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Mar 10, 2012

AUTO & TRUCKMAKERS NEWS * USA

* Michigan - Ford hopes to strike gold with big Platinum trucks. Company aims at lucrative luxury segment

(Photo by Daniel Mears / The Detroit News: Mike White, in town for tonight’s Professional Bull Riders competition, rides around the new 2013 Ford F-450 Platinum on Friday at Ford Field where Ford introduced the 2013 F-Series Super Duty truck models)
Detroit,MICH,USA -The Detroit News, by Doug Guthrie and Jaclyn Trop -March 10, 2012:  ... Ford, which has been the title sponsor of the PBR tour for 10 years and claims to be the builder of America's most popular work trucks, is building on the success of its Platinum F-150 series by adding F-250, F-350 and F-450 versions to the line...  The 2013 F-Series Super Duty features a chrome-detailed exterior and seats upholstered in high quality leather as soft and supple as a glove. The 8-inch dash-mounted, voice-controlled, touch-screen system — SYNC with MyFord Touch for coordinated operation of cellphones, music, navigation and interior environmental control — is so sensitive it can be run by occupants wearing work gloves. The audio and environmental control buttons also are oversize for gloves...  Double-digit profit margins on pickups make the segment especially inviting to automakers in the U.S., where there is a market for larger vehicles...  The profit margins on trucks are much healthier than on compact cars or sedans...

* Pickup Trucks - 2012 NTEA  Work Truck Show: Full of Solutions

* Venco VP6 Dump Truck
- This company's VP6 bed hoist, cost of the install is likely to be under $4,000, and it will turn your long or short bed into a hard-working, max-payload-hungry dump truck. It's worth noting the install will affect towing capacity, and you will have to raise the bed each time you have to fill up with fuel.

* Via Motors VREV VTRUX Test Drive
- We had the chance to drive one of the newest powertrain supplies around. Via Motors sells Volt-like powertrains to those interested in buying GM pickups, full-size vans or SUVs...  The VTRUX has great off-the-line feel because the system effectively works like a one-speed electric-motor transmission. Expect a heavy-duty version to come out with a stronger two-speed model.

* Fuel Tank Capless Ram HD
- With the introduction of Ram Truck's first factory-installed 2500 HD long-bed crew-cab pickups that can run on compressed natural gas, we noticed this is Ram's first use of a capless fuel tank. We're told Ram had to move to that option to allow the CNG and gasoline filler locations to sit under the same fuel door. (To date, Ford is the only truck maker to use a capless fuel tank.) It was unclear whether all Ram vehicles are getting ready to switch to the "capless" strategy, but all the CNG units will require it.

* ProPickup's Contractor's Giveaway
- ProPickup Magazine spent the year building this contractor's special Super Duty truck, called Project Super Crew, and the magazine is ready to give away the truck by the first week of April. The truck has a 75-gallon refueling tank, a Vanair 150 compressor and arc welder, 35-inch Mickey Thompson tires, a Transfer Flow 50-gallon fuel tank and many other accessories.



Briefing News

* Retiring Ford workers to get payout option
- Beginning in July, retiring Ford Motor Co. U.S. salaried workers will be eligible to receive a lump sum payout of their pensions instead of the traditional annuity option, the automaker said Friday. Read more

* Mazda offers buyouts to salaried employees
- Mazda Motor Corp. is offering voluntary buyouts to its 701 salaried U.S. employees, including about 30 who work at a Flat Rock assembly plant, a Mazda spokesperson said Friday. Read more

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