{"id":238165,"date":"2010-01-27T18:01:47","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T23:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=49785"},"modified":"2010-01-27T18:01:47","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T23:01:47","slug":"ford-to-gm-on-heavy-duty-truck-tug-of-war-match-no-thanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/238165","title":{"rendered":"Ford to GM on heavy duty truck tug of war match: No thanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-49786 aligncenter\" title=\"Ford No Thanks to GM's Tug of War Challenge\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/ford_no_thanks_truck_war.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"352\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last week, General Motors\u2019 vice chairman in charge of global product operations, Tom Stephens, told <em>PickupTrucks.com<\/em> that he would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/2010\/01\/19\/gms-vice-chairman-challenges-ford-to-heavy-duty-tug-of-war-match\/\">challenge Ford in a tug of war matchup<\/a> involving the two company&#8217;s Chevrolet and GMC Heavy Duty and Ford\u2019s 2011 F-Series Super Duty.<\/p>\n<p>GM on Tuesday confirmed that it is all game for the challenge and Ford responded\u00a0today via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>When asked whether or not Ford will &#8220;accept GM&#8217;s challenge with PickupTruck.com&#8221;, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ford\">@Ford<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/FordTrucks\">@FordTrucks<\/a> replied: &#8220;We typically don&#8217;t respond to challenges. We let the vehicles speak for themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Life goes on.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Kap Shah<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/news.pickuptrucks.com\/2010\/01\/truck-of-war-ford-to-gm-no-thanks.html\">PickupTrucks.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cmGJ7tTUwY2NUIKHk6YgGAxELyw\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cmGJ7tTUwY2NUIKHk6YgGAxELyw\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cmGJ7tTUwY2NUIKHk6YgGAxELyw\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/cmGJ7tTUwY2NUIKHk6YgGAxELyw\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=SLFkWs-vW78:o9HLFkOOg-c:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=SLFkWs-vW78:o9HLFkOOg-c:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=SLFkWs-vW78:o9HLFkOOg-c:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=SLFkWs-vW78:o9HLFkOOg-c:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=SLFkWs-vW78:o9HLFkOOg-c:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=SLFkWs-vW78:o9HLFkOOg-c:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=SLFkWs-vW78:o9HLFkOOg-c:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, General Motors\u2019 vice chairman in charge of global product operations, Tom Stephens, told PickupTrucks.com that he would like to challenge Ford in a tug of war matchup involving the two company&#8217;s Chevrolet and GMC Heavy Duty and Ford\u2019s 2011 F-Series Super Duty. 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