Nissan and General Motors have signed an agreement to build a small cargo van based on the Nissan NV200. The small van, which will be called the Chevrolet City Express, will be available in the fall of 2014. “Our fleet customers have asked us for an entry in the commercial small van segment, so this [...]
The new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado is all new with three different engine choices. In this exclusive, fun and informative TFLcar 2014 Chevy Silverado review we take the test the brand new pickup truck both on road and off-road. We even try towing with the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado to see how it handles a heavy load. [...]
The new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado has has three new engine choices but perhaps the most popular one will be the 5.3L Ecotec V8. The new all aluminum block engine is rated at 355 horsepower and 383 ft-lb. That’s a good deal of power and it allows the new Chevrolet Silverado to tow just about 11,000 [...]
The new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado just got more Ritzy with today’s debut of the new top shelf 2014 Silverado High Country pickup Model. Ford has the King Ranch, Ram has the Laramie Longhorn pickup and even Toyota has the new Tundra 1794 edition. Now Chevrolet will compete directly against those trucks with the brand new [...]
The 2014 KIA Sedona returns to the KIA lineup with new lighting, a new grill and further refinement. The 2014 KIA Sedona comes standard with a 269 horsepower, 3.5-liter V6 matched to a six-speed automatic transmission. Prices for the 2014 KIA Sedona LX start at $25,900 There are only a handful of minivans left in [...]
Ford will add over 2,000 jobs at its Kansas City Assembly Plant to meet increasing demand for the Ford F-150 and for planned production of the new Transit commercial vehicle line. Of those new jobs, about 1,000 of them will be completely new hires. The first new jobs at the plant will start in the [...]
How long has it been since General Motors built a bad-ass off-road truck? It’s hard to examine the convictions of a public relations ‘suit,’ which was my dilemma when I saw the GMC Sierra All Terrain HD Concept a few years back. Me: “You’re gonna build it – right? I mean, it’s too cool not to [...]
The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 comes out swinging. General Motors is lacing up the gloves for another match-up with archenemy Ford trucks and their mighty F150. Chevrolet’s 5.3-liter “EcoTec3″ V8 gets 23 mpg highway (2WD) and 22 mpg highway (4X4). This engine can deactivate four cylinders when V8 power is not needed for maximum efficiency. Combined [...]
A hulking, very American cross of a firetruck with a Chevrolet El Camino, the 2010 Hummer H3T was a love-it or hate-it design for GM. Sharing its chassis components with the “baby” Hummer H3, the H3T’s ruggedness, utility, and highly unconventional styling made it a promising design for the floundering brand. Some three years after [...]
Quigley Motor Company, Inc has been around since the 60s and their 4×4 van conversions are legendary. Now, Quigley went and slapped a Magna – single speed transfer case with 2wd and 4wd position, to make a Nissan NV 4X4 van. The Nissan NV van is a mighty good vehicle. I had over a month’s worth [...]
The 2013 GMC Sierra Denali is the top of the line GMC pickup truck. It comes with almost every creature comfort found on high end luxury sedans including heated seats and a heated steering wheel and all-wheel-drive. So naturally we were curios how the Denali would do with AWD off-road. In another fun and informative [...]
The new 2013 HEMI Ram Express Quad Cab 1500 pickup is a big beast to drive off-road. In fact the HEMI 5.7L engine does little to help the big Ram tackle the mud and snow. But of course the Ram’s 4X4 drive train and substantial ground clearance makes for a fine off-road ride. In [...]
The 2013 GMC Sierra Denali Crew Cab and the 2013 Ram 1500 Express Quad Cab are both three quarter ton pickups but that’s were the similarities end. These are two very different pickups that compete for different buyers. The 2013 GMC Sierra Denali is the top of the line in terms of price and luxury. [...]
A 10-year-old pickup can’t compete with a new truck in terms of power and torque…or can it? With the addition of a new performance exhaust you can make your old truck run and sound better. In this episode of Project Pickup (part 2) we continue on our quest to modify our ten-year-old diesel Chevy Silverado [...]
