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Article: Pickups learn to play cars' game of speed and comfort; Truckmakers are enticing car owners with comfortable and sporty midsize pickups such as the extended-cab Mazda B4000 and the V8-powered Dodge Dakota Sport.(MOTORING)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- March 2, 1996
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Pickup-truck folk don't seem to mind the fact that you sometimes bob along like those little ceramic dolls with the shaky heads. Perhaps their tolerance qualifies them as true truck folk.
People who aren't pickup-truck types think such bouncing can be pretty tiresome, and may even prefer cushy sedans that wallow on turns.
Thankfully, both sides are coming together on the safety and superior handling characteristics of firmer suspensions in cars, and more streetworthy suspensions in trucks.
Pickup trucks are becoming more and more capable of fulfilling automotive needs. Powerful and flexible engines, roomy extended cabs and the obvious ...