Can Ford Heavy-Duty Trucks Alleviate Its Maker's Standing?
Ford Motor Co. is delivering an updated lineup of F-Series large pickups and trucks. This 'Super Duty' lineup is said to support Ford in its struggle to keep up its post in truck sales. With the debut of these all-new vehicles, Ford will serve as a mighty rival to General Motors Corp.
GMC is also unraveling a brand-new pickup - Chevrolet Silverado.
Said model is considered a threat that could take away part of Ford F-150 sales. So far, said model is the best-selling vehicle in the US. In the past few years, Ford has sold approximately 900,000 F-Series trucks annually.
Moreover, 40 percent of F-series trucks sold are Super Duty trucks.
New trucks is given extra towing capacity, refined suspension, a tailgate that turns into a step, and a brand new 6.4-liter diesel engine.
These fresh features are incorporated to Ford F-150 pickup parts to pave way for a powerful, manageable and improved ride. These trucks will reach dealerships early next year.
Ford's F-250, F-350, F-450 and F-550 will vie in the work trucks category. The trucks included are those that weigh more than 8,500 pounds.
In an interview, Mark Fields, Ford's president of the Americas said, "The Super Duty represents products that are going to shape the future of our company. We're the unquestioned leader in full-size pickups and it's important that we act like a leader.
This truck is the no excuses, best-in-class, biggest, most capable truck in the marketplace. It will help buttress our leadership. It also casts a halo and reinforces the fact that we got a vehicle here that is innovative."
Tom Libby, senior director of industry analysis at J.D. Power and Associates said, "The combined Super Duty line would rank among Ford's top-selling models, making it extremely important for the company. The trucks have high profit margins, so Ford is trying to hold off Chevrolet from taking any of its market shares.
It's like their crown jewel, and they're going to protect it no matter what it takes."
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Truck Accident Statistics
In 2003, there were 58,512 total vehicle accidents involved in fatal crashes in the U.S. (NCSA). 4,669 were large trucks involved in fatal truck accidents.Large trucks are more likely to be involved in a fatal multi-vehicle crash than are passenger vehicles. Most fatal truck accidents occurred in rural areas (68 percent) during the daytime (66 percent) and on weekdays (78 percent). Only 1 percent of fatal truck accidents were DUI-related on the part of the truck driver compared to other types of fatal crashes.
Higher DUI occurrences are 22 percent for drivers of passenger vehicles and light trucks and 29 percent for motorcyclists.About 27 percent of all large truck drivers involved in fatal truck accidents had at least one prior speeding conviction compared to 19 percent of the passenger vehicle drivers involved in fatal crashes. California had the most with 5,725 total fatal vehicle crashes but Texas had the most fatal truck accidents with 438. Here's a breakdown of the top 5...
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Motor Carriers Need Preparation to Ward off Big Rig Terror Attack
New York, NY (ContentDesk) August 27, 2005 -- Terry M. Evans, Chairman and CEO of Fleet Defender Consulting Services, LLC, told radio listeners this morning that a coordinated terrorist attack using large trucks and/or buses might wreak havoc on the nation's economy if carriers are not prepared to prevent it. As guest of Alfred McComber, on FOX News affiliate WMET's nationally distributed early morning talk show CODE RED!, Mr. Evans warned that we need to do more to get drug-addicted drivers out of trucks, lock down the CDL licensing process, and help fleet owners to implement more physical and operational security in their fleets.Right now, he said, fleet owners are economically discouraged from implementing strong security measures even if they want to do so.Fleet Defender (www.fleetdefender.com) provides the transportation industry with services and support aimed at reducing their exposure to the threat of terrorism..
Motor Carriers Need Preparation to Ward off Big Rig Terror Attack
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Can Ford Heavy-Duty Trucks Alleviate Its Maker's Standing?
Ford Motor Co. is delivering an updated lineup of F-Series large pickups and trucks. This 'Super Duty' lineup is said to support Ford in its struggle to keep up its post in truck sales. With the debut of these all-new vehicles, Ford will serve as a mighty rival to General Motors Corp.
GMC is also unraveling a brand-new pickup - Chevrolet Silverado.
Said model is considered a threat that could take away part of Ford F-150 sales. So far, said model is the best-selling vehicle in the US. In the past few years, Ford has sold approximately 900,000 F-Series trucks annually.
Moreover, 40 percent of F-series trucks sold are Super Duty trucks.
New trucks is given extra towing capacity, refined suspension, a tailgate that turns into a step, and a brand new 6.4-liter diesel engine.
These fresh features are incorporated to Ford F-150 pickup parts...
Can Ford Heavy-Duty Trucks Alleviate Its Maker's Standing?
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His Toy, Her Toy
I remember when my daughter was born. Visions of her and I dressed in pinks and purples sitting in her lacy pink room playing dolls danced threw my head. A year later my son was born ;My husbands vision of sports and trucks revved around like mad men threw his manly mind.Those dreams were simply that dreams. Little did I know there are lessons for parents to learn about children's toys and who are children will be.My daughter plays with dolls. She plays with clay and gets her hands dirty.
She plays in the dirt, climbs trees and races her trucks around .,he plays kick ball , base ball and can run as fast as any boy.My son plays with trucks and builds with blocks, he colors and plays ps2 and he plays house with my girls rocking babies and feeding them.There was a time my husband would bark to my son "Put down that doll!" until we came to the realization that play is really a child's preparation for real life. Our daughter was learning sportsmanship and
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Used Car Charity Donations
Car donation for charities has become very common these days. Most people prefer to donate their old, used, car for charity instead of going through the hassles of selling it. Since the proceeds of the donation would be used for a worthy cause, this is generally a noble way of getting rid of an old car.
Making a car donation has become very easy with most charity houses making the process easier. There are online application forms, hassle-free processing and even easier procedures...
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One Man?s Brush With Bankruptcy
Having gone through a bankruptcy 7 years ago, I'm still feeling the shockwaves of that fateful event in the form of higher interests rates when I apply for loans, and living with the whole stigma that bankruptcy places on you.It was 1990. I was a freshman in college. Walking through campus, I'd be bombarded with credit card offers on a daily basis. One day I though, "why not?" I got my first credit card. $500 to do what I want, who can beat that? The problem was, that it was so easy to apply for...
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How To Choose A Camera System
There are many reasons to install a camera system. If you own a business, you may want to be able to identify or avoid theft or keep vandalism from your property. Or you may just want to be able to keep an eye on things without actually being there physically. As a homeowner there are a bunch of other reasons to have a camera system. You may be having trouble with a neighbor, trespassers, vandals, or perhaps you have kids and want to be able to keep an eye on them but you can't be there every...
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