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Considering the tremendous capabilities and competency displayed by the 2009 Ford F-150, it's anything but a surprise the truck has been awarded the Truck of Texas title by the Texas Auto Writers Association, making it the sixth year in a row Ford has owned those bragging rights. It was a good year for Ford and no doubt, cost-responsible champagne will be flowing. However, we're definitely confused by this next part. Apparently TAWA also awarded the 2009 Dodge Ram "Full-size Truck of Texas," something which seems to directly contradict the idea of awarding the F-150 the "Truck of Texas." More »
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The 2009 Ford F-150 comes from people who are intensely aware of what a pickup truck should do, how it should perform and what the customer is after. With the latest iteration of the F-150, Ford has a considerable reputation to live up to and in the face of dwindling pickup sales, needs to make some big promises to attract the customers still in the market. So the question becomes, when you are already the king of an ever-dwindling hill, how do you make that hill bigger? More »
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Ford will be offering new incentives to those trading in their old truck for a new 2009 Ford F-150. Buyers can choose from either $2000 in addition to the value of their trade-in, or 6.9% financing (standard rate is 8.9%). If that doesn't work, Alan Mulally will personally give you either his first-born child, or 15 minutes with his wife to create your own. The idea is to lend a helping hand to truck guys stuck with crappy resale value in a market with decreased demand for big ol' trucks. Of course, this doesn't at all help the people stuck with a truck who want to downsize to something smaller. More »
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For all eleven of you truck buyers left out there, Ford has finally dumped all of the details on the 2009 Ford F-150, capabilities, capacities, fuel economy and now, pricing. As we told you earlier, the F-150 boasts an 11,300 lb tow rating and a 3,030 lb payload capacity, but what about that pricing? The F-150 XL entry model kicks things off with a 4.2 liter V8 and a four speed auto for $21,320. The top range bells and whistles super-luxe mega-capabilities F-150 Platinum tops out at a hefty $44,860 all in. A price chart and trio of press releases with all you want to know about the 2009 Ford F-150 awaits below. More »
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Despite the 2009 Ford F-150 being revealed at the Detroit Auto Show way back in January, we're just now finding out the meat and potatoes numbers truck buys look for. Although we'd already heard the numbers on the new F-150 tow rating, we can now add maximum payload and fuel economy to the list. Our pals over at Pickuptrucks.com have put together an exhaustive rundown of the figures for engine size and chassis, but the basics are this: maximum payload has gone up to 3030 lbs and maximum towing jumps to 11,300 lbs. Those big numbers put it at the top of the heap for both cargo and towing. Fuel economy for the special Ford F-150 SFE (Super Fuel Economy) with low rolling resistance tires, a trick rear axle with the 4.6-liter three-valve V8 hits a Chevy Silverado XFE/GMC Sierra XFE-matching 15 MPG city, 21 MPG highway. Heck, even the 5.4-liter V8 engine gets a MPG bump as well thanks to being mated to Ford's new six-speed auto transmission.Check out the full breakdown at Pickuptrucks.com. More »
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Ford announced today that it was delaying the release of their 2009 Ford F-150 on the heels of GM's announcement that they would likely delay the development of the replacement for their GMT900 platform. Obviously, the merger of high gas prices and the F-150 getting thumped by the Civic has convinced Ford it also needs to cut the production of its older models. Resources are also shifting toward the Edge, Flex and smaller cars like the Focus. In a frank statement, CEO Alan Mullaly said "We view the move to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles as permanent and we are responding to customer demand." Press release below the jump. More »
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For those of you who think that the stock 2009 Ford F-150 FX4 is a bit too tame, Ford has been secretly developing a super off road version under the project name "Raptor." According to Four Wheeler Magazine, this new F-150 will use the same long-travel suspension technology used in the Baja 1000. More »
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Somehow we came across this logo for the new 2009 Ford F-150 pickup we're expecting to be revealed at the Detroit Auto Show in just two weeks. We're not even really sure where it came from or how we came across the site we found it at. But one thing's for sure — it's most assuredly the new logo for the new boldly moving pickup truck from the Dearborn, MI -based automaker. Yes, it's the tape-covered logo we've seen in the the F-150 spy photos. And yes, it IS a slow news day. Why do you ask? [via TopSpeed] More »
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