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...g Chinese automobile industry. The company has announced plans to display trucks and SUVs at the 2007 [[North American International Auto Show]]. ...and [[sport utility vehicle]]s, but the company reportedly plans to design trucks of its own as well.

...engines are not common in [[automobile]]s, but it has been used for large military [[truck]]s. Also some Russian firms built straight-12s for use in boats in

...Korean motor vehicle manufacturer of large and medium duty trucks, special military vehicles, lightweight cars, civilian [[Jeep#History|jeeps]] (a small look-a

...with poor human rights records, noted that Dongfeng had supplied military trucks to the governments of Myanmar (Burma) and Sudan. [http://web.amnesty.org/li ...feng Nissan-Diesel Company]] — With [[Nissan Diesel]] produces heavy trucks

[[Category:Military vehicles]] [[Category:Trucks]]

After the war, Leyland Motors continued military manufacture with the Centurion tank. *1955: [[Scammell Lorries Ltd]] - military and specialist lorry manufacturer

...Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG) is a German producer of tractors, trucks and military vehicles. Hanomag first achieved international fame when it produced a num ...produced post war. Rudolph Hiller, who had been president of [[Phänomen]] trucks, joined the board and restructured the company by arranging for it to join

...the outbreak of First World War the factory turned to the manufacture of military vehicles for the British Army and by 1919 over 3000 had been made. ...y was run in partnership with the truck division of [[Renault]], [[Renault Trucks]]. It continued to produce the Dodge commercial truck range for some time,

...e Marmon Car Company joined forces with Arthur (Colonel) Herrington, an ex-military engineer involved in the design of all-wheel drive vehicles. ...largest trucks ever built at the time. In addition to large commercial and military vehicles, company leaders recognized a growing market for moderately priced

In 1924 and 1925 the company started to produce the small three-wheel trucks ''Blitzkarren'' and ''Goliath''. With his partner Wilhelm Tecklenburg, in 1 ...end of the war the production of Borgward was mostly military vehicles and trucks.

...in aviation. In the 1960s, the company produced the M551 and M109 for the military. ...ms. The Carlyle Group and Onex Corp. will purchase both the commercial and military ends of Allison, all for the bargain price of $5.6 billion.

...re Pegaso biggest markets, while a substantial contract to supply tactical trucks to the Egyptian Army was signed in late 70s. ...line being 8x4 rigids, 6x4 semi-trailer tractors, 6x6 off-road dumpers and military armoured vehicles, a five-axle 10x4 special conversion for the Dutch market

The '''Lightweight 1/2 ton''' was a British military vehicle supplied by [[Land Rover]]. *Many LHD models were used by the Dutch military and were predominantly fitted with diesel engines.

...system was used on [[Citroën]] cars between 1921 and 1937 for off-road and military vehicles.

...this as the merged corporation would have had a virtual monopoly on heavy trucks in northern Europe. Scania produces only heavy trucks (i.e. over 16 metric tonnes or Class 8 in the US) and heavy buses (over 12

...the purpose of supplying the French army; the works built mainly military trucks during World War I, as well as [[Hispano-Suiza]] aero engines.

...man occupation and during the war the company was engaged in the repair of military vehicles. Control of the company passed to [[Peugeot]] in 1942. With liber ...er in 1966 by Thomson-Houston. Military vehicles were made until 1967 and trucks until 1971.

...eir Hartford plant. During World War I the company produced trucks for the military and prospered after the war but with stiff competition and the Great Depres

...sler]] [[V8]] engine. The prototype was destroyed during testing by the US military. This led Lamborghini to develop the [[Lamborghini LM001|LM001]], which was The military version of the LM002 omitted some of the luxuries, and featured additions l

...highly mobile [[Amphibious vehicle#Amphibious trucks and barges|amphibious military truck]] built by [[Alvis Cars|Alvis]] that served with the British Army. During military use the problem of transmission 'wind up' was solved by laying out railway

...any were rebuilt with hard-top ambulance bodies and as radio communication trucks. A rare variant is the electronic warfare Vampire body. It is thought tha [[Category:Military trucks]]

* [[Tatra (company)]] all wheel drive military trucks.

...even surfaces. Lockers are common in agricultural equipment and military [[trucks]].

...urers. Eventually they settled on [[Dodge Brothers]] engines, and soon the trucks were sold by Dodge Brothers dealers. The firm expanded from its beginnings ...ige cars with six and eight cylinder engines. For a while a line of light trucks was offered under the Paige name, but that was soon discontinued. The Graha

...e the Spanish arm in 1946 was taken over by Enasa, the maker of [[Pegaso]] trucks and sport cars. ...h is main plant located in Barcelona, until 1946. They mass-produced cars, trucks and buses, and a number of hand-built racing and luxury cars, some of which

...e in the world. In 1992 Iveco purchased the Italian company, International Trucks Australia Limited, which still plays a very important role in the Pacific R ...ging-iveco-trucks-stateside-early-2008/#comments|title=Fiat bringing Iveco trucks stateside early 2008|accessdate=2007-11-24|work=autoblog.com}}</ref>

...]] manufacturer, with substantial export sales of light, medium, and heavy trucks throughout the world. It was [[GM Europe]]'s most profitable venture for s ...ucts from the British Empire as far as import duties were concerned. Such trucks were marketed as "British Chevrolet". After GM took ownership of Vauxhall

...system was used on [[Citroën]] cars between 1921 and 1937 for off-road and military vehicles. The Citroën company sponsored several overland expeditions with ...<ref>[http://www.pakdef.info/pakmilitary/army/tanks/bandvagn.html Pakistan Military Consortium]</ref>.

