Ford F-150: America’s newest best-seller is here

Posted on 13-01-2014 at 7:19 by sir_smokalot – 33 Comments”

Pickups, in the Netherlands we have not much with it, but in the USA each year millions of over-the-counter. The market leader, both in general and in its segment, Ford’s F-Series, with the F-150 as a topper. So this is quite an important release for Ford, to make an understatement.

It all started with the Atlas Concept, where this final production model minus the conceptfrutsels, quite a lot of road. It is already the thirteenth generation F-150 (which is also on the 13th is revealed), since the first F-150 in 1948, saw the light. What the pickup kenmmerkt is a significantly lower weight and numerous optional safety features, giving you slightly more chance if you straalbezopen from the pub comes in rolls and crashes.

The F-150 is up to thick 300 kg lighter, particularly through the use of aluminum, and comes with, among other parking camera’s all around, a remotely operated tailgate, LED spotlights, and outlets for your tool to be charged.

Engines

The well-known atmospheric 3.5 V6 and 5.0 V8, and also turbocharged 3.5 liter Ecoboost is in the list. New is a 2.7 liter V6 Econboost with start-stop system, for those with something less.

Of course, calls to Ford, the new F-150 the ” toughest’, ‘smartest’ and ‘most capable’. It looks to be that they got their best have done also this version is a success, but the competition (Chevrolet Silverado, Dodge RAM) is of course not silent. What the F-150 always to success was a combination of a low price and a good robustness. If these properties are preserved, then we predict again 5-6 fat years, and until his successor comes.

A F-150 Raptor is still not announced, but that is a matter of time.

Update: and we have a video.

Gallery: Ford F-150 2015

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