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The North American Truck of the Year Award given out at the Detroit Auto Show is a huge honor because of the stiff competition each truck faces. This year the 2011 Ford Explorer won the award, coming out ahead of the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Dodge Durango.

To be eligible for the award trucks must be "all-new" or "substantially changed." What makes this award so prestigious is that...

Sales of Ford F-Series pickups, including the F-150, F-250 and Heavy Duty F-450, have rebounded over the last year by at least 21 percent. During the height of the country's Automotive Recession, Ford still sold 413,625 F-Series pickups. But in 2008, 515,513 F-Series trucks were sold, and another 690,589 sold the year before that...