Currently, the Chevy Silverado offers several tailgate options. All tailgates come in the form of a regular a regular drop-down unit, while a multi-function unit is notably absent. But following the ...

Back in the olden days, by which we mean before the 2006 Honda Ridgeline, a tailgate was just a hinged door at the end of a pickup bed. Back then, brand logos were usually less than two feet tall, ...

General Motors may be adding the GMC Sierra's Swiss Army knife of a tailgate to the Chevrolet Silverado lineup, GM-trucks.com reports. The tailgate, which GM-Trucks says will be called Multi-Flex, ...

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The first function is the simplest to understand: using the tailgate for full and open access to the truck's load box. In this mode, it operates as a traditional pickup tailgate, hinged at the bottom ...

Ford Motor Co. appears to be working on an answer to one of its rival's key selling points in the ongoing truck wars. The automaker recently filed patents for a multifunction tailgate with a door, ...

Call it The Battle of Tailgate. This week, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV's Ram launched another salvo at the truck market, making its dazzling, 60-40 split tailgate even more versatile with a companion ...

General Motors and Ram have multi-function tailgates that can open in different ways, but Ford has yet to offer anything comparable on a production pickup truck. A recent patent filing indicates the ...

Ford is working on a new multifunction tailgate for the Ford F-150, as reported by our sister publication, Ford Authority. Citing sources familiar with the project, Ford Authority reports that the ...

The blue oval brand has filed a patent on a new pickup tailgate that would help it compete with the latest multifunction units from GM and Ram. The design, which was first reported by CarBuzz, ...