Sentences with phrase «truck platform»

We all know that they used to be based on truck platforms, but that was years ago.

However, there is hope: new SUVs are being built on car platforms instead of truck platforms, making it much safer than before because of the lower center of gravity.

The second came along in 1999, based on the company's new global light truck platform.

In the early 1990s, when the SUV segment was forming, most were Big Three vehicles built on American truck platforms.

Considering that it'll be based on a dedicated truck platform, this shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

This Accident - Free 2010 Ford Expedition EL Limited 4x4 on display in Burgundy is a full - size sport - utility vehicle based on Ford's popular full - size pickup truck platform.

This fourth - generation Cadillac Escalade is still based on GM's full - size truck platform that it shares with the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, and the GMC Yukon and Yukon XL.

The 2006 Honda Ridgeline uses a new generation of truck platform with a ladder frame and a unibody for enhanced levels of safety with class leading rigidity and performance.

It rides on a beefy truck platform, whereas most competitors have switched to lighter unibody designs.

Next up is reportedly the H3, a still - smaller Hummer based on the Chevrolet Colorado truck platform.

The Chevrolet Tahoe is a full - size sport - utility vehicle that makes the most of its pickup truck platform in providing owners with a very practical and tough daily driver.

The Colorado is based on the global truck platform, but is highly «Americanized» with many key components swapped out for heavier duty items based on the new Silverado.

The compact truck platform, including the Chevrolet S10 and Blazer, will also get the in - line six - cylinder engines when those trucks are redesigned around 2001 or 2002.

In one corner are the redesigned 2007 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV, which ride on General Motors» new truck platform known as GMT 900.

Google parent company Alphabet Inc.'s autonomous driving unit, Waymo, is developing a self - driving truck platform the company confirmed Thursday.

Based off brand new, heavy - duty, yet fuel efficient Ford truck platforms, all Tikiz trucks share the same, highly visible Hawaiian beach - themed wrap with real, custom surfboard signage, multiple water misters at each end, 20» chrome wheels and custom lighting with strobes, neon colors and steel drum music.

As a new full - size General Motors truck platform draws nearer, the automaker is finalizing plans to retool the three assembly plants that will build them.

Unlike an SUV, which is built on a body - on - frame truck platform, a CUV is built off a «unibody» car platform, which make the vehicles drive and behave more like a traditional sedan or coupe.

Despite utilizing a capable truck platform, the new kit focuses more on upgraded aesthetics rather than fettling with what's under the hood, looking to capitalize on buyers more interested in parking their Merc truck in front of a ritzy restaurant than hauling hay down a muck - covered farm road.

Large, family - oriented SUVs based on pick - up truck platforms shouldn't necessarily work in theory, but the reality is a lot of them are legitimately very good all - rounders.

Back in 1976, Ford began developing a new small truck platform of its own: the Ranger.

We Make It Convenient and Easy For You!Look at this big, husky, four - door SUV based on a sturdy truck platform.

It was, and is, a marked departure from the «crossover» SUV craze, crossovers being SUVs that are built not on a traditional truck platform, but on a car platform.

(Yes, I know the Volvo, Honda and Nissan are based on car platforms instead of true truck platforms, but those are the categories.)

The Cadillac Escalade is a full - size, four - door luxury SUV that makes excellent use of its pickup truck platform in order to provide solid utility and an 8,300 lb tow...

It's hard to deny the fact the Armada is getting a bit up there in age, thanks in part to a sluggish SUV market (as Phil noted) and to Nissan's somewhat confused plan to develop a successor to its current F - Alpha full - size truck platform.

Nissan's two existing SUVs, the Pathfinder and Xterra, are built on truck platforms, so it made sense to base the Murano on a car, in this case the Altima.

Built on a new global light truck platform, the RDX concept was first designed in California and then developed in Japan.

The 2006 Honda Ridgeline is built on a new generation of truck platform with a fully independent front and rear suspension - a first for the pickup truck segment.

The biggest roadblock for an H4 is that the H2 and H3 were developed cheaply by sharing the Chevrolet Suburban and Colorado truck platforms, respectively.

The Colorado is based on the global truck platform, but is highly «Americanized» with many key components swapped out for heavier - duty items based on the new Silverado.

I love that it is built on a truck platform and the 5 speed automatic transmission is flawless.

Like the Tahoe and the Yukon, the Escalade rides on GM's new GMT900 large - truck platform, and its benefits are both noticeable and welcome.

Crossovers have become a natural transition from the truck based SUVs of the last 20 years, because most drivers finally realized that driving around town in an expensive vehicle built off a truck platform wasn't as much fun as it looked.

They look like SUVs but are based off car platforms rather than truck platforms.

You will often hear the term «crossover» used, but this is really just a marketing term to describe a utility vehicle based on a car platform rather than one based on a truck platform.

The unibody construction typical of passenger vehicles is used instead of the truck platform which tends to be body - on - frame.

Based on the Nissan Patrol, a globally available SUV that also serves as the basis for the Infiniti QX80, the new 2017 Nissan Armada remains a traditional body - on - frame SUV but switches from a pickup truck platform to a stiffer, more rugged, and more refined foundation.

It is built on a version of Nissan's F - Alpha full - size truck platform.

The Ford Expedition is a full - size sport - utility vehicle based on Ford's popular full - size pickup truck platform.

If so, it will continue to be built upon GM's full - size truck platform, including a live rear axle for towing, and will not switch to a crossover design.

(Interestingly, only the Hummer is built on a truck platform — the three others are built on car platforms.)

The Hummer H3, based on the Chevrolet Colorado / GMC Canyon small pickup - truck platform, will go on sale early next year as a 2006 model.

While the H2 is loosely based on the Chevrolet Suburban, the H3 is based on the Chevrolet Colorado pickup - truck platform.

Ride quality in the Tahoe, despite the truck platform, felt surprisingly good.