MORE THAN JUST GREAT TRUCKS

2009 Kia Borrego has a very nice powerband engine. Too many automakers are forgetting about the existence of the front passenger, but not with the Kia Borrego. At 7500 miles, the Borrego went in for its first service visit, a $168.22 oil change, full inspection, and tire rotation.

In other side, The drone Art and Brian speak of seems to appear only at a precise rpm level. It is very annoying and seems as if it’s intake noise. It was around 2500 rpm.

I look forward to putting some serious miles on our Borrego and seeing how Kia’s first serious sport/ute effort stacks up both on congested, crossover-packed freeways and the trails of which soft-roaders can only dream.

These days, there aren’t many compact trucks for those with a lead foot. The Dodge Dakota is available with a Chevrolet Colorado V-8, but it’s a lot bigger than a true compact truck-it’s somewhere between a compact and a midsize.

There are some high-performance dealer-installed or specialty options (such as adding a supercharger), but for red-blooded American compact-truck performance, there’s really only one choice: the Chevrolet Colorado V-8.

While a basic Colorado comes with a choice of a 2.9L I-4 or 3.7L I-5, GM has made V-8 power available in its smallest pickup, providing a truly tantalizing weight-to-power ratio. It is the good of 2009 Chevrolet Colorado.

The other good of this truck is when I tested the truck, a two-wheel-drive crew cab, weighs 4073 lb as equipped and uses a 300-hp, 320-lb-ft version of the company’s 5.3L V-8 backed by a Hydra-Matic 4L60 four-speed auto (that same engine puts out 320 hp in the Tahoe).

2009 Ford F-250 has regular Cab Super Duty Tech Specs full-size pickup with 4X2 or 4X4, with a standard 8ft-bed. SOHC, 3 valves per cylinder, variable cam timing, SOHC, 3 valves per cylinder, and OHV, 4 valves per cylinder fot the Valvetrain.

For The 4×4 suspension, it has Twin coil mono beam (Narrow Front Track), shock absorbers, stabilizer bar.

Mercedes-Benz Unimog was Produced at the Wrth plant since 2002, the high-mobility Unimog U 3000 to U 5000 model series is the natural choice for difficult all-terrain operations far from roads and tracks.

The Unimog U 3000, U 4000 and U 5000 models are therefore the ideal complement to the all-terrain implement carriers which make up the U 300 to U 500 model series and which are used principally by public service organisations and municipal contractors as well as in the construction and energy sectors, in intra-plant transport applications and for road/rail work. The latest addition to the Unimog family, the compact U 20 made its first public appearance at the 2006 IAA commercial vehicle show.

Mercedes Unimog based GXV is based on a 2004 Mercedes Unimog U500 chassis and is powered by a Mercedes 7.2-liter turbodiesel with a 16-speed Telligent Mercedes transmission. The house of the GXV is attached to the chassis frame with a three-point Kinetic mechanism that features two structural isolation bearings and one pivot bearing.

Mercedes Unimog GXV With 20 inches of ground clearance, a set of steps is a must. In this case, a stainless aluminum stair system pulls out of a storage slot below the door and when lowered creates easy entry into the cabin. The truck also has a massive rear-storage compartment that you can reach without needing steps. Read the rest of this entry »