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2013 FRANKFURT AUTO SHOW

Volkswagen mulls launching commercial vehicles in U.S.

5:57 am U.S. ET | Sept. 11, 2013
Volkswagen may launch commercial vehicles in the United States as part of steps to expand its core namesake brand in the world's No. 2 auto market. Commercial pickup trucks and vans such as VW's box-type Caddy model "certainly represent an opportunity" for the United States, Jonathan Browning, chief executive of VW Group of America said at the Frankfurt auto show, referring to the success of Ford's Transit Connect van.... Read More »

 

Ford van gets a buss

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 24, 2013
Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally kisses the hood of a new Ford Transit commercial vehicle while celebrating the opening of the JMC Xiaolan Plant in Nanchang, China. Jiangling Motors Co. is Ford's Chinese joint-venture partner for commercial vehicles.... Read More »

 

Automakers ramp up U.S. commercial truck offerings

12:01 am U.S. ET | June 8, 2013
When Daimler AG brought its Euro-styled Sprinter van with a 14-foot high roof and sloped brow to the United States, it stood out on the parkway like a pachyderm. Now several automakers, including Daimler, Ford and Chrysler, are bringing new, large, fuel-sipping work vans to the United States as they gear up for a boom in the highly profitable segment. The surge is fueled by new-home construction and an improving economy.... Read More »

 

Ford boosts F-150 capacity in Kansas City

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 6, 2013
Ford Motor Co. will add workers and capacity at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri to build more F-150 pickups, its best-selling vehicle. But the company remains parts-constrained on the Ford Explorer.... Read More »

 

LARRY P. VELLEQUETTE

New van crop is ugly — but in a money-making way

1:10 pm U.S. ET | Feb. 8, 2013
Not to burst the ego of the automotive stylists who worked on them, but the new commercial vans that are about to flood the market are ugly. Beautifully, hideously ugly. The vans from Nissan North America, Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group are to automotive design what a young Mike Tyson was to opposing boxers: unorthodox and confusing, but devastatingly effective.... Read More »

 

NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO SHOW

Ford's van plan: More flexibility

12:01 am U.S. ET | Jan. 21, 2013
The Ford Transit, coming to dealerships in the first half of 2014, offers commercial customers three roof heights, three body lengths and two wheelbases. In addition, Ford is redesigning the smaller Transit Connect for 2014.... Read More »

 


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