Chevy Avalanche Discontinued, No More Midgate
Chevrolet has announced plans to discontinue their unique Avalanches pickup in 2013. It will go out in style with a Black Diamond special edition. Will this truck be remembered as a pioneer or a dud?
The somewhat awkward Chevy Avalanche will be discontinued in 2013 .
Toyota Rear Bumper Rust/Corrosion – TSB
Toyota has recently released a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) for 2010-2012 Tundra’s related to the rear bumper exhibiting rust or corrosion on it.
2013 Ram Owners Can Use a Radio Dial To Choose A Gear
Chrysler has been hard at work on its new Ram 1500 and one of their interesting ideas is a blast from their past, a shifter dial to replace the traditional shifting lever. Yep, just like changing stations, you can change what gear your transmission is in. Weird or cool?
The new 2013 Dodge Ram features a TorqueFlite shifter knob to change gears. An odd idea or will it catch on?
Mythbusters Equips Truck with Square Wheels?
In a sign that Mythbusters may have run out of things to “bust,” the show recently decided to build square wheels, retrofit a Ford truck and take it for a test drive. Why? Any reasonable person make ask, for entertainment it seems. Even though the premise of driving on square tires seems silly at best, it is pretty interesting how the show goes about developing them.
While the full show video is not released yet, here are some clips that pretty much give you the general idea on how it came out.
Simple Truth – Hybrid Owners Don’t Buy Another
A recent survey by Polk has confirmed what we have known for a while, the jury is still out on whether Hybrid’s make financial sense to buy. The survey stated a simple fact, 65 percent of Hybrid owners won’t buy another one.
While the Toyota Prius Hybrid maybe more earth friendly, the truth is that many owners are one and done.
