Sales numbers for April are in, and once again pickup truck sales continue to gain across the US. The Ford F-150 still leads the pack, but how well did the Silverado do? And what about the huge marketing push Ram has been doing? Lets take a look at the numbers. As we said, the Ford [...]
A few months ago Ford Motor Company announced it was increasing the forecasted sales numbers for the F150 EcoBoost to 100,000 units. Now, in a statement just before Christmas, Ford has announced it has surpassed their goal. Ford pickup sales in general are up over 8% this year with the EcoBoost F-150 to be approximately [...]
The fine folks over at Hellwig Products had the opportunity to build a chase truck to support a motorcycle race team in the grueling desert environments afforded in California, Nevada, and Baja. With the wide array of terrains that desert racing faces, it is important for the support vehicles to be multi-function and be able [...]
Just in case you crawled under a rock last week and did not get the memo about our SEMA coverage, this weeks “Monday Morning Recap” is comprised of our SEMA coverage from last week including the launch of Ford’s SVT Raptor F-150 and sighting of the 2009 Ford F-150 Harley Davidson Edition. Motorz also launched [...]
The official SEMA 2008 countdown has begun. Exactly one week from today it’s going down, Truckblog.com, Las Vegas, right here, right now. A summary of Truckblog’s Live Blogging can be found here. Check out the list below of our top stories from last week: • Reminder: Truckblog Live Blogging SEMA Show 2008 Begins Nov. 2nd [...]
Our pre-SEMA show coverage continues with four more project vehicles that were added last week including trucks from Chrysler & Dodge and Screet Scene Equipment. A new episode of Motorz was uploaded which covered the install of a AMP Research Bed X-Tender on a 2008 GMC pickup truck, a gas station charged only 35 cents [...]
Last week we bought you two new SEMA project trucks, the Turbonetics 2009 F-150 and ICON’s Toyota FJ45 classic pickup truck. The 2009 Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab truck was put to the test, as well as Toyota placing the Tundra Heavy Duty under its own tests of whether or not the truck will survive. [...]
The largest story from last week was the announcement of Truckblog’s Live Blogging at the 2008 SEMA Show which is less than one month away. With that announcement, there has also been some news regarding manufacturers and their individual project vehicles for the show. Check out the new “SEMA trucks” below, along with a re-cap [...]
The 2008 SEMA Show is right around the corner and we at Truckblog are anxiously awaiting it. Last week Performance West Group announced their Ford F-350 Striker pickup truck, which is one wicked ride that takes inspiration from the Shelby GT500KR muscle car. The automotive industry began to pickup again last week with updates coming [...]
Success in the work place can sometimes be hard to achieve, especially if you are not a straight shooter with your boss. Bob Slydell of “Office Space” tells us how you can become part of the “upper management” if you are like Peter Gibbons, “I’d like to move us right along to a Peter Gibbons. [...]
Just like the scene from “Office Space” where Drew talks about a particular person showing their “OH” face, Truckblog.TV HD is guaranteed to make you show your “OH” face. Check it out at hd.truckblog.tv on Apple iTunes. Here’s our wrath from last week, just in case you missed it. • Interview With Stacey David • [...]
If all of the computer equipment at your work is malfunctioning and makes you T.O.’d like the guys in the movie “Office Space”, maybe it’s a good time to leave your cubical for a few and go purchase a “Birthday Cake Remix” ice cream love affair from a local Cold Stone Creamery. Or if you [...]
