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Spud 
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Posted: 19 Mar 2018 at 6:55pm |
Looks like Chev is getting back into the class 4, 5, and 6 truck market with a replacement for the Kodiak. A link is below. The trucks will be built by International but will have a Duramax/Allison drive train. They are a good looking truck. I am sure the price will be good looking too!
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Posted: 19 Mar 2018 at 7:25pm |
Seen the article in a truck magazine I get , about a month back , evidently loseing business to Ford heavy line -
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Posted: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:26pm |
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Nice looking truck, but seems kinda hypocritical with an aluminum bed when they've been so critical of ford and their aluminum bed. Whoooo, I wonder what that thing is going to cost.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 12:21am |
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seems they already been making I think the 4500 series for a long time, been out there for pulling and mounted campers, and a lot of box trucks and wreckers..
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 6:39am |
 LeonR2013 wrote:
Nice looking truck, but seems kinda hypocritical with an aluminum bed when they've been so critical of ford and their aluminum bed. Whoooo, I wonder what that thing is going to cost. |
Where did you find reference to aluminium bed? That size of truck generally comes as a cab and chassis, no bed. If you are referring to the red one pictured in the article, that is more than likely a steel bed painted to match the aluminum tool boxes. Often referred to as a landscaper or contractor body. That is an aftermarket bed.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 6:50am |
Link to 'GM Fleet Truck' website: Gary https://www.gmfleet.com/chevrolet/silverado-chassis-cab-lineup.html.................................................... Being built at Navistar, Springfield, Ohio Assembly Plant http://gmauthority.com/blog/2015/10/general-motors-and-navistar-reach-long-term-deal-to-produce-medium-duty-commercial-trucks/
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 11:55am |
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Hmm. The GM page had a Dodge ad at the bottom
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 2:07pm |
thendrix wrote:
Hmm. The GM page had a Dodge ad at the bottom |
Thing are getting rough maybe after using our tax dollars to bail GM out theys siding with Dodge
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 3:38pm |
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It is a fair looking truck but after having a IH Navistar 6.9 I doubt I'll ever have anything that says Navistar on it even if it does have a GM drivetrain
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 4:31pm |
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To get a good truck Chebby had to get someone else to make it for them. Ain't that right, Shameless?
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 7:01pm |
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I wonder who approached who first.
From the article Navistar is selling the same units under the Navistar badge.
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 7:26pm |
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IH wants OUT of the mid size lines, not enough turnover and Ford had them outclassed the last several years. That is why they are building with a GM emblem.
Edited by DMiller - 20 Mar 2018 at 7:27pm
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Posted: 20 Mar 2018 at 11:19pm |
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Still oversized clumsy looking things. The Dodge and Fords at least resemble pickups yet. I am a GM guy but I wouldn't buy one.
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Posted: 21 Mar 2018 at 6:45am |
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They are supposed to be big a clumsy. They're trucks, not pickups. These a the new version of the old C60 and C70 of the 60, 70 and 80s. Remember the old grain trucks that most farmers had before they all got semis.
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Posted: 21 Mar 2018 at 8:53am |
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5 and 7 year old 4500 Chevy's are still bringing big bucks on lots. seen some listed in the area of $36,000. yet! and with lots of miles on them! try to get that much out of a ferd of comparable size HUbert! (poke,poke)
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Posted: 21 Mar 2018 at 9:05am |
Yup! I'm not going to buy one either! I don't have a need for one. I don't have enough $$$$$$ to buy one. After 49+ years, my wife would definitely do the big "D" on me, regardless of the time in grade. I did save a pic of one though!
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Posted: 21 Mar 2018 at 10:05am |
Nathan (SD) wrote:
Still oversized clumsy looking things. The Dodge and Fords at least resemble pickups yet. I am a GM guy but I wouldn't buy one. |
according to the press release, it is a beastly thing! LOL I love the appeal to ego in marketing
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Posted: 22 Mar 2018 at 11:36pm |
From what I have read, on upcoming GM trucks, anything with a hinge will be aluminum while the base cab will be steel.
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