It was a tough week for Ford who had to decide on who would be supplying their new International Engines for the F-series. We don’t know exactly who was in for the bid – but we do know that the lucky winner was BorgWarner. While this may be interesting news to us we all know that our main focus right now is what the International Engine is going to be like.
Taking yet another stab at both the truck and hybrid market, Toyota is set to introduce a new gas-electric hybrid compact truck at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit.
Formula D champion meets stunt driver Rhys Millen suffered a back injury doing a backflip… in a truck. And here we were, thinking Red Bull gave you wings (shows what we know). Rhys must have left them at home, because on his fourth practice run he landed in the hospital with five fractured vertebrae. We almost called this an accident, but that’s kinda hard when you’re flipping a truck with yourself in it on purpose.
This year’s winner of the coveted Motor Trend Truck of the Year award goes to - last year’s winner. And the year before that, and the year before that. In case you’ve been sleeping, we’re talking about the Tundra. Toyota’s all-new for 2007 truck beat out competition from Chevrolet’s Silverado HD, GMC’s Sierra HD and Ford’s line of F-Series Super Duty pickup trucks.