Posts from ‘Pickup Trucks’
First Spin: 2019 Chevrolet Silverado
2019 Chevrolet Silverado High Country in … high country.
Recent history has shown that one byproduct of war is technical advancement. And rarely has that held more true than in the current battle for pickup-truck supremacy.
2018 Chevrolet Silverado Custom 4×4 Crew Cab in Summit White
2018 Chevrolet Silverado Custom 4×4 Crew Cab
Class: Large Pickup
Miles driven: 347
Fuel used: 20.4 gallons
What Was The GMC Sierra C3?
2001 GMC Sierra C3
Even if you are only a casual follower of the new-vehicle marketplace, you are likely familiar with GMC’s popular Denali trim level. Denalis are the best-equipped, most luxuriously trimmed trucks in any given GMC vehicle model line. Denali has proven to be a profit center for GMC, with the customer take rate on the pricey trim level running as high as 50 percent on the Yukon/Yukon XL large SUVs.
Test Drive: 2019 Ram 1500 Laramie
2019 Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab in Billet Metallic
2019 Ram 1500 Laramie Crew Cab 4×4
Class: Large Pickup Truck
Miles driven: 332
Fuel used: 23.2 gallons
2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty Platinum Crew Cab in Magnetic (metallic dark gray)
2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty Platinum Crew Cab 4X4
Class: Large Pickup Truck
Miles driven: 166
Fuel used: 12.8 gallons
1971 GMC vehicles (Canada)
Even the most casual car person knows that GM stands for General Motors. It’s a tidy acronym that can spare journalists and message-board users alike a little time and effort.
Test Drive: 2018 Toyota Tundra SR5
2018 Toyota Tundra SR5 in Silver Sky Metallic
2018 Toyota Tundra SR5 4×4 Double Cab
Class: Large Pickup
Miles driven: 515
Fuel used: 34.6 gallons
What Was the Ford F-1000?
Ford F-1000
Comparing pickup trucks to Hamburger Helper may seem like a stretch, but I beg your indulgence as I explain myself. Here goes: The main purpose of Hamburger Helper is to help costly ground beef go further, at less cost. Thus, a meal that might have involved the expense of a pound and a half of meat might require just a single pound once augmented by the sodium-packed filler material that generally retails for around $1.39 a box.
2018 Ram 2500 Power Wagon in Bright White
2018 Ram 2500 Power Wagon
Class: Large Pickup Truck
Miles driven: 252
Fuel used: 24.6 gallons
2018 Ford F-150 Power Stroke
It’s not just about ROI any more.
Back in the 1970s, diesels became attractive for passenger vehicles due to their superior fuel economy, and in some cases, the lower price of diesel fuel. As diesels often cost significantly more than a gas engine – and also suffered from noisy operation and meager power output – it was a diesel’s fuel-cost savings over time that accounted for their appealing Return On Investment.
But lower per-mile fuel costs are no longer a diesel’s only attraction.
Classic Cars