...turer in the UK, employing 31,000 people at 12 locations, producing 38,000 trucks, 8,000 buses and 19,000 tractors per year :*Materials Handling &ndash; [[Coventry Climax]] (incorporating Climax Trucks, Climax Conveyancer and Climax Shawloader)

...ssembling in 1955 for Eastern European markets. The firm also manufactures military and sporting small arms, most of them based on Russian or German design, un The first vehicles in Kragujevac were [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] trucks. They were made exclusively for the Yugoslavian Army in the late 30's, sinc

...the U.S. market) as well as the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup trucks. The three plants have continually garnered top quality ratings by J.D. Pow ...[[Electro-Motive Diesel]] (locomotive division) and [[General Dynamics]] (military vehicles)

...''JNSN'', including the manufacture of a series of innovotive lightweight trucks, built with aluminium alloys, for the Reynolds Tube Company and the prototy ...d War II Jensen concentrated on the war effort and produced components for military vehicles including the turrets for tanks, and on the production of speciali

...rm the [[Daimler-Benz]] car company which built [[Mercedes-Benz]] cars and trucks and agreed to remain together until 2000. In 1998 Daimler-Benz took over th From 1910 it was part of Birmingham's BSA group of companies, producing military vehicles as well as cars.

...are also popular, especially for public transportation and for heavy-duty trucks and in passenger vehicles in Europe, for their general thriftiness and plen .... and Eaton Corp. have been selected to manufacture diesel-electric hybrid trucks for a US pilot program serving the utility industry in 2004. In mid 2005 Is

...o other markets, including diesels for marine and fire pumps and fork lift trucks. In 1946 the '''ET199''' was announced, which the company claimed was the ...d the [[Armstrong Whitworth]] supercharged '''H30''' multi fuel engine for military use. This has been fitted as an auxiliary engine in the British Chieftain a

...r wheel SbW system by Delphi called [[Quadrasteer]] is used on some pickup trucks but has had limited commercial success. ...t electronic systems (as in fly-by-wire systems used by many airliners and military aircraft), the additional cost and service requirements have made these sys

...trengthening centralized rule, was to provide mobility for the movement of military forces. This, however, overlooks the fact that gradients on autobahns built ...autobahns were in bad shape, severely damaged by heavy Allied bombing and military demolition. As well, thousands of kilometers of autobahns remained unfinish

...rcial car. At war's end, their company produced and marketed both cars and trucks.

...sheet steel monocoque chassis in the same style as modern passenger cars. Trucks on the other hand usually have a heavy 'C' section rail chassis with a full ...-cylinder engines), ''mid-size'', and ''[[Compact car|compact]]'' (smaller trucks generally equipped with [[Straight-4|inline 4]] engines).

...bankruptcy, aka the old GM). The original [[Hummer H1]] was based on the military [[High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle]] (HMMWV, or ''Humvee''). Howe ...] once said at the [[Los Angeles Auto Show]] said that the Hummer Brand of trucks will run on Biodiesel. However, this plan never came to fruition.

...55''" which underpins the [[Chevrolet Colorado]] and [[GMC Canyon]] pickup trucks. It was designed by GM designer [[Carl Zipfel]]. ...all-new, mid-sized, five-passenger sport utility vehicle that carries the military-inspired design cues and amazing off-road capabilities of the [[Hummer H1]]

...dwide use propane. Cars, pickup trucks, vans, shuttles, trolleys, delivery trucks, school buses and forklifts work well using propane. Vehicles can be equipp Traditionally used by fleets and heavy-duty trucks, a slow shift towards offering natural gas pumps at existing gas stations h

...el spinoff. Before this car, Chevrolet only built light trucks and pick-up trucks, so, the Opala was its first passenger car made in Brazil. It was used by the São Paulo Police for many years. The military dictatorship used the Opala for its agents through the 1970s. Its reliabili

...omobile|cars]], [[bus]]es, [[truck]]s, [[Recreational vehicle|RVs]], and [[military vehicle]]s, all the way to the very largest hovercraft. Classic landing cra ...e of applications, including recreation, expeditions, search & rescue, and military, leading to a myriad of concepts and variants. In some of them the amphibio

* [[GAZ-66]] 4x4 military truck (1964-1998)

