There are two new specialty Ram pickups on the way, one of which has literally been in the works for years—since before the current “DT” series of Ram trucks was launched. The Ram TRX was first shown with a detuned Hellcat V8; recent reports claim the detuning is gone and it will pump out the […]
Last month, GM announced that it would use a parts plant in Kokomo to make ventilators, adapting a Ventec design; the idea was to help severely affected COVID-19 patients. The Ventec people only make one ventilator per hour at their own plant, so GM had to bring in their own people to speed things up—and […]
Detroit automakers are going to restart production on May 4, barring any interventions by state governors. The reason might not be low sales on their part–there is no evidence that inventories are shrinking—but a desire not to be left behind as import automakers, not affected by unions and largely in the less-regulated Southeast, flood the […]
For nearly as long as there have been car dealers, there have been crooked car dealers, and many have used the same scams to separate owners from their cash. Many car dealers are honest, and many dealership employees have a lot of integrity; but some don’t. This article is mainly about the ones that don’t. […]
Before we start on the pickups, let’s talk web sites. Chevrolet gives you all the information you could possibly want, straight up, without fuss; and the numbers stay the same as you go through. It’s a pleasure to deal with Chevrolet’s fast-loading, gimmick-free web site. Then there’s Toyota, where the numbers keep changing, almost randomly. […]
Sales figures for the first quarter of 2020 are out, and it’s not pretty, largely due to the coronavirus—as well as the air being let out of America’s economic bubble. Between closed dealerships and a stock market suddenly plunging to more realistic levels, wiping out a couple of years of fast gains, car sales plummeted […]
With the COVID-19 outbreak, many facilities have been converted to hospitals. The decision to make the TCF Center into a hospital was made last week. On Tuesday, construction began to build a hospital to house patients who have tested positive for the coronavirus. In the coming days, the TCF Center will be transformed to hold […]
Let’s say you need a new full-sized truck, but the economy has you worried. Where do you go? We looked at the Ram, Ford, and Chevy offerings so you won’t have to! You may wonder why Nissan and Toyota were not included, and the reasons are that Nissan starts at a higher level, while Toyota’s […]
The Coronavirus has halted not only life in America but other countries around the world are in a similar position. Auto manufacturers have been forced to shut down plants in order to prevent the spread of the virus. However, they could be faced with a new task. The United States is in desperate need of […]
Several startups and some major players are trying to pump out electric pickups, but it seems as though time may have run out on them. Thanks partly to the coronavirus outbreak, coupled with a stock market bubble and an incredibly overleveraged (over-indebted) corporate world, there may be few people who can buy their products when […]