<![CDATA[Jalopnik: F-series]]> http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png <![CDATA[Jalopnik: F-series]]> http://jalopnik.com/tag/f-series http://jalopnik.com/tag/f-series <![CDATA[Found Off The Street: 1967 Ford F100 Custom Cab]]> Welcome to Found Off The Street, our look at cars found on the cape that rust liked so much it decided to summer there; Cape Cod, MA. Today we have a 1969 Ford F100 Custom Cab. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5808610&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Dyno Confirms Reflashed Ford Super Duty An 800 Lb-Ft Torque Monster]]> Ford's offering a reflash upgrade to their 6.7-liter Powerstroke-equipped 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty good for 400-hp and a bonkers 800 lb-ft of torque. Mike Levine over at PickupTrucks.com tossed one on a dyno to confirm the results. Chart below. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5633920&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford Hoss Super Duty Is A Mean Machine]]> We just got back from beating the snot out of Ford's new 2011 Super Duty. While we can't talk about the 735 lb-ft Powerstroke diesel's performance, we can tell you about this monster, the second not-for-sale "Hoss" Super Duty. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5485840&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2011 F-Series Super Duty: Ford Tows Chevy To Woodshed, Smacks It Around]]> Despite showing us the 2011 F-Series Super Duty five months ago, there's been not a word on power. Finally, here's the scoop: Powerstroke, 390HP and 735ft-lb of torque. 6.2-liter gas engine, 385HP and 405 ft-lb of torque. Your move GM. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5479718&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2011 Ford Super Duty: Complete Engineering Breakdown]]> With the unveil of the 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty at the Texas State Fair, we were buried under a deluge of details. We've had time to review the engineering in the new trucks and have a comprehensive breakdown on all you need to know. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5367071&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2011 Ford Super Duty: The New Power-Stroking Pickup]]> Ford's big profit fiesta won't be the dinky li'l car almost finished moving around 'merica. No, the bread n' butter for FoMoCo is the trucks. The first look at their newest — the 2011 Ford Super Duty — below. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5366502&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford Cabela's, Harley-Davidson Edition Super Duty Trucks Officially Official]]> We told you about the Cabela's Edition Super Duty and Harley-Davidson Super Duty pickups from Ford, and now we have official press shots straight out of Dearborn. The Cabela's special edition will feature two-tone paint, special running boards, mud flaps and the all-important Cabela's badge to prove you eat your road kill. Low-key cycle enthusiasts will prefer the Harley-Davidson "Big Hog Daddy" F-450 with custom blue-flame paint job and requisite Harley badging. Special Edition outfitting aside, the new trucks can also be ordered with Ford's Sync system, spray-in bedliners and a cool automatic tool tracking system for the job site. Full press release after the jump. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5054648&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2009 Ford F-150 Release Postponed Two Months, Truck Production Cut]]> 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 »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=396652&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford Recalls 655,000 F-150 Pickups To Fix Hose Problem]]> No, not that kind of Toby Keith hose problem — the only way to fix that problem is with Viagra. And really, that doesn't fix it, it just makes the problem a bit more hard. No, what we're really talking about is Ford recalling more than 655,000 Ford F-150 and Lincoln Mark LT pickup trucks to fix some bad brake hoses in... More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=390479&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2011 Ford Super Duty Engine Mule Shows Off Replacement To Stroking?]]> More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=384557&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford Recalling 1.8 Million Diesels For Computer Glitch]]> Ford is having to recall approximately 1.8 million 7.3-liter PowerStroke diesel-powered trucks due to a computer software problem that has caused engine failures for customers, which we think is how I, Robot originally was supposed to start. According to Ford, the camshaft position sensor could break down and disrupt the flow of air and fuel, thus causing the vehicle to stall. Totally not as much fun as farting fire from the last Ford Recall. More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=330893&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[2008 Ford F-Series Super Duty]]> It's difficult to imagine any of you Jalops needing to haul 20,000 pounds. We also doubt many of you are in the market for a truck whose price tag easily hits $40,000 to take off-roading. But what if you came across a half-dozen utes sitting in the middle of California's Rubicon Trail, each adorned with a sign reading "Take me"? Sure, that's totally plausible. So, when Ford invited us to put its 2008 Super Duty through some of the more rigorous tasks a vehicle will ever face, we struggled to come up with a reason to turn them down. After all, this thing has wheels (sometimes even six of them!) and we like things with wheels, do we not? More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=318653&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ad Watch: Mike Rowe Continues To Make Jokes, Shill For Ford Trucks]]> More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=257115&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Buy A Ford Super Duty; If You're Lucky It May Fart Fire!]]> FoMoCo today asked dealers to stop selling the diesel-engined 2008 Super Duty F-Series pickups because apparently some of the big haulers can do something glorious. These special Super's apparently can fart fire. I kid you not, if I were in the market for a pickup truck right now, I'd totally look for one that can spew blasts of fire from the exhaust pipe. Just sayin'...although I've got to say that if you're not looking for this particular option, you're probably pretty happy Ford's not going to sell you one of them. Who knows though, maybe it's not an option, maybe it's not a defect, maybe it's just Navistar getting back at FoMoCo over that contract dispute. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=246148&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford Super Duty Truck Production Back On Track By Monday]]> After the stoppage of Power Stroke delivery by FoMoCo jilted lover Navistar International, and the subsequent court order demanding both sides hug it out, we've now heard it looks like the two sides of the big Power Stroke struggle can now come together and live again in sin. According to the AP:
"Navistar spokesman Roy Wiley said the company simply wants payment for its goods. "Ford said the plant began operating one shift on March 5, two shifts on Tuesday and is expected to be back at a full three shifts of production on Monday..."Our bottom line is we want to be paid for our engines. They shouldn't be debiting anything," he said. Both sides said the dispute could be settled as soon as Thursday afternoon."