...e Exner Sr. had been promoted to drawing advertisements for [[Studebaker]] trucks. They had a second son in 1940, Brian, who tragically fell from a window an ...Loewy Associates]], an industrial design firm where he worked on cars and military vehicles prior to, and during World War II. In 1944, he was fired by Loewy

...and marine engines. Later, it expanded into making trucks (1905) and fire trucks (1907). The region became a centre of the automobile industry, and other co ...pplies. In the autumn of 1915, ''DMG'' opened the Sindelfingen factory for military vehicles, aircraft engines, and even entire aircraft. After the war, limite

...systems may be described as having a 95%/5% or 90%/10% power split. Light trucks and SUVs tend to use multi-plate clutches under computer control, often wit ...World War I. It was not until "go-anywhere" vehicles were needed for the military that [[Four Wheel Drive|four-wheel drive]] found its place. The Jeep, orig

...e amount of trucks and cars, with their output soon rising to 600 units of trucks and also public transportation vehicles. ...], after Argentina's victory in the 1978 FIFA World Cup were forced by the military government to film one of its key stories inside a ''colectivo''.

===Automobiles and light trucks=== A number of manufacturers currently produce hybrid automobiles and light trucks, including [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[General Motors Corporation|Gener

...-inch and 109-inch types. These had all-new cloth seats from the [[Leyland Trucks|Leyland]] T-45 Lorry, soundproofing kits, tinted glass and other "soft" opt ...as unique to the model and featured drop-shackle suspension similar to the military series Land-Rovers. 900x16 tyres were a standard feature and these machines

Three US Government funded military efforts known as Demo I (US Army), Demo II (DARPA), and Demo III (US Army), ...ctivity relating to free-ranging off-road cars. Some of these projects are military-oriented.

...add a third and fourth civilian signal to the system, as well as advanced military capabilities. * '''Military Applications'''

...as the basis for the [[FAI armoured car|FAI]] and [[BA-20]] [[Armored car (military)|armored car]], which saw significant use as scout vehicles in the early st [[Category:Pickup trucks]]

...atforms, fire engines, mobile workshops, ambulances and breakdown recovery trucks. ...lace. It is still largely hand assembled, and unlike most modern cars and trucks, all the major body panels and sub-assemblies simply bolt together. A Defe

...[[Truck]]s are often fitted with these extras by default. Furthermore, the military]usually design their vehicles with off-roading in mind, such as a [[Jeep]] * Jason Aldean Hicktown, has bunch of a trucks/jeeps and cars rolling around in the mud

...As of 2009, the [[Cummins B Series engine]] used in [[Dodge Ram]] [[pickup trucks]] displaced up to 6.7 L<ref>{{cite web | title = The 2002-2009 Dodge Ram He ...tion. Straight-sixes also continue to be commonly used in medium to large trucks, and [[sport utility vehicle]]s, where engine length is less of a concern.

...For five years Detroit had basically been in the business of supplying the military. Now all that production capacity was turned to creating a stream of new ca ...d some day exceed the speed of sound on the ground, built from war surplus military aircraft fuel tanks.

...ive]] sports cars, [[muscle car]]s, [[pony car]]s, luxury cars and [[light trucks]]. The shorter and occasionally narrower [[V6 engine]] is easier to fit in The [[Rover Meteorite]] petrol or diesel V8 was used in trucks and transporters from 1943, and for marine or stationary use.

Ancient military engineers used leaf springs in the form of bows to power their siege engine ...semi-elliptical springs used to be common and still are used in heavy-duty trucks and aircraft. They have the advantage that the spring rate can easily be m

...chnology has been implemented or proposed in delivery vans, trucks, buses, military vehicles, and other medium- to heavy-duty vehicles. ...ntly building PHEVs based on the [[Mercedes-Benz Sprinter]] [[van]]. Light Trucks are also offered by Micro-Vett SPA<ref>{{cite web | title=Hybrid Daily: Tec

...e of scarcity. Diesel advocates say that if more people drove diesel light trucks and cars, the price would drop dramatically in these areas—and possibly t ...similar to the big V8 gasoline engines popular in the US. Light and heavy trucks, in the U.S., have been diesel-optioned for years.

...th a part-time four-wheel drive capability, as typically found in [[pickup trucks]] and other off road vehicles, while the term "all-wheel drive" is used to ...their center point. Such vehicles are controlled in a fashion similar to a military tank.

...e DJ-Series postal Jeeps. AMC also expanded its international network. The military and special products business was reconstituted as American Motors General ...had problems with [[AM General]], a significant defense contractor. AMC's military equipment division was actually now managed by a partially French governmen

...sporation manager for a beer distributor, overseeing the fleet of delivery trucks for the company. ...mph (185&nbsp;km/h), far in excess of the design specifications. The U.S. military felt the vehicle was too fast and had already committed to other combat veh

...rvice" (originating from spark ignition) (typical passenger cars and light trucks using [[gasoline engine]]s), and '''C''' for "commercial" (originating from ...cause of their lack of sufficient quantities of crude for their (primarily military) needs. A significant factor in its gain in popularity was the ability of s