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QOTD: Hybrid Versus Conventional DrivetrainsJanuary 14, 2021 at 9:00 AM Which drivetrain would you prefer: The hybrid two-motor setup that Toyota has paired with their 2.5-liter DOHC four-cylinder that puts out 245 horsepower or Kia’s conventional V6 that produces 294 HP? These are the drivetrains you’ll find in the new 2021 Toyota Sienna minivan, or the upcoming 2022 Kia Carnival, which won’t be out […]
The post QOTD: Hybrid Versus Conventional Drivetrains appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Japan, Technology, Korea, Autos, Toyota, Kia, Emissions, New Cars, Fuel Economy, Hybrid, DOHC, Vans, News Blog, Minivans, V6, Question of the Day 49 people like this. Like Kia Carnival Sails to the U.S. this SummerJanuary 13, 2021 at 1:30 PM The Kia Carnival will arrive on our shores sometime this summer as a 2022 model, according to a story this morning from Autoblog. As we posted back in June, Kia is positioning it as a grand utility vehicle (GUV), lest you think it’s merely another minivan. How or why a stigma is attached to minivans […]
The post Kia Carnival Sails to the U.S. this Summer appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Design, Korea, Autos, Kia, New Cars, Minivan, Vans, News Blog, Kia Carnival, Conventional Drivetrain, Gas Engine, Kia Carnival Sails 49 people like this. Like BrightDrop, General Motors’ Shiny New Delivery BusinessJanuary 13, 2021 at 10:05 AM General Motors has rolled out BrightDrop, moving them further into the business of first-to-last-mile products, software, and services for delivery and logistics. “BrightDrop offers a smarter way to deliver goods and services,” said Mary Barra, GM Chairman and CEO. To lower costs, maximize productivity, improve safety, increase security, and support sustainability, Barra said, […]
The post BrightDrop, General Motors’ Shiny New Delivery Business appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Technology, General Motors, Green, Industry, Electric Vehicles, Autos, Trucks, Alternative Energy, Ev, Barra, Vans, Gizmology, GM Death Watch, Mary Barra GM, Technlogy, Delivery Vehicles 46 people like this. Like Camper Van Deliveries Up 125 Percent in NovemberDecember 24, 2020 at 11:15 AM Camper vans, ubiquitous homes on wheels for digital nomads, were up 125 percent in total shipments in November, according to the RV Industry Association. This was part of total RV shipments that finished the month with 42,513 units, a 43.4 percent increase over the 29,644 units shipped in November of last year. “RV manufacturers […]
The post Camper Van Deliveries Up 125 Percent in November appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Travel, Outdoors, Millennials, Emerging Markets, Trailers, Autos, SUVs, Rvs, RVIA, Vans, News Blog, No Fixed Abode, Dealer News, Camper Vans, Truck Campers, RV Industry Association 48 people like this. Like 2022 Ford E-Transit electric van will make delivery services greenerNovember 12, 2020 at 9:00 AM The 2022 Ford E-Transit is an all-electric version of the popular Ford Transit cargo van. It shows that commercial vehicles can and should go electric too.Tags: News, Cars, Trends, Ford, Electric Cars, Ford Transit, Vans, Delivery Vans, Ford E Transit 34 people like this. Like Ford Says Electric Transit Vans Are Coming for Real This TimeOctober 29, 2020 at 1:00 PM Eager to prove itself as a forward thinking mobility brand, Ford has advised us to prepare for the debut of the battery powered E-Transit van on November 12th. Following some heavy teasing from CEO Jim Farley during the company’s third-quarter earnings call a day earlier, Blue Oval issued an official announcement on Thursday to be […]
The post Ford Says Electric Transit Vans Are Coming for Real This Time appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Ford, Electric Vehicles, Autos, EVs, Ford Motor Co, Ford Transit, Blue Oval, Jim Farley, Vans, News Blog, Vanlife, Commercial Vans, Electic Vans, Ford E-Transit, Transit Van, Ford Says Electric Transit Vans 27 people like this. Like 2021 Ford Transit Designed for Business AND PleasureOctober 15, 2020 at 2:00 PM While van sales have been trending downward for years, the likelihood of your average American being forced to live inside one feels like it should be higher than ever. But deciding which model is best for living out the rest of your days in relative isolation isn’t going to be easy. Realizing that there’s a […]
The post 2021 Ford Transit Designed for Business AND Pleasure appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Transit, Ford, Autos, Recreational Vehicles, Van Life, Rvs, Ford Motor Co, Vans, News Blog, Cargo Vans, Camper Vans, 2021 Ford Transit, Passanger Vans 49 people like this. Like Fantastic photos from a 1970s-80s SoCal custom van clubOctober 15, 2020 at 10:41 AM  Tags: Post, News, Vehicles, Socal, Vans, Radical, Custom Vans 140 people like this. Like Amazon unveils its first custom electric delivery vehicle, complete with a driver 'dancefloor' and built-in AlexaOctober 8, 2020 at 11:30 AM Tags: Amazon, Transportation, California, Cars, Trends, E-commerce, Transport, Retail, Delivery, Transporation, Alexa, Mercedes Benz, Amazon Amazon, Vans, Rivian, Grace Dean 59 people like this. Like 7 men's sneakers that'll keep you comfortable and dry in the rainSeptember 28, 2020 at 6:11 PM Tags: Reviews, Trends, Nike, Adidas, Pegasus, Sneakers, Continental, New Balance, Salomon, Mariner, Vans, Nike Air Zoom Pegasus, Mens Shoes, US Naval, Amir Ismael, Style (Reviews 83 people like this. Like Custom van that drives upside down and backwardsSeptember 4, 2020 at 11:30 AM Coby from 545 Lawn Care has a 1985 GMC Van modded to be driveable upside down while seated in the cargo area looking out the rear window. Worth watching just to hear an amazing American upper Midwest northwoods accent.