Aww, look at that adorableness. Navistar International and FoMoCo are kissing and making up. Now Navistar can keep Power Stroke's a-coming to FoMoCo so they can sell some Super Duty trucks, and FoMoCo will start paying Navistar for all of her hard work. They're such a happy couple, really they are. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=242677&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spy Photos: 6-Door Ford F-150 Mule]]> The boys and girls over at PickupTruck.com believe this mule's showing off a potential next-gen 2009 feature of the F-series truck — a tertiary set of doors into the cargo bed. It wouldn't be the first time an automaker's shown off a feature like this, as they've Chevy's shown the Cheyenne concept before. But given the very public setting these shots were supposedly taken, it certainly would be a weird way to show the world how the next-gen pickup's going to be built Ford tough. Click through for more pics and more deets from the experts. We're going to go and try to figure out what could be more suburban mom than a set of grocery doors in the side of a pickup truck. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=242539&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ad Watch: Hachette Buff-Mag Intellectual Reacharound Further Engorges With New "Ford Challenge" Commercials]]> And now the trilogy of advertising semi-randomness from FoMoCo is complete. In many ways we're thinking this is the last salvo of the Ford marketing team's attempt to show Alan Mulally they're relevant. And if they failed at it in any way like the second to last salvo, it's not going to end very well at all. But we digress, let's get back to the last two ads from FoMoCo's wild ride. They're a continuation of the buff mag hand-job product placement we've already seen called the "Fusion Challenge." If you don't remember that's when FoMoCo sponsored a Car & Driver happy ending product whoring escapade "independent test" involving the Hachette magazine's readers. In case "sponsored" isn't clear enough, here's a better pair of words to use — "paid off." Well, Car & Driver ain't the only Hachette mag involved in this little bit of intellectual reacharound action, now it includes the other ampersand-in-the-title car porn book. That's right, Road & Track was a part of the game as well, running their own little LA-based challenge, and with predictable results. The first ad's above, and the second's below the jump, along with the press release from Dearborn for some "independent" explanation of today's advertising fun. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=241081&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ad Watch: Selling Ford Trucks Is A "Dirty Job"]]> FoMoCo's really pushing this "Ford Challenge" tagline and we're sort of digging it. It's certainly a helluva lot better than "Bold Moves" at describing what the Dearborn-based automaker's looking to prove. I mean, it's no Iacocca-esque "If you can find a better car..." but then again, they sell more trucks than they do cars anyway. So that explains why Henry Ford's baby is all over Mike Rowe, the host of "Dirty Jobs." The man personifies the play-in-the-mud type. And playing in the mud is what at least one of these commercials is doing. The first one above is called "Leaf Springs" and yes, that's the technical term for it, but the one below the jump called "Boxed Frame" seems to insinuate other automakers use "un-boxed" frames on their competing trucks within the line-up. Interestingly enough, FoMoCo doesn't mention another automaker that uses "un-boxed" frames in their competitor to the F-150 for the 2007 model year. Which makes us wonder — does any automaker use "un-boxed" frames? We know Chevy doesn't in the new Silverado (which look to be the trucks they've got in the video), and we're pretty certain the new Toyota Tundra doesn't either. What about the others? Check out the ad and then leave your comments below 'cause well, we'd like to know. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=241202&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Spy Photos: 2009 Ford F-150 Mules]]> Apparently FoMoCo's pushing up the dev cycle on their next refresh of their bread n' butter full-size haulers. According to the boys at the curvaceous Road, the next gen look will first appear on the 2009 model year of the F-150. They've paid for procured some pictures of a bunch of franken-mules running around town, the most notable of which hints at a very "Dave"-like Gillette Fusion three-bar front end. They've got nothing else but speculation on what the rest of the sheet metal will look like, but by all means — that's what spy photos are supposed to be for, right? – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=240738&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Stroke It, FoMoCo! Navistar Stops Shipping Power Stroke Diesel Engines To Ford]]> Reuters is reporting that Navistar International's stopped shipping big 6.4-liter Power Stroke diesel engines to FoMoCo because of a "contract dispute." The big f-ing engine is the power plant that gives the big F-Series Super Duty the get-up-and-go it needs to — you know — help the