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2009 ford f-150

2009 Ford F-150 5.4-Liter V8 Power Ratings Leaked On To Internet

Someone attending a Ford dealer training session for the new half-ton 2009 Ford F-150 in Michigan took a picture of an information placard revealing the six-speed automatic 5.4-liter V8 will achieve 320 horses at 5,200-rpm and 390 lb-ft of torque at 3,500-rpm. These new numbers, a modest improvement over the 2008 Ford F-150's 300-hp at 5,000-rpm / 365 lb-ft at 3,750-rpm, come after Ford let slip the numbers on the upcoming 4.4-liter Ford diesel V8 we'll see in the 2010.5 Ford F-150 and the 2010 Ford Super Duty. More »

Spy Photos

7:30 AM on Fri May 16 2008
By Ray Wert
1,555 views, 17 comments

Latest by dbol1977: -The horspower of the new 5.4: Meh, okay. Not a big deal, it is a truck, torque is king here. -The torque: Pretty damn stump pulling if you ask me. -I hope the MPG is improved somewhat. The current guzzles gas like more »

ford f-150 recall

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 »

2:40 PM on Wed May 14 2008
By Ray Wert
4,923 views, 31 comments

offbeat news

Ford F150 Now With Under Hood Pit Bull Option

A pit bull gets stuck in an engine. How the hell does that happen? Do pit bulls have magical teleportation powers? In any case, since the 60 lb Pit managed to find an elder F150 with the straight six, the challenge to get in there would be less than a new one, but getting out rather than in was the problem. Since the dog was stuck and bored, he did what dogs do — chew on stuff. As a result the trucks unfortunate, but comically gifted Walter Witthoeft, now has a truck which needs a good deal of rewiring. [CNN.com]

2:00 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,793 views, 31 comments

Latest by Scott: I once took a cat for a 10 mile ride......that didn't end in catgut all over my Neon. I arrived at my destination, for some reason opened the hood, and woke the cat that was napping peacefully in the more »

2010 ford f-150

2010.5 Ford F-150 Diesel Mule

Remember how we told you about those leaks from the Ford dealer conference earlier this month indicated the 2010 Ford F-150 would get that shiny new 4.4L V8 diesel engine? Well, spy photog to the car and truck stars, Brenda Priddy, claims she's got this photo of a 2010.5 (that half means it's either half the truck Ford thinks it is or it means it'll be a mid-model year refresh) Ford F-150 mule with that big, new diesel under the hood. Why does she think it's the diesel engine mule? Well, it's those tell-tale dual exhausts, that's how. Full report from Priddy after the jump. (UPDATE: Those truck-loving folks at PickupTruck.com have more diesel F-150 pics that include a 2009 F-150 front on a last-gen body and the seven-lug wheels that indicate the Heavy Duty Payload Package may be an optiion in 2010.) More »

Spy Photos

11:45 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
By Matt Hardigree
4,164 views, 17 comments

Latest by MrEvil: Too bad thanks to all the extra crap that the feds require on the exauhst this engine won't break 15mpg. more »

2010 ford f-150

2010 Ford F-150's New 4.4L V8 Diesel Engine Gets Leaked To Internet

Remember that Ford dealer conference we learned about last week from our friends at PickupTruck.com? That's the conference where we heard about the scoop on Ford's upcoming and long-rumored off-road Ford F-150 Raptor program. Well, there's a second scoop for us from the Ford forum fan-boys at F150Online, spotted by the quick-eyed folks at PUTC — the first unofficial shot of Ford's upcoming 4.4-liter V8 Diesel engine that we've heard will make it's way into the 2010 Ford F-150. We're also told we should expect it to get dropped beneath the rails of the 2010 Ford F-250 and 2010 Ford F-350 to serve as the base-level diesel engine available. And why shouldn't it? Supposedly, this smaller oil-burning V8 will give a 20% boost... More »

Spy Photos

4:08 PM on Sat Apr 12 2008
By Ray Wert
11,804 views, 56 comments

Latest by MrEvil: Yeah, unfortunately the tree-hugger crowd has made Ford's latest Diesels rather pointless with their demands of 3 catalytic converters, the urea filter and the particulate filter. Don't get me started on the idiocy of the particulate filter. Gee, lets use MORE more »

over the back fence

Dealers Shown Ford F-150 "Raptor" With SVT Badge, Told To "Drive Directly Up Toyota's Ass"