Handles well in the snow, too!
Image: YouTube / 545 Lawn CareTags: Video, News, Custom Cars, Vans, Custom Van 16 people like this. Like Lone Sprinter: Daimler to End Freightliner Badge JobAugust 24, 2020 at 1:00 PM Mercedes-Benz’s Sprinter commercial van has worn several badges, but come the end of next year, there’ll be only one. As the automaker works to slim down its sprawling global lineup, the lesser-known Freightliner variant will cease production. Manufactured via knock-down kits in South Carolina, the Freightliner van, like Dodges of yore, will fade to black, […]
The post Lone Sprinter: Daimler to End Freightliner Badge Job appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Production, Autos, Mercedes Benz, South Carolina, Daimler, Freightliner, Vans, News Blog, Sprinter, Mercedes-benz Sprinter 16 people like this. Like What if Your Home Could Be Mobile, but Also You Could Park It?August 7, 2020 at 1:46 PM A start-up rethinks a little about how to live.Tags: News, Automobiles, Mercedes-benz, Burning Man Festival, Vans, Your-feed-selfcare Cool Stuff: ‘The Simpsons’ Is Launching Vans Apparel and Accessories This WeekAugust 4, 2020 at 9:00 AM  Tags: Comedy, Television, Movies, Fox, Animation, Gear, Cool Stuff, Springfield, Otto, Bart Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Vans, The-Simpsons, El Barto, Krusty Burger 130 people like this. Like KENZO x Vans Teamed Up: Here’s Everything You Need to KnowJuly 27, 2020 at 11:06 PM  Tags: Fashion, California, Paris, Lvmh, Collaborations, Kenzo, Designer Collaborations, Vans, Spring/summer Trends, Kenzo Takada, Felipe Oliveira, Kenzo X Vans 148 people like this. Like Minivan Market Share Plunged During America’s Pandemic-induced Second-quarter Auto Sales CollapseJuly 21, 2020 at 12:16 PM “How bad is it? And how bad is it going to be?” Those were our questions five months ago when describing the American minivan category’s paltry 408,982 sales in calendar year 2019. At that time, the rate of decline experienced by the segment suggested that, “America won’t even acquire 300,000 minivans next year.” Enter novel […]
The post appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Sales, America, Autos, Consumer Trends, Vans, News Blog, Minivans, Coronavirus 36 people like this. Like The #Vanlife Business Is BoomingJuly 3, 2020 at 4:13 PM Coronavirus is just a distant memory while zipping around in a several-hundred-thousand-dollar custom van on the open road.Tags: News, Recreational Vehicles, Start-ups, Vans, Vanlife, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV, Quarantine (Life and Culture 45 people like this. Like My Other Car is a...Mercedes Camper Van?July 1, 2020 at 11:03 PM The bustling R.V. business gets a jolt from a ritzy new Mercedes-Benz rig.Tags: News, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen AG, Vans, Restoration and Renovation, Camps and Camping, Quarantine (Life and Culture Life on the Road in Pandemic AmericaJune 14, 2020 at 10:18 AM Truck stops instead of motels, hand sanitizer instead of candy and 16 tanks of fuel to buy an oddball van and drive it home.Tags: News, Road Trips, Road, Automobiles, Vans, States (US, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV, Coronavirus Reopenings, Pandemic America 41 people like this. Like Worried About Social Distancing When Traveling? Join the Crowd and Rent an R.V.June 11, 2020 at 11:49 AM Recreational vehicles were gaining in popularity before the pandemic. Now, with travel restrictions loosening, a surge of travelers is drawn to the relative solitude that R.V.s offer.Tags: News, Road Trips, Recreational Vehicles, Kampgrounds of America, Vans, Travel and Vacations, States (US, Camps and Camping, ABERCROMBIE & KENT, Cruise America Ford and Volkswagen Nuzzle Up Even Closer, Reveal Joint Product Push DetailsJune 10, 2020 at 3:44 PM Wednesday brought an expanded alliance between Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen, with the two auto giants inking a deal for the joint development and construction of a range of products. Since last year’s tie-up, the desire among the two companies to use each other’s strengths to address gaps in the market has been well known, […]
The post Ford and Volkswagen Nuzzle Up Even Closer, Reveal Joint Product Push Details appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Vw, Ford, Autos, Volkswagen, EVs, Ford Motor Company, Alliance, Vans, News Blog, Product Planning, Future Models, Joint Development, Joint Product 25 people like this. Like Contraction Coming in the Van Market?June 8, 2020 at 12:18 PM No, not the minivan market. We’ve covered that at length. We’re talking van vans — the slow-moving ones that used to terrorize your author as a child. (Turns out that media-driven social panic was mostly nothing, but I digress…) Word comes to us that, as automakers recede from the commercial van segment, Nissan might be […]
