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...Huge pick-up trucks, from the new RAM 1500 to the Chevrolet Silverado, dominated the show floor, while electric cars so prominently on display at European car shows were pushed to the backs of the stands...
...The recall includes certain: 2014-2016 model year Buick LaCrosse and Chevrolet SS and Spark EV2014-2017 model year Chevrolet Corvette, Trax, Caprice PPV and Silverado 1500; Buick Encore; and GMC Sierra 15002015...
...Ford also believes there is a market for a more fuel-efficient pick-up that is not being met by General Motors’ Chevrolet Silverado or FiatChrysler’s Ram 1500, its main rivals....
...For April, GM said sales of its large pickup trucks had been 21 per cent up year on year, boosted by a 28.1 per cent increase in sales of its Chevrolet Silverado....
...Ford’s showing of the concept vehicle follows GM’s launch a few weeks ago of its Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck....
...GM dealers sold 25,160 Cruzes last month, more than any other vehicle except the Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck. Overall, sales of GM passenger cars surged 59 per cent in April....
...In 2006, 29 per cent listed it as a top concern....
...vehicle and the Silverado pick-up truck, which are particularly vulnerable to rising pump prices....
...Sales of Ford’s top-selling F-Series trucks slid by 15 per cent, while GM reported a 9 per cent drop in sales of its Chevrolet Silverado....
...In trucks, the Chevrolet Silverado took the honours. That award couldn’t come at a better time for GM, given brutal competition in the pick-up truck market....
...Retail sales of GM’s big pick-ups, such as the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, roughly doubled last month....
..."We really have our product pick up in terms of freshness in the 2006-2007 period," Mr Ballew says....
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