Sentences with phrase «frame utility truck»

Were this a real body - on - frame utility truck, I'd say to hell with it and deal with these shortcomings, but this is a family hauler, not a trailblazer.

Not exact matches

Mercedes» new engine strategy is reminiscent of General Motors» Vortec inline engines of the past decade, which spawned a 2.8 - liter I - 4 and 3.5 - liter I - 5 for midsize pickup trucks and a 4.2 - liter I - 6 for body - on - frame sport / utilities.

Mercedes announced its intention to build a midsize truck in March 2015, saying that it would be an «all - round utility» model with about 2,200 lb of payload capacity and a traditional body - on - frame design.

Although sport utility vehicles all have at least one thing in common — a truck - style body - on - frame platform — the best SUV interiors satisfy customers in different ways, with some concentrating on luxury, others on versatility, and most trying to do a little of everything.

Both are semifinalists in the «Truck» category, owing to their truck - like body - on - frame construction; today, the majority of utility vehicles use a car - based unibody design.

Critical Knowledge: New addition to Aspen lineupEight - passenger seatingHemi V - 8 engine with two electric motorsMore than 25 - percent increase in fuel economyAvailable only with all - wheel drive (AWD) 6000 - pound towing capacitySales to start mid-2008IntroductionChrysler released its first truck - type, body - on - frame sport utility vehicle (SUV) in mid-2006 as a 2007 model.

It was very unfortunate for the truck when global warming gave the large body on frame vehicles a bad name, so the automaker's advertising departments began marketing Sport Utility Vehicles, and everything was great until gas prices skyrocketed after Hurricane Katrina and new car buyers were looking for 4 cylinder cars instead of V6s.

The four other sport - utilities we tested are built like trucks, with their bodies lowered onto a heavy, ladderlike frame holding the powertrain and suspension.

Honda has stretched and fortified the unit body of its Pilot sport utility — itself based on the Odyssey minivan — then integrated it with a fully boxed truck frame.

Aimed directly at fleet buyers such as local governments, utility companies, or contractors, the truck offers free reign over how the rear frame rails are used.

Unlike a car - based crossover, the GX 460 has truck - like body - on - frame construction to give it more utility off - road.