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Fiat have announced the launch in Autumn 2016 of their offering into the growing pickup Truck market. Following on from similar announcements of the new Nissan Navara NP300, Renault Alaskan and Mercedes' first foray into the sector, Fiat have now confirmed

Pictures are now emerging of the new revised look for the hugely popular Ford Ranger pickup truck. Whilst the changes are a revison rather than a chassis-up re-design, it appears Ford have scored a bulls-eye in capturing the mood and movement in market

Following on from our last blog post on the imminent closing of production of the Land Rover Defender...Whose 4x4 vehicle do you think is best placed or most likely to win the battle for the space that the Defender will inevitably leave?

The Land Rover

As most are well aware now....after 67 years in one form or another, Maurice Wilkes' legendary Land Rover design, latterly the Defender, comes to the end of UK production in December. Love it or loath it, one cannot deny that this shape is "baked-in"

Following on from what seems like years of speculation Renault have finally confirmed some detail on their forthcoming Alaskan pickup which is due to be released in the UK in 2017. The pictures here are of the final concept vehicle though insider sources

The Toyota Hilux pickup had a great deal to do with originating the pickup truck as we know it today. It is a concept, and now genre, that has been widely adopted by most volume manufacturers.

The Hilux is still the market leader in Europe with more registrations

Below is one of the first images we've seen revealed of the new Nissan Navara model NP300. Quite a leap forward, we believe, and certainly if the performance and specification match the image here we're in for both revolution and evolution.

The Nissan

Great to see the market for Pickups seems to be booming across all manufacturers at the moment! And long may it continue, as the take up of 4x4 accessories for the Amarok, Navara, Ranger, L200 and Hilux follows right behind.

Generally pickups are the

It's great to know we're working in a market sector that's doing so well!

Latest SMMT figures show that pickup truck registrations were up over 14.5% year on year (2013-14). Across the most popular vehicles such as Ford Ranger, Isuzu Dmax, Mitsubishi