The American division of Isuzu trucks recently announced that they have begun production at their Fujisawa plant after production was disrupted since the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami which struck Japan early in March. Isuzu’ Fujisawa plant produces diesel components and engines as well as their N Series trucks...

Navistar Co. truck manufacturer and also defense contractor recently announced that they received a delivery order worth $97 million from U.S. Army’s command of TACOM Life Cycle Management. This will further cement the position of the company for supporting the mission of security by providing a full line up of parts, services and vehicles. The newest delivery order will include 265 transport vehicles for general troops, 829 net kits for RPG...

Many major Japanese truck manufacturers are yet to begin production. According to the top executives of the U.S. divisions for three of Japan’s manufacturers of commercial trucks, the production at the truck plants of their parent companies is yet to begin as a result of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, one of their worst natural disasters to hit Japan. All of the three OEM’s, ...

Isuzu recently announced that they would be re-launching their N-Series gasoline delivery truck. The production for these trucks already has their date set for April 18 at their production facility at Spartan Motors in Michigan. The gasoline powered NPR which has a GVWR of 12,000 pounds and the NPR-HD trucks which have a GVWR or 14,500 pounds will be available in two different configurations, which are the crew cab and single cab configurations. The...

Ford recently issued more recalls for their Ford Ranger and F Series of pick up trucks. The company will be recalling around 23,688 trucks of the Ford Ranger model of the year 2010. This is because of the fact that the fuel line’s protective cover may not be installed properly, according to the report released from...