automaker become profitable again. Remember, the F-Series is the most profitable thing Ford sells, it has like a 50% market share in the Heavy Duty market, and based on estimates we've seen, FoMoCo makes an average of around $10,000 in profits on each diesel F-Series SD they ship. That being said, how bad could a shipping stoppage be for the beleaguered, bemoaning and bemortgaged (sure, why not) auto company? Bear Stearns pegs the cost of a greater-than-one-month disruption at "$11.6 billion in annualized revenue loss for Ford." That's a hella heap of cash. Oh, and, if you're wondering why the Power-Stroke-It engine sounds so familiar to you — it may be because you saw the commercial for it during the Super Bowl pre-game (see it again below the jump). Marketing something in the Super Bowl you don't have to sell? Sounds like money well spent to us. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=239700&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford Dealers Struggling With Excess Truck Inventory?]]> Reuters is reporting Ford's second-largest Ford dealer, Group 1 Automotive
"is struggling to lower its inventory of the No. 2 U.S. automaker's vehicles following the dramatic slide in sales of Ford F-Series pickup trucks...the company had 113 days' supply of Ford vehicles at the end of the fourth quarter, far higher than the 97 days' supply of vehicles from General Motors or 68 days' supply of DaimlerChrysler..."
Doesn't sound like things are getting much better after January's 19% decline in sales, and probably doesn't bode well for the rest of FoMoCo's dealers. Is it time for a new Way Forward(TM)...again? We dunno — but we do know if FoMoCo doesn't do something quickly, it'll have the American Revolution's new truck nipping at its heels, singing "Our Country" as it takes over the top truck spot. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=238841&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ad Watch: Ford's Super (Duty) Bowl Commercial Teasers Are Techie Porn]]> We've gotten our hands on some cool-to-watch and tech-heavy 15-second teaser ads for the Super Bowl ad campaign launch of the 2008 Ford F-Whatever Super Duty. The one above is a CAD-based build of the new 6.4L Power Stroke diesel engine with dual turbos and the second teaser commercial, in the same out-of-thin-air fashion, highlights all the little parts that make up the new (and useful) tailgate step. There's also a third teaser which is nothing more than a jarring drop of the big metal "Ford" badge dropped onto concrete. Although the third one's silly, the other two are cool as hell to watch. But the problem I've got is I'm not sure what they're going to do to sell the truck to the target pro-'merican demographic. Especially since earlier this week we heard that FoMoCo, despite losing $12.7 billion in 2006 and a turnaround plan forecasting a 2007 loss, plans no cuts in it's marketing budget. It's almost like the sell-it-on-TV team's gone to CEO Alan Mulally and said "Yeah boss, the ads aren't selling product, but whatevs — let's drop more money down that abyss while we've still got it!" I guess we'll have to wait for Super Bowl Sunday to find out for sure what the full 60-second ad will look like during the pre-game festivities, but for now we're just going to appreciate it for the techie coolness, and set our gnawing doubts on efficacy aside. In case you don't remember what the Super Duty is, we've got a gallery below as a reminder, and the second and third teaser commercials below the jump. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=231967&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Our Country, Our Overcompensation: Pictures of Really Laughable F-650s]]> I just asked a FoMoCo-PR-Bro how a scrappy writer like me could get into a truck like the one pictured above. His response? "A ladder." I've been sparring deep into the comment section of Mr. Mehta's screed (it was a screed, right?) concerning our country's truck. Readers appear upset that Sajeev refused to simply call the new Chevy apple pie and be done with it. Tempers have flared and teh internets tough guys are out in force. As I have stated many times, unless you are hauling cords of wood or removing trees, here in our country, pickups are much more frequently a lifestyle statement than they are useful, practical and/or responsible. Look, if you got your dirt in Boss Kean's ditch then by all means grab a dirt-hauler and git-r-done. But if you just have a tremendously small penis, dude, no one cares but your wife. – Jonny Lieberman More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=220270&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The FordLink Mobile Office: An Amerigasm Of Computing For The Ford Truck Man]]> Apparently there's a part of the Toby Keith "Ford truck man" song we must have missed. It's a part of the song that must not have reached the commercials, where Keith pulls out a pocket protector and a tablet PC — and then says
"If you're the type of man who needs to surf the web and check your e-mail on the go, and do it from a ruggedized tablet platform running off of an AMD Geode LX 800 chipset, then you're probably a Ford truck man."
