Fresh off a major Super Sunday appearance, the newly launched 2008 Ford F-Series Super Duty hits high gear with top billing at NASCAR's Daytona 500 race, including a record road trip, massive displays and new versions of the truck's Super Bowl ad.

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., today reported best-ever January sales of 175,850 vehicles, an increase of 5.1 percent over January 2006.

Ford began selling the most capable F-Series truck ever - the new 2008 Ford F-Series Super Duty - and will begin advertising it heavily on Sunday's Super Bowl XLI broadcast and at NASCAR's Super Bowl, the Daytona 500 on Feb. 18

The Renault Nissan Alliance retained its position as the fourth largest global automaker in 2006 in terms of unit sales. A combined 5,911,171 vehicles were sold in 2006 (down 3.6%) to secure a global market share of 9%.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced the release of the new Atlas light-duty truck.

DaimlerChrysler sold more trucks last year than ever before. At 537,000 units, truck sales by the company were 1.4% higher than in 2005 (529,500 units).

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., unveiled the all-new 2007 Tundra CrewMax full-size pickup at a press conference here today at the 2007 North American International Auto Show. CrewMax, arriving at dealers in March, will join the Tundra Regular Cab and Tundra Double Cab models, which arrive in February.

At a press conference today to kick off the North American International Auto Show, the Chevy Silverado was named the North American Truck of the Year.