When you think of pickup trucks, you probably don’t think of Suzuki. Suzuki has been selling cars in United States under its own name since the 1980s, it’s never offered a real pickup for the U.S. market. But that all changed with the Suzuki Equator. The Equator isn’t exactly Suzuki’s own creation, it’s essentially a clone of Nissan’s midsize Frontier pickup. Equator’s differences related to exterior styling and features. The …
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Pickups have grown through the years, like every other vehicle, some now being nearly as long as a semi-trailer. But compact pickups, such as the Toyota Tacoma Double Cab, are really closer to the more manageable size of pickups from 20 or 30 years ago. These smaller pickups are more economical to buy and operate if you’re after a pickup that will haul boxes, plants and building materials on a …
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The timing was perfect. The Ford Explorer needed a complete makeover to have any chance of regaining its former popularity, and coming in 2011, the redesign just happens to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the Explorer. Combining better manners inside, outside, structurally, and under the hood, the sophisticated new Explorer was transformed into such an excellent total package it won the 2011 North American Truck of the Year award. …
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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — When Ford redesigned its popular F150 pickup truck, it connected every objective to maintain its 33-year-old title as largest-selling vehicle in the U.S. The assorted V6 and V8 engines Ford offered in the half-ton pickups seemed adequate enough, but Ford decided it could upgrade all of them for 2011. Riding the crest of a technical wave, Ford is offering four new engines in the F150, starting …