Keith must have said it — because with FoMoCo's new FordLink Mobile Office system, they've gone and done just that — come up with a way to integarate a tablet PC built by Azentek into your Ford truck — acting as the trucks GPS unit, satellite radio system, and surfer of Pr0n. FoMoCo claims it's a system designed for folks who use their truck as their office and want a simplified dealer-installed way to make sure their road office has the same amenities as their real office — namely a computer. We had the opportunity to do a test-run with the system, available only for FoMoCo's Super-Duty trucks, at the automaker's SEMA pre-show blowout two weeks ago, and the video above's the result. Also check out the gallery below and the full specs on the unit below the jump. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=213994&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Exclusive 2006 SEMA Preview! The Ford F-150 FX2 Sport Extreme Will Smoke Your Ass]]> The second pimped-out performance ride we had the opportunity to taste this morning at the Dearborn Development Center was a meaty F-150 pickup seasoned with an FX2 package and then spiced-out with add-on accessories straight from the pages of Ford accessories catalogs. That's the message the FoMoCo media mommies were pushing today — that this pickup with pick-up (the 5.4 liter V8 delivers 450hp to be precise, thanks to a Ford racing screw-type supercharger with ceramic-coated headers and Ford Racing side exhausts) could be designed by any die-hard Ford truck man (or woman, I'm sure) just by checking the right boxes on FoMoCo's in-house parts catalog. In addition to some neat little touches to the outside of the truck including a dark billet grille, headlamp treatments, monochromatic paint and "unique wheels" it also sports some neat techie features like headrest mounted video entertainment units for the little 'uns and a line-in on the top of the dashboard — plus it's got a hard fiberglass tonneau cover to close-up the rear end from the elements. But despite the interior prettiness, as you can see from the photo above, the most attractive feature are the 450 horses under the hood, giving you more than enough go to take care of getting your ass to the job site and back in style. Smokey burnouts not included. Full gallery via the link below. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=209788&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Toby Keith Loves Us Like He Loves The Hot, Sweaty And Shirtless Working Man]]> It would seem our review of Toby Keith's most recent amerigasm over the new 2007 Ford F-series trucks did not go unnoticed by the country crooner. In fact — he loves it so much he's gone and had it inserted in a place of honor in a very special location — the top of his website. Yes, that's right — Toby Keith appears to have taken our post like a man, eschewing the obvious irony, and even seems to want to wish us well, showering us with all sorts of traffic spewing from the link-love from atop his manly wood-paneled website. Yes, we've never felt so happy having a man like Toby Keith reaching out and touching us over the internet — at least not since that one time a guy from Florida was IM'ing us after we interned in DC. – Ray Wert More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=209517&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[One Of These Things Does Not Belong: God Blessed Texas With The 2008 Ford F-Series Super Duty]]> Things supposedly run a bit different in Texas than they do in the rest of the country. For the most part, from what we hear, things are bigger, longer and a whole lot more god-fearing down there. We guess since stuff's so big, long and holy — it'd make sense for the automakers to have spent the end of the last month down there showing off their new hotness in trucks at the "nations biggest state fair." Although we weren't going to be providing coverage of the circle jerk that is the Texas State Fair, today we came across a picture just begging for us to show ya. Above, you'll see the new 2008 Ford F-450 Super Duty with FoMoCo's president for the Americas Ennis Del Mar Mark Fields and country crooner Jack Twist Toby Keith. So, we guess, after you see the pic above and the rest of the pageantry in the gallery, you've probably got the same question we've got: More »
]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=208964&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Ford to Show New Equator Truck Concept, Auction Old One for Charity]]> Ford announced it was readying a new Equator truck concept to show at the Tokyo motor show. It's the first concept to bear the Equator name since 2000, when Ford unveiled the sport utility truck concept (pictured) that set the design direction for the current generation of Ford's F-something pickups. The the new concept, fitted with a 3.0-liter V6 linked to an intelligent 4WD system, will likewise inform Ford's next-generation of SUVs. But well-heeled car-design fans are advised to gather their krugerrands and head to Texas, because the 2000 Equator will be auctioned for charity. More »
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