We’ve seen it in spyshots, we’ve been told by the Bavarians that they are preparing an April Fools’ Day prank but you can’t help but be interested in a BMW M3 pickup can you now? Based on the BMW M3 we all know and love, the pickup does have quite a few points of appeal
Just over a week ago, the BMW M3 pickup was spotted round the Nurburgring and it got me so excited I started digging up stuff about a BMW M5 pickup. Sadly though, my enthusiasm (and that of millions of Australians) has been cut short by BMW who clarified the situation of an eventual M3 pickup.
Ok, go on, have your laugh, I just said there’s a rumor going round that Toyota may want to build a Prius pickup. On a serious note the rumor in regards to the Japanese rumor spreaders may actually have something going on.
The Chrysler subsidiary company, Jeep, have announced indirectly that they are considering a possible comeback to the very popular segment of pickups. This announcement came packed in within a discussion Mike Manley, President and CEO of the Jeep Brand had with an interviewer from PickupTrucks.com.
This new Porsche design study/concept/styling exercise thing doesn’t really seem to be featuring any of the German company’s trademarks and that’s because it’s not done by Porsche. What this actually is, is another brainchild of designer Nouphone J. Bansasine who you may remember from the latest article on the Volvo SC90 4-door coupe.
It would seem that people who were waiting for the small diesel pickups made in India will have to keep on waiting as their launch date has been pushed back to December 2010. This is the fourth time these pickups are postponed and the original American launch date has now grown past an year’s delay
The recent rumor in circulation about Hyundai’s intentions on a full sized pickup based around the Dodge Ram have been put to sleep by the Korean company itself. In a recent announcement, the South Korean-based automaker firmly denied the story through an official statement made by the company’s U.S. division.
Hyundai is a Korean automaker that keeps surprising the American market with ever more products that fit the needs of the US. First there was the Genesis, then the Genesis Coupe and now there might be this pickup to deliver a massive blow in sales to America’s favorite form of transport.
More news from Detroit as General Motors has just announced better sales figures for this month when compared to last year’s April disastrous sales. Mind you, while this April 2010 has better sales than April 2009 it’s still 2% down on March 2010.
Peugeot have taken the wraps of the Hoggar, this is a pint-sized pickup designed, produced and destined to be sold in Brazil. The Hoggar name has been used by Peugeot quite some time ago when they released a buggy concept seating two, back in 2003.
Chrysler Group LLC is one of Detroit’s big three that not a lot of people will trust to come back to life soon. Despite this, the company has recently announced that it is anticipating sales increase for a year-on-year level for April to amount up to 20%.
A world wide renown pickup truck since the first time it was made, the Toyota Hilux has always had workplaces in some of the toughest conditions known to man. Whether they carry Top Gear‘s crew to the North Pole, run down Australia’s Outback or ferry guerilla forces against the UN Armies the Hilux has become
