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08-15-2010, 10:05 PM
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2010 PickupTrucks.com Heavy-Duty Shootout - Click above for high-res image gallery
When it comes to all things pickup truck-related, our pal Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com has his finger on the pulse of what's happening. Every year, Levine gathers all of the currently available contenders in a particular segment of the truck market for a shootout. With General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) and Chrysler (http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/) all having launched heavily reworked heavy-duty trucks in the last six months, that was the segment of choice for this year's 2010 Heavy-Duty Shootout. Levine collected three examples each of the 3/4-ton gas, 3/4-ton diesel and one-ton diesel duallie pickups for a battle royale at Milan Dragway in Michigan and the General Motors Milford proving ground.
The trucks were put through their paces in acceleration and braking tests, both unloaded and hauling trailers of up to 12,000 pounds. The trucks ran on the level Milan drag strip and up seven- and 16-percent grades at Milford. Levine also evaluated ride and handling and the trucks were put through a fuel economy drive loop. The bottom line results for each category are available after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/16/pickuptrucks-com-2010-heavy-duty-shootout-and-the-winners-are/#continued) and you can - and should - read Levine's definitive report over at PickupTrucks.com (http://pickuptrucks.com).
Gallery: PickupTrucks.com Heavy-Duty shootout 2010 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/pickuptrucks-com-heavy-duty-shootout-2010)
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2010 PickupTrucks.com Heavy-Duty Shootout - Click above for high-res image gallery
When it comes to all things pickup truck-related, our pal Mike Levine from PickupTrucks.com has his finger on the pulse of what's happening. Every year, Levine gathers all of the currently available contenders in a particular segment of the truck market for a shootout. With General Motors (http://www.autoblog.com/make/gm/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/make/ford/) and Chrysler (http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler/) all having launched heavily reworked heavy-duty trucks in the last six months, that was the segment of choice for this year's 2010 Heavy-Duty Shootout. Levine collected three examples each of the 3/4-ton gas, 3/4-ton diesel and one-ton diesel duallie pickups for a battle royale at Milan Dragway in Michigan and the General Motors Milford proving ground.
The trucks were put through their paces in acceleration and braking tests, both unloaded and hauling trailers of up to 12,000 pounds. The trucks ran on the level Milan drag strip and up seven- and 16-percent grades at Milford. Levine also evaluated ride and handling and the trucks were put through a fuel economy drive loop. The bottom line results for each category are available after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/16/pickuptrucks-com-2010-heavy-duty-shootout-and-the-winners-are/#continued) and you can - and should - read Levine's definitive report over at PickupTrucks.com (http://pickuptrucks.com).
Gallery: PickupTrucks.com Heavy-Duty shootout 2010 (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/pickuptrucks-com-heavy-duty-shootout-2010)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/img7547_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/pickuptrucks-com-heavy-duty-shootout-2010/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/img7573_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/pickuptrucks-com-heavy-duty-shootout-2010/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/img7614-1281743192_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/pickuptrucks-com-heavy-duty-shootout-2010/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/hd-shootout-sam-1280-01-1281754852_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/pickuptrucks-com-heavy-duty-shootout-2010/)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/08/hd-shootout-sam-1280-02-1281754829_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/pickuptrucks-com-heavy-duty-shootout-2010/)
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2010 PickupTrucks.com Heavy-Duty Shootout: And the winners are... (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/08/16/pickuptrucks-com-2010-heavy-duty-shootout-and-the-winners-are/) originally appeared on Autoblog (http://www.autoblog.com) on Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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