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ford versus chevy
A buddy of mine (a died in the wool bow-tie fan) sums it up best.
"All trucks are created equal, nobody has any secrets that nobody else has, no miracle processes. It just so happens I have Chevy butt, it's not comfortable sitting in a Ford."
It is strange though that anytime we go somewhere together he wants to take my Ford.
I continually kid him "REAL trucks work for a living, they're not sissy's wearing bow-tie's."
The battle continues.
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I read an article the other day on the new Dodge (read Mercedes-Benz) full-size cargo van.
They stopped production of the old version recently and replaced it with a re-badged M-B cargo van which has been the industry standard for decades in Europe. It was welcomed into the North American market by UPS & FedEx who each pre-ordered huge fleets of them.
It's bigger brother is being marketed by (and as a) Freightliner to replace the old Curb-sider so popular in city delivery work.
The really interesting part of the story was the comment by the Daimler Chrysler exec. who said that this new van was "just the beginning" of Eurpoean technology finding it's way to our dealers showroom. This makes me believe that it is only a matter of time before they move to the M-B diesel and other components.
I think a Unimog with sport trim and fancy interior could really knock a few numbers off the Hummer sales figures...
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I'm told that until they have the numbers to justify production here they will be re-badged imports. This is why they are only available at "selected" dealers for now. Likewise with it's bigger brother, only "selected" Frieghtliner dealers can order them.
Windsor has been re-tooled to handle the expected jump in minivan sales with the new "Stow & Go" seating system. All seats except the front two collapse into floor pockets for a completely flat floor. Daimler Chrysler expects big numbers and is using the old 'cargo' van line in Windsor to pick up the slack.
This flurry of imports is allegedly the reason GM is bringing so many 'concept' vehicles to production in order to protect sales numbers. They are rumoured to be negotiating with Volvo's heavy truck division to bring in some mid-sized vehicles to stay competitive. After the problems they had with the Isuzu trucks I doubt it will happen.
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Come on Dave, reallllllly!
"They built big pipe bumpers one the fronts of the trucks and went RAMMING."
Dodges, obviously, duh?!!
 MAO ......
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All in good fun friend, all in good fun.
BTW, up here they call them "Goat Trucks" because there's one on the hood.  .
Now don't go mixing up Power Wagons in the conversation, we had one at our summer place for years, military surplus, complete with the big PTO driven winch. It didn't anywhere near resemble the later offerings labelled "Power Wagon" by those nice folks in Detroit. .
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