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Articlesby Tom BergSeptember 6, 2011

Test Driving the Nissan NV Light-Duty Commercial Van

As light-duty commercial trucks go, cargo vans are a hot seller because they're so useful. In a good year, about a quarter million are built and snatched up by tradesmen, building contractors, rental fleets and many other types of users

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Articlesby Jim ParkAugust 15, 2011

Test Drive: MaxxForce 15 for the Big Hills

When Navistar execs turned the key on one of the first MaxxForce 15 engines at the 2009 Mid-America Trucking Show, there were more than a few doubting Thomases in the audience

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Articlesby Tom BergJuly 11, 2011

Test Drive: Paccar 12.9-Liter MX -- When 13 Liters Are Enough

Proof of performance is on the road. So Las Vegas Peterbilt set up a demonstration rig promoting Paccar's 12.9-liter MX

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Articlesby Tom BergJuly 10, 2011

Test Drive: Freightliner SD114 SFA

Freightliner has long been a sales leader in on-highway tractors, and now it wants to dominate the vocational truck business with its recently designed Severe Duty products.

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Articlesby Tom BergJuly 6, 2011

Test Drive: Western Star 4900FA with Allison 2nd Reverse

Steep hills can be tough on trucks, even if their manual transmissions have sufficiently low gearing and drivers are adept with the clutch

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Articlesby Tom BergMay 2, 2011

Test Drive: TerraStar Ready to Work

Does the world need another Class 4 and 5 vehicle in a market already crawling with trucks

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Articlesby Tom BergDecember 29, 2010

Test Drive: Hino 338 Dumper

What's this foreign truck doing in the hands of an agency of one of these United States? Helping West Virginia's Department of Highways maintain roads and bridges, and plowing snow and spreading salt in the winter.

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ArticlesDecember 13, 2010

Test Drive: Air-Ride Axle on the Road in a T660

In line with an emerging trend to migrate air suspensions up to the front of the truck, Kenworth has introduced the AG130 for T660, T800 and T2000

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Articlesby Jim ParkNovember 30, 2010

Test Drive: Peterbilt Model 587 with Paccar MX Make Dynamic Duo

You can't argue with the design, engineering, and manufacturing synergies of improving on an existing product

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Articlesby Tom BergNovember 2, 2010

Test Drive: Driving GM's 2011 HD Pickups

Sometimes a marketing department's claim of "all-new" approaches the truth. That's the case with General Motors' Heavy Duty pickups and cab-chassis trucks, which were extensively upgraded and refined for the 2011 model year, even if GM doesn't call them all-new

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