales, April auto sales data indicate. Honda, Nissan and Subaru reported monthly sales Wednesday, showing increases from April 2012 to...

Truck sales get a lift from housing rebound

2013-04-02 16:55:00

Surging truck sales paved the way for one of the biggest auto sales months in nearly six years. That's a sign of the housing rebound making its way into new construction, as contractors buy new pickups. Growth in the vital housing and auto industries...

General Motors, Ford and Chrysler post strong March auto sales

2013-04-02 07:27:00

March looks to have turned out to be one of the biggest months for auto sales in nearly six years. The industry sold almost 1.5 million vehicles in March, about 5% more than the same month a year earlier and likely the most since the 1.6 million sold in...

GM, Ford, Toyota post healthy sales as auto industry growth slows

2013-03-01 07:43:00

After posting a big gain in January, U.S. auto sales moderated last month with most carmakers reporting steady single-digit gains.� Industry executives said they still believed the auto segment of the U.S. economy would continue to grow this year, but...

Automakers see big returns from pricey Super Bowl ads

2013-02-04 12:16:00

At $3.8 million, a 30-second car commercial may have seemed expensive before Sunday's Super Bowl, but Monday morning quarterbacking shows it to be money well spent. The game between the Baltimore Ravens and San Francisco 49ers drew one of the largest...

Kelley Blue Book: Cars that will be cheapest to own over 5 years

2013-02-05 08:54:00

Kelley Blue Book has announced the winners of its 2013 analysis of the cars, sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks that have the lowest projected cost of ownership over the next five years. Kelley says its analysis includes factors that go beyond...

Radar Brothers try something new with 'Eight': No CDs

2013-01-29 07:00:00

The Radar Brothers are the kind of band a label doesn't know how to handle. The problem? The Jim Putnam-led local outfit doesn't sell many records. And it's a pattern. The Radar Brothers have long been regulars on the L.A. scene, conjuring up an...

Detroit Auto Show: Cadillac ATS, Dodge Ram named car, truck of year

2013-01-14 08:05:00

DETROIT -- Automotive journalists named the Cadillac ATS sports sedan and the Chrysler Ram 1500 pickup truck as the North American car and truck of the year at the opening of the North American International Auto Show here. A panel of 49 automotive...

GM increases pickup truck deals to work down inventory

2012-12-18 13:10:00

Stuck with too many trucks, General Motors Co. is offering discounts of as much as $9,000 to drain its supply of Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups as it gets ready to launch a new generation of the vehicles next year. GM's truck inventory has...

The Working Class

2012-10-09 12:01:00

When is a vehicle more of a family member than a ride? When it’s a companion, a�co-worker, a partner in crime. � When it comes to having it all in a gorgeous sport-utility package, the conversation clearly starts with the Range Rover, an iconic...

Dangerbird Records signs Bon Jovi's Richie Sambora?

2012-05-10 16:36:20

Chevy's full-size pickups are GM's best-selling vehicles and among the most profitable in the business. They arrive at a key time for the industry and for pickups. A recovering economy could jump-start pickup sales next year, and new fuel-economy rules pose major technical challenges.

2012-10-05 14:39:00

Rank Monthly Sales 12-month Change Year to Date 12-month Change 9 Ram pickups +29.4% 114,630 +26.6% 26,040

2012-06-05 00:00:00

Darrel Kessler of Aberdeen won a 2012 Ford F-150 Crew Cab pickup truck in the nationwide Ford Eco Boost Challenge. From left are Pierson Ford Mercury's general sales manager Kelly Krausz; Kessler and his wife, Lorelie; and Larry Twiss, salesman at Pierson Ford.

2012-03-26 07:55:00