The post Contraction Coming in the Van Market? appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Autos, Nissan, Nissan NV, Vans, News Blog, Product Planning, Commercial Vans, Discontinuation 46 people like this. Like Report: Electric Vanning, Brought to You by GM?June 4, 2020 at 9:25 AM General Motors isn’t confirming a Reuters report that claims the automaker’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant will give birth to an electric commercial van. Such a product would give GM a leg up in a fledgling segment that’s yet to be exploited by the likes of Tesla. Commercial vans aren’t glitzy products, but they do sell in significant […]
The post Report: Electric Vanning, Brought to You by GM? appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: General Motors, Electric Vehicles, Gm, Autos, EVs, Reuters, Vans, News Blog, Detroit Hamtramck, Product Planning, Future Models, Commercial Vans, Tesla Commercial 39 people like this. Like 606 Cessna SkyCourierJune 3, 2020 at 9:06 AM  Tags: Amazon, Ge, France, Youth, US, Delta Airlines, Pakistan, Delta, Sydney, Accident, Aviation, Nashville, Air Force, Pacific, Boeing, Pacific Northwest 110 people like this. Like QOTD: The Impossibility of High Society Vanning?May 12, 2020 at 8:26 AM Some segments and roles just don’t mix. While unfavorable bodystyles and vehicle sizes can be kitted out for sport or luxury, perhaps even succeeding in their mission, sometimes a vehicle’s basic fiber — its core identity — proves an impossible match for its newfound mission. Sometimes a car is too ponderously large for serious muscle […]
The post QOTD: The Impossibility of High Society Vanning? appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Lifestyle, Autos, Qotd, Vans, News Blog, Minivans, Question of the Day 28 people like this. Like Electric Ford Transit van will electrify an often-overlooked auto segmentMarch 4, 2020 at 3:09 PM Here's how to live your best zero-emissions van lifeTags: News, Cars, Trends, Ford, Electric Cars, Vans, Electric Ford Transit 5 people like this. Like Ancient Model Gains New EngineMarch 4, 2020 at 10:10 AM Kurt Cobain had only been dead a year when General Motors launched the Chevrolet Express family of commercial and passenger vans. Two and a half decades later, the Express is still in its first generation, with the model’s sole facelift now 17 years distant. Despite facing ever stiffer competition from the likes of Ford, the […]
The post Ancient Model Gains New Engine appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: General Motors, Ford, Gm, Autos, Kurt Cobain, Express, Chevrolet Express, Vans, News Blog, Commercial Vehicles, Product Planning, Egnines 3 people like this. Like Ford Transit Goes Green for 2022March 4, 2020 at 9:07 AM It doesn’t come as a surprise, what with Ford’s concerted push in this direction. Nevertheless, Ford Motor Company announced late Tuesday that its Transit van, most often seen wearing a gleaming, sterile shade of white, will soon don a cloak of green. The Blue Oval aims to be the first major player in the electric […]
The post Ford Transit Goes Green for 2022 appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Green, Transit, Ford, Electric Vehicles, Autos, EVs, Ford Motor Company, Ford Transit, Vans, News Blog, Product Planning, Future Models, The Blue Oval, Ford Transit EV 10 people like this. Like Mercedes-Benz Commits Itself to #VanLife With Metris WeekenderFebruary 6, 2020 at 11:20 PM Van culture is making a comeback. We know this because the media has glommed onto the topic as young adults continue to share stories about how not having a mailing address (because they live in vans) is the best thing that ever happened to them. While you’re unlikely to encounter these people all that regularly […]
The post Mercedes-Benz Commits Itself to #VanLife With Metris Weekender appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Autos, Mercedes Benz, Van Life, Chicago Auto Show, Vans, News Blog, Vanlife, Camper Vans, Metris Weekender 23 people like this. Like 2019 Mercedes-Benz Metris Cargo Van Review – Real Van LivingJanuary 30, 2020 at 12:00 PM Believe it or not, there are plenty of people who spend the majority of their days in a van of some sort. I’m not talking about the beautiful people on social media hashtagging their rebranding of the Seventies-era shaggin’ wagon as “vanlife.” I’m talking about tradespeople, for whom a van is as important a tool […]
The post 2019 Mercedes-Benz Metris Cargo Van Review – Real Van Living appeared first on The Truth About Cars.Tags: Reviews, Autos, Mercedes-benz, Car Reviews, Cargo Van, Metris, Vans, Vanlife, Mercedes-Benz Metris, 2019 Mercedes-benz Metris, Mercedes Benz Metris Cargo Van Review 30 people like this. Like |
