GM: GM to offer composite pickup truck box >T.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-6 August 1999-GM: GM to offer composite pickup truck box (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:050899 * Technology increases durability where customers need it most Traverse City, Mich. -- General Motors announced today that it will offer a pickup truck box made of advanced composite materials that provides the ultimate customer solution for durability, worry-free cargo loading, low-maintenance cost and freedom from dents and corrosion.

The innovative, new 6.5-ft. fleetside box will be available as an option on the full-size Chevy Silverado pickup beginning in the autumn of 2000. GM will be the first manufacturer to offer a composite box on its full-size pickup trucks. Announcing the new feature at the 1999 University of Michigan...