Oh yeah, baby, it's on. Details on the expected off-road edition — the so-called "Ford F-150 Raptor" are beginning to leak out of Ford's dealer product preview currently underway in Las Vegas (that's gotta be a sober get together). Apparently the blue oval boys are pretty excited about the pending master of the off-road, showing off a shot to the assembled sales folk. They're even going so far as calling it the first Baja 1000 truck you can buy right off the show floor. Our friends at PickupTruck.com and Four Wheeler tell us the word on the street is the new power truck will find a 6.2-liter V8 under the hood good for 380 HP and 400 lb-ft of torque, an SVT badge on the tailgate and the word "Ford" on the front grille. That's right, no blue oval for this set-for-Baja bad-boy. But more than just the details on the new "Raptor" F-150 was the quote given to dealers about what they'd like to see them do with the soon-to-be-revealed off-road ready truck: More »

Spy Photos

10:40 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
7,352 views, 59 comments

Latest by Hello_Newman: I think it's cool, a real offroad conversion is really hard for most people to build, and there's few offerings of real performance offroad except Jeep and their trail certified stuff. I had a 2003 SVT Lightning F150 I bought more »

accessories

Roush Vent Gauge Pods Makes Adding Gauges Somewhat Classy

Are you that guy? You know, the guy with big, gaudy and ugly gauges all over the dash and door molding? I don't judge you because the fact that you have so many gauges, sometimes people need to actively monitor other systems not included in the stock gauges, I just judge you because the placement of said gauges. Roush has a solution for owners of any 2005 to 2008 Ford Mustang or 2004 to 2008 Ford F-150. These gauge pods from Roush fit inside of the vents in the cooling/heating system of the Mustang and F-150 and hold any gauge you could ever dream of. More »

4:15 PM on Wed Feb 27 2008
By Travis Hudson
2,911 views, 41 comments

Latest by Mark1220: Guilty as charged. I am "that guy". I have an '87 turbo Buick (Grand National) and when I bought it, it came with boost and coolant gauges proudly mounted up on the A-pillar for all to see. I'm 36 years more »

spy photos

Ford F-150 Raptor Caught Wearing Last Years Dress

We don't want to be the site that cried 'theropod' too many times but Pickuptruck.com has what appear to be Ford F-150 Raptor spy photos up. These were caught just outside the Ford Product Development Center right on Rotunda Drive. The mule in question is wearing some very fashionable prerunner style fenders and some pretty beefy rubber. The pending rough and tumble pick-em-up is rumored to be getting all kinds suspension goodies from well known brands like Fox and Eibach. We'll just have to wait to see what kind of upgrades will be available on the Blue Oval's pride and joy.

Spy Photos

8:45 AM on Wed Feb 13 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,036 views, 7 comments

Latest by Novaload: I've seen more exposed vehicle on the Snow Guessing Game. more »

ford f-150

Ford F-150 Raptor Caught Testing In The Wild

Remember that extreme F-150 raptor we told you about? That's the F-150 that uses the same long-travel suspension found in Baja racers that should be debuting sometime, somewhere as truck for those who find the FX4 lame. We like to think of it as the FXXX4. PickupTruck.com has the scoop and a photo of the conspicuously taller truck. [PickupTruck.com]

6:15 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,202 views, 14 comments

offbeat news

Sexual Humiliation Forces Young Elephant Seals to Take Their Chances With Traffic

A 5,000-lb. elephant seal? A speeding Ford F-150? California's PCH near San Simeon? A deadly melange, according to a report today in the LA Times. Theories abound as to why elephant seals are trying to move from their protected environs on one side of California 1 to the other, but our fave has to be that, starting in December, the gnarled old males and the young punks begin duking it out for the pleasure of doing what it is that girl and boy elephant seals do when they get together. More »

3:45 PM on Mon Feb 4 2008
By Matthew DeBord
946 views, 18 comments

Latest by Galaxie500: They are spread out along the beach, seperated by a long wooden fence and flat observation deck. With some effort they could get around the fence and through the parking lot which is level with the highway. It's interesting to more »

super bowl ad watch

F-150 Spun Like A Record In A Centrifuge For Ford Pre-Super Bowl Commercial

Here's the Ford F-150 pre-Super Bowl commercial featuring everyone's favorite dirty job do-er, Mike Rowe overlooking a centrifuge spinning the big Ford pickup around by the tow hooks. And yes, it appears they really did do it — no special effects here boys. While not a "real" Super Bowl commercial as it aired a mere minute before kick off, still it's impressive enough for us to show off here. Remember to check out the rest of our automotive Super Bowl commercial coverage for more fun and check out the F-150 "Behind The Scenes" site for how they did it. [Behind The Scenes]

7:40 PM on Sun Feb 3 2008
By Ray Wert
5,388 views, 36 comments

Latest by Beluga: Ok, so that gives me a rough idea more-or-less of the static strength of the tow-hooks. I propose a deeper investigation to test the dynamic shock strength of the hooks. So tie it to a post and throw it off spider more »

Detroit Auto Show: News that will shock no one — Toby Keith does not appeal to the Jalopnik demographic. magnificentbastard and rocketrodeo debate.

