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Continuing its proud history of vehicle fires, Ford is recalling the 2011 F-Series and the Ford Edge/Lincoln MKX crossover after two 2011 Ford F-150s caught fire at the Dearborn Assembly Plant. Built Ford flammable? [Pickuptrucks.com and @DavidShepardson] More »
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PickupTrucks.com and USA Today are the only publications with a set of brass trailer hitches big enough to run a shootout of V6 two-doors, the Rodney Dangerfields of pickup trucks. The winner? The V6-powered 2011 Ford F-150. [PickupTrucks, USA Today] More »
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Ford's hasn't yet released pictures of the twin-turbo, direct-injection 3.5-liter EcoBoost F-150, but in an announcement for ride-and-drives for the truck they included an image of an F-150 with an EcoBoost-ish badge. Is this the 2011 EcoBoost F-150? More »
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Here's the sound of Ford's new 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel, or at least in the clip's second half. The first half's also the new diesel, but without the two pilot injections. That's why it sounds like an old 7.3-liter diesel. More »
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We showed you some great shots of the new 6.7-liter "Scorpion" Power Stroke turbocharged diesel V8 engine floating in space this morning. Now, thanks to PickupTrucks.com, we've got a slew of live shots of the torquegasmic new engine. More »
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This is it. The 6.7-liter "Scorpion" Power Stroke V8 is Ford's first diesel motor for its 2011 F-Series HD pickups to be developed entirely in-house after three decades partnering with outside engine-maker Navistar. More info here and truckgasmic gallery below. More »
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Our good friends at PickupTrucks.com and Automotive News are reporting this morning Ford is planning to offer a version of the F-150 with a four-cylinder EcoBoost engine by 2013. The move is a response to rapidly rising prices at the gas pump and new NHTSA standards that will raise Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light trucks to 28.6 mpg by 2015. More »
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Although PickupTrucks.com broke the story, the bastions of the mainstream car news and rumors at Automotive News has further confirmation this morning we should be expecting to see a smaller-than-F-150 pickup truck built on the F-150 platform sometime in the 2011 calendar year. Although AN's not confirming the name either, their speculation is similar to ours — a 2011/2012 Ford F-100. In addition to the additional speculation on the name, we're told this morning the project's been code-named P525 and although the new pickup is in Ford's cycle plan, it has not yet received final approval. More »
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