A lot of news this year in pickups, good article:
10) Lincoln kills the Mark LT
9) GM's advanced full sized truck powertrains (4.5 liter diesel and hybrid)
8 ) Ford and Navistar fight each other in court
7) Nissan and Chrysler to tie-up for next Titan?
6) Catching glimpses of the 2009 Ford F-150 and 2009 Dodge Ram
5) Ford's new diesels recalled for fire risk
4) Quality and safety concerns rock the new Tundra
3) Truck sales hit a wall while fuel prices hit the ceiling
2) Diesel pickups come clean
1) Toyota's all new Tundra
http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/stories/2007top10/page1.htmlFound this interesting:
GM’s 4.5-liter V8 Duramax light duty diesel was designed entirely in-house and represents a radical new approach to compression ignition engine architecture. The ‘baby’ Duramax reverses the intake and exhaust relative to a conventional diesel. In the 4.5-liter Duramax fresh air enters the cylinders from the outer edges of the cylinder heads while exhaust gases are dumped out between the cylinder heads and directly into a turbocharger. The breakthrough design eliminates the intake and exhaust manifolds and other related components - saving weight, reducing size and lowering costs by up to $600 per engine. GM promises power ratings for the 4.5-liter Duramax will be over 310-horsepower and 520 pound-feet of torque. And Automotive News says fuel economy will be close to 30-mpg on the highway for 2WD models.Never heard of that type of design before, ever.
