Trucks

Since the early days of American automaking, Ford, Chevrolet and Dodge have been among the most prominent and well-known pickup truck brands. Names like the Chevy 1500 and Ford F150 have been...

The Chevy 454 SS and the Ford Lightning were high-powered performance trucks produced by American automakers General Motors and Ford respectively. Each was based on an existing pickup truck and...

Chevrolet is a brand of vehicle manufactured by General Motors Corporation. The company offers a product line that includes various models of Chevrolet trucks, cars, SUVs, crossovers and vans...

The Chevy Silverado full-size pickup truck is "the most dependable, longest-lasting full-size pickups on the road," according to Chevrolet.com, which cites research based on 1981 to July 2008...

According to 1957chevyforsale.com, General Motors' 1957 Chevy pickup has sold better than any other year's model. You can purchase some '57 pickups restored---with the price tag to boot---while...

Chevrolet has expanded its trucks' body styles, engines, transmissions, options, payloads and towing capacities. The 2010 Chevy Silverado pickup truck comes in the half-ton 1500, three-quarter-ton...

The Chevy 3500HD and Ford F-350 Super Duty 1-ton pickup trucks have been competitive in payload and towing capacity. However, the slightly larger 2009 Chevy Silverado models have given Chevrolet a...

The Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, along with its siblings the GMC Sierra and compact Chevy Colorado, can tow from 2,400 lbs. to more than 10,000 lbs. Engine size, type of transmission, rear...

General Motors' Chevy pickup truck has long stood in the shadow of the perennial American favorite, the Ford F-Series pickup. But in recent years, the Silverado and its clone, the GMC Sierra, have...

Chevy, along with its sister brand GMC, produces more pickup trucks than any other manufacturer in the world, including Ford. The Chevrolet Silverado remains a favorite amongst diehard Chevy fans,...

Chevrolet's C Series pickup trucks and the companion K models, collectively identified as the C/K Series, ushered in the modern truck era in 1960 with a sleek styling that within a few years of...

The history of the farm truck parallels the history of the automobile in the United States. Practically from its inception, modifications were made to the automobile chassis to adapt it to farm...

For decades, Ford and Chevy have been direct competitors in the field of American trucks. Household names such as the F-Series, Silverado and Suburban have been best sellers for both companies....

The Chevrolet truck is manufactured by the Detroit-based General Motors. Chevrolet pickups have been on the market since 1930 and are regarded as dependable workhorses. But it wasn't until the...

Whether you're driving a recent model Chevy Silverado or a classic 1940's Chevy truck, there may come a time when you need a new axle. If you're getting the truck fixed at an auto shop, you might...

Check the tailgate latch bezel for signs of deterioration. It is common for the tailgate latch and bezel to deteriorate and break over time due to a combination of heat and moisture. Normally,...

Chevrolet pickup trucks have been produced by General Motors since 1918 and enjoy a neck-and-neck race in sales with the highly popular Ford F-Series. Although Chevy often came up short to Ford in...

GM's Chevy pickup truck has been a perennial second place vehicle to the Ford F-Series trucks since Ford debuted its iconic 1953 pickup with its wraparound windshield. But Chevrolet's C/K series...

A salvaged Chevy pickup truck bed has many uses, including as a trailer, replacement and as a general container. Removing the bed section requires separating it from the frame, then lifting it to...

Chevrolet was a very young automobile company when it began producing pickup trucks in 1918. It had joined General Motors the same year and Chevrolet co-founder Willy Durant wanted a pickup to...

American automaker General Motors introduced the Chevy S-10 in 1982. GM produced the compact pickup truck in several variants (collectively known as the S-series) until 2003, and it figured...

Chevrolet pickup trucks have been as much a part of the American landscape as any other icon in the modern history of the United States. The history of Chevrolet pickups, affectionately known as...

Chevrolet panel vans, not to be confused with the cab-over-engine 1964 through 1996 Chevy vans, are windowless panel trucks used primarily for commercial deliveries. The Chevrolet panel van is the...

A key part of proper vehicle care and maintenance is knowing what type of engine you have. This ensures that you get the right parts to fix a problem and don't end up wasting time and money. If...

The Chevrolet van owes its existence indirectly to the Volkswagen Transporter, which inspired the rear-engine Chevrolet Corvair Greenbriar. As the bigger brother and pending replacement for the...