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Detroit Auto Show: Not Feeling the Ford F150. It might be Sunday morning, but the robble robble crowd are on their feet and, well, robbling. This time they're upset about the new 3-bar grilled 2009 Ford F-150. And this time we agree with them. Though, we're not entirely sure what SexCpotatoes is talking about.

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the a-team

B.A. Baracus Needs You to Caption This On Set Photo, Fool!

All we know is what we're told by our tipster who wishes to remain anonymous. He claims that yes, the large burly man in the bed of the F-Series pickup is in fact Mr. T. Also, it's a photo shoot for an upcoming Snickers commercial. While none of that can be verified, what we do know for certain is we're doubled over because our sides are positively splitting from laughing so hard. Please help us out in our feeble weakened state by giving us your caption to this photo in the comments below. Tell us — what in the name of all that is salty and nutty is B.A. doing on the back of that early 80's Ford F-150?

4:30 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Ray Wert
27,366 views, 81 comments

Latest by bigusfickes: I dropped my contact foo!! more »

detroit auto show

2009 Ford F-150 Grille, All Taped Up

The Ford F-150's the vehicle that sold more than any other this past year. Yup, more than the Camry, more than the Accord and more than it's pickup truck rivals. Although we already knew we'd be seeing the newly-redesigned 2009 Ford F-150 this week at the Detroit Auto Show, and we already have seen some pretty clear spy photos of the new 09 F-150 a couple of weeks back. Heck, we've even seen the new logo (PickupTruck.com's even got a shot of the actual logo). But still, it's good to see the grille getting a bit more defined for us — even if it is all taped up. More shots coming in a moment. Full spy report from KGP below the jump. UPDATE: Full high-res shots now included below.

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Spy Photos

11:05 AM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Ray Wert
3,812 views, 9 comments

Latest by TomAnderson: You got Dave on my F-150! You got F-150 on my Dave! more »

detroit auto show

Detroit Auto Show: 2009 Ford F-150 Logo Revealed, Bubbly

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]

Feature

8:45 AM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Ray Wert
5,739 views, 22 comments

Latest by seemore: I currently own a tacoma and am looking at upgrading. Not familiar with the ford however you seem to have concerns with ford or american products. is there something i should be aware of? can you elaborate. more »

vehicle quality

Toyota Drops In Consumer Reports Annual Car Reliability Survey, Ford Improves

Apparently, the V6 version of the Toyota Camry, a long-time resident to Consumer Reports' "Annual Car Reliability Survey," is no longer welcome around those parts. And it's not just the Camry, but also the new bigger-than-big four-wheel-drive V8-powered Toyota Tundra and the Lexus Gs. All three of these vehicles "declining reliability" has canceled the "automatic recommended" rating given to the Toyota, Scion and Lexus brands from CR. Hmm, that's no good thing — except it appears to be a boon for Ford, who's showing some serious increases in quality ratings this past year in the Explorer, the F-150 and the Mustang. Full list below the jump. More »

8:00 AM on Wed Oct 17 2007
By Ray Wert
4,266 views, 45 comments

Latest by Littlecarrot: I like Consumer Reports. I think overall they've called them right over the years. Besides, what other publication are you going to count on? Motor Trend? They named the Chevy Vega "Car of the Year! Because Japanese imports tend to more »

detroit auto show

2009 Ford F-150

Hot on the heels of Ford fan-boy Igor's take on what to expect from the 2009 Ford F-150, now we've got some new shots of both the re-designed interior and exterior of the new Ford F-150 pickup from the many minions of Brenda Priddy. While the truck's still pretty well covered, we're most certainly able to see a very Super Chief-like look peeking out from behind the grille netting. So Igor was right about that. The interior on the other hand is of the "Platinum" level 2009 Lincoln Mark LT and looks very snazzy indeed. Expect to see this new Ford F-150 to sport one or maybe both of Ford's new 5.8-liter and 6.2-liter BOSS V8 engines to make its way into the F-150 and eventually even see Ford's new 4.4-liter Lion diesel to show up under the "power dome" — a first for the F150 lineup. The new pickup's expected to hit the showroom floor January at the Detroit Auto Show, dealership floors come second quarter of 2008 and of course it'll be a 2009 model. Check out the full report from Priddy & Company after the jump.

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Spy Photos

5:38 AM on Mon Oct 8 2007
By Ray Wert
49,628 views, 19 comments

Latest by inetd: Looks like a friggin garbage truck. Higher sidewalls on the bed? - distorts the look on the whole truck. This is what happens when the Ford President's brother-in-law is appointed new-design engineer then allowed to have his own more »