GMC Trucks - Hard Working, Easy Riding

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

GMC stands for General Motors Corporations, or as it was formerly called, GMC Trucks, not to be confused with Georgia Military College or the Giant Molecular Cloud, which have nothing to do with trucks. GMC is an automotive company that started in Detroit, Michigan, in 1908 and formerly known as GMC Truck, is a brand name used on trucks, vans, and SUVs marketed in North America and the Middle East by General Motors.

All sorts of GMC trucks are covered: light duty truck to heavy duty truck, old to new, military to civilian. Note that from 67-72 they are identical except of course no side marker lights in 67, and the 69-72 models use the hoods with steep front slopes like their 69-72 Chevrolet counterparts. They are some of the toughest vehicles on the road and they are equipped to get the job done.

GMC trucks are positioned as the Professional Grade versions of the equivalent Chevrolet vehicles and are at the same level of the Chevy object and one level above the Yukon. In fact, a lot of GMC trucks are indistinguishable from Chevy except for superficial trim designs. The current Chevrolets and GMCs are still pretty new (they were redesigned for the 1999 model year), but their conservative styling doesn’t look as modern as the Ford’s. The new GMC trucks are good buys.

General Motors Corporations currently manufactures SUVs, vans, pickup, light-duty and medium-duty trucks. They offer more options and standard features than Chevrolet, while Chevrolet is often offered as an entry-level car. General Motors Corporations makes automobiles and automobile engines as well. They also manufacture trucks for Budget Truck Rental, along with other companies, Ford truck, Navistar International and Isuzu trucks.

General Motors Corporations trucks are known for their performance and reliability on and off the road. The best acknowledgment probably was the attention from tradesmen at job sites, guys who really drive and use pickups.

A fine American made trucks, Chevy trucks and GMC trucks are easy to drive and comfortable. They are easy to park and inviting to drive in tight spots that would scare you behind the wheel of rivals. That’s a big reason they feel so very satisfying to drive.Whichever GMC truck vehicle you own, the need for its performance, aftermarket, or replacement parts including stylish and practical accessories is an indispensable aspect of owning such vehicle.

GMC trucks are known for their performance and reliability on and off the road.They are engineered to the highest grade: Professional Grade(tm) and are packed with features that make them outstanding medium duty trucks, such as: standard automatic transmissions; 14-inch no-adjust Valeo clutch;outstanding turning radius (53 degrees); standard hydraulic antilock brakes or available air antilock brakes; and progressive spring aids to provide soft landings in”bottoming out” situations.

GMC trucks are made with car quality. They are good for the private user and are the smart choice for successful businesses. General Motors has a lot riding on the success of its new design full-size pickups, the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. They will celebrate its one hundredth anniversary in 2008.

Navistar Warns About Losses Related To Ford

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Truck and diesel-engine maker Navistar International Corp., citing a “significant reduction” in engine orders from struggling Ford Motor Co., disclosed in a regulatory filing Wednesday that Navistar may have to record up to $430 million in charges to write down the value of assets linked to its Ford contract.

While best known as a maker of medium-duty trucks and heavy-duty trucks sold under the International brand, Navistar is also Ford’s sole provider of diesel engines used in heavy-duty Ford pickup trucks.

The longstanding supply contract has been a sore spot for Navistar for well over a year, because of a dispute between Ford and the supplier over contract pricing and certain warranty-related issues. The contract feud is headed for trial, and many observers think that Navistar’s engine-supply contract with Ford won’t be extended when it expires ?

The charges the company discusses in today’s Securities and Exchange filing are related not the legal fight, but to the dramatic dropoff in pickup-engine orders that Ford has placed with Navistar: surging fuel costs, combined with a sagging U.S. economy, have significantly reduced Ford pickup truck for sales in recent quarters, lowering demand for the diesels that Navistar provides the auto maker.

Navistar says in its filing that management has concluded that accounting regulations require the company to take a “material charge for impairment” of the ford-related assets, which include its engine plants in Indianapolis and Huntsville, Ala; and its Indianapolis foundry operation.

Of the total $375 million to $430 million in charges, Navistar said, only $25 million to $35 million will require cash outlays.

Based on the drop in demand from Ford, “and the expectation that Ford’s demand for diesel engines will continue to be below previously anticipated levels,” Navistar says, the company expects to record expenses in the fiscal year that ended Oct. 31 of $375 million to $430 million.

The majority of those charges will be recognized in the fiscal fourth quarter, Navistar said. In the charges, between $345 million and $385 million are expected to be non-cash charges to write down the value of those long-lived assets.

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