Ford Motor Co. unveiled its second Verve concept car at the Guangzhou auto show in China this week. The four-door notchback follows a three-door hatchback unveiled in Frankfurt in September and will be followed by a third model, which is slated to be unveiled in Detroit in January. Together, they are designed to show the […]

Automobile dealerships are worried that 2008 sales will be worse than this year’s. Amid these concerns they are not ordering as many new cars and Trucks. This is the worst vehicle sales slump since 1998.
“I’m certainly being more cautious,” said Carl Galeana, president of the Galeana Automotive Group. “I’m reeling in what I’m stocking and […]

You could have been forgiven for thinking the Ramada Pelican Waters had become the Coast’s most popular truck stop yesterday, after four Big Mack trucks were parked out the front.
But they weren’t there for a quick stopover to re-fuel and head back out on the road.
In fact, the trucks were on display as part of […]

Instead of spending Thanksgiving at home in New Alexandria, Jeff Tenerovich is on the road in a Mack truck. Dinner today is in Danbury, Conn.
Tenerovich said he couldn’t pass up a unique opportunity to accompany the 2007 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree from Vermont to Washington, especially since he gets to stop and visit veterans in […]

Fifteen Truck drivers will blockade a Mack Trucks site this morning in protest of what they say is neglect from the manufacturer in maintaining their trucks.
The drivers from concrete company Rinker will block the road and entrance to Mack Trucks at Chipping Norton in south-west Sydney from 10am.
The Transport Workers Union (TWU) says Mack has […]

The Jones County Board of Supervisors will advertise for the purchase of at least one new Garbage truck.
The board voted Monday morning, while meeting in Ellisville, to go out for bids after hearing a presentation on Mack trucks. The Mack representative offered the board a “guaranteed buyback” of trucks after two years. The 2009 Mack […]

The United States Air Force displayed Mack Trucks, Inc.’s innovative and fuel-saving hybrid technology at the Hybrid Truck User Forum (HTUF), September 19 to 21 in Seattle.
A Mack Granite® model Dump truck, built for the Air Force’s Advanced Power Technology Office (APTO) and currently stationed at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, will be at […]

Two pairs of Sister Trucks are being recalled by Volvo and Daimler in order to repair the fifth-wheel assembly in one pair and an overheating air conditioner in the other. One recall involves the 2004-06 Dodge Sprinter and the 2001 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter. Both are commercial delivery vans.
Transport Canada says the rear interior lights for both […]