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JOLIET, Ill. -- Three years after joining its Detroit rivals in abandoning the market for smaller pickup trucks, General Motors is returning with the redesigned 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC [...]

Large trucks may be involved in fewer crashes than passenger vehicles, but their size almost guarantees that the consequences of those collisions will be severe. Recent tragedies, including the June [...]

TESTED 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel WHAT IS IT? The only light-duty pickup truck with diesel power, at least for now. HOW MUCH? Prices start at $30,690 for a basic Tradesman [...]

It's much too soon for a retirement party, but the V8 engine seems to be losing its clout with buyers of full-size pickup trucks. For the first time in about [...]

For years, buyers of large work trucks have pieced together their vehicles from a variety of suppliers, ordering engines, transmissions and even minor components on an la carte basis from [...]

In the hotly contested part of the vehicle market where bragging rights go to the vehicle that has the engine with the most pulling power or the cargo bed that [...]

AVON, IND. -- For some car collectors, completing a vehicle restoration with tires, wheels and paint that look period-correct is just not enough. Even such details as the license plates [...]

The dump truck is bent and full of holes, but the daily abuse of a construction site is not to blame. This mass of perforated steel is a work of [...]

The math seems so straightforward: as engines get smaller and fuel economy improves, the cost of driving will fall, right? Not necessarily. In a growing number of new vehicles, the [...]

Given the price difference between regular-grade and premium gasoline, car buyers should always consider the vehicle's fuel requirement, as listed in the owner's manual, as part of the total cost [...]

The small town of Connersville, Ind., has closed the books on the Carbon Motors Corporation, an Indiana start-up that had moved to town in 2009 to manufacture and sell police [...]

AUBURN, Ind. -- Don Coffman broke the news to his wife by telling her he had bought a German convertible. Technically, it was not a lie: the vehicle was German, [...]

FOR a certain breed of collectors, a brass-era classic or a booming muscle car just doesn't match the appeal of owning a machine that wears authentic battle scars. Restoring tanks, [...]

A BREAKTHROUGH design introduced 50 years ago in a last-ditch attempt to salvage a gasping automaker, the Studebaker Avanti has been called the car that never dies. Studebaker was gone [...]

IN all its forms, the Avanti still turns heads, but its value as a collectible has never equaled its stature as a design icon. Because it was produced under various [...]

THE blistering pace of advances in automotive technology may be confusing to consumers, but it seems to be creating a strong employment outlook for those who fix cars. According to [...]

TO many people shopping for new vehicles, there is little to differentiate the trucks sold by Chevrolet and GMC beyond the logos on the grilles. But to collectors, GMC holds [...]

INDIANAPOLIS SPEAKING here last week at the Green Truck Summit, an event held in conjunction with the Work Truck Show, Steven Chu, the head of the Energy Department, called on [...]

Ankeny, Iowa WHAT started with a '57 Chevy has, at last count, turned into 147 Chevys. It may not be apparent on a walk through Dennis Albaugh's sprawling garage here, [...]

BUILDING a portfolio of vintage cars can put a collector in the same situation as a dog that chases cars: what do you do once you've accomplished your goal? With [...]

IT was not such an extraordinary wish, really. All Sam Hokin wanted to do was fill his motorcycle with gasoline. The problem was, he wanted just gasoline in the tank, [...]

MODERN gasoline vehicles are engineered to perform satisfactorily on fuel blends containing up to 10 percent ethanol, or E10. It can be a different story, though, when such blends are [...]

HIGHWAY driving is not where hybrids shine. Typically, their fuel economy gains are most impressive in town, where low-speed driving is powered by electricity and efficiency is aided by a [...]

CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. UWE STAUFENBERG just got his kicks on Route 66, and he did it at less than 30 miles an hour. The microcar enthusiast from Stuttgart, Germany shipped [...]

TESTED: Caterpillar D7E WHAT IS IT? A diesel-electric bulldozer. HOW MUCH? Base price is $560,000; as tested, $600,000. Loading up with options like a heated seat, rear camera, rock guards, [...]

IAN HELLINGS had heard of invalid cars, but he did not realize he was bidding on one. 'I bought it by mistake,' Mr. Hellings, a 62-year-old retired economics professor, said […]

The article offers information on the 2015 Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon small pickup trucks from General Motors Co.