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2008 F-Series Ford Super Duty due Sept. 28

08/22/2006, 9:43 AM

By admin

The 2008 F-Series Ford Super Duty will be unveiled at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas on September 28th, according for Ford. The truck will be offered with a 6.4-liter Power Stroke engine — Ford’s “cleanest, quietest pickup diesel ever.” It will be the first pickup engine in North America to use a high precision, high pressure, common-rail fuel injection system featuring piezo-electric injectors. Pricing, fuel economy and engine specifications – including power and torque ratings – will be available closer to the vehicle going on sale in early 2007. It’s worth noting that General Motors originally said its new Silverado would also debut at the Texas State Fair, but the official unveiling came on August 2nd. This seems to suggest the Ford announcement could also come ahead of the show. In May, a photo leaked purportedly of the new truck. If you haven’t seen it, have a look after the jump…

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08/22, 10:17 AM

posted by:

Jay

YEAH go ford! Looking at these pictures it looks even more like those cheap looking Chevys and GMC trucks were just total copies. The headlights look the same, lots of stuff only this is the original!
Ok enough fantasizing about Ford because as we all know just a superduty, no matter how good it is will NOT be enough to save Ford, even if Chevy and GMC trucks seem to take a few design cues. Anyways this is a really cool truck, and the diesel sounds really great. Diesels all the way!

08/22, 10:21 AM

posted by:

Leon

yes, a big, fat pick-up with the “cleanest, quietest pickup diesel ever”…still useless…

08/22, 10:27 AM

posted by:

1952 MG TD

Jay: Ford rushed the last deisel to market (6.0) and it has developed an abysmal service record. Ford has already delayed this model due to concerns over engine reliability. Ford had better bring its A-game on this one, because with the Ram getting the 6.7l monster and a 6 speed auto and new HD entries from the general, the HD wars have been leaving ford behind lately.

Competition makes the whole breed stronger, but I have doubts that this will trump the competition. The only place Ford has beat the others in recent years in the HD market is extras, such as factory trailer brakes, etc…

08/22, 10:27 AM

posted by:

Chris

Um since the GMC came out first I think its Ford who is copying then, the GMC has been in the pipeline for 6 years by now at least.

08/22, 10:41 AM

posted by:

Anonymous

Another market failure for Ford. Nobody can stop the American Revolution from wiping the competition off the map! Gotta love GM!

08/22, 10:48 AM

posted by:

VB

2008?? Introduced in September 2006??? I guess that’s called WAY FORWARD marketing, huh? I can’t knock the truck, in all fairness. My last experience with a Ford truck was a rented F150 from U-Haul. Hell, it did the job for me. The HD lineup from GM and DCX looks pretty robust.

08/22, 11:53 AM

posted by:

1c3d0g

Excellent. Ford always made the best pick-ups on this planet, real work trucks for men who do serious jobs, and this new Diesel should be even better than before.

08/22, 12:54 PM

posted by:

RC Collins

^^ DO YOU HAVE A CLUE WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT?? What is good about ford trucks currently?? The 5.4 v8 is gutless, The v-10 is a pig, and the current 6 liter diesel is the most peoblematic engine ford has ever created. not to mention they ride like ****, and i’m not sure if you can even get a power reclining passenger seat yet.

08/22, 3:10 PM

posted by:

bigjob

have you ever taken the front fenders off of a Chevy truck RC Collins? There is no structure to the truck. Take the front fenders off of the Ford and see what you have… a real truck. GM’s are overbuilt cars, while the Ford products are overbuilt trucks….a big difference under the skin!!

08/22, 3:13 PM

posted by:

bigjob

If you want, post your address here, and I will send you a ‘Truth About Trucks’ DVD. You will never look at GM and import trucks in quite the same way again. You will start thinking what is underneath all of those pretty colored body panels.

08/22, 3:16 PM

posted by:

peter g

This is the new 1978 model?

08/22, 3:57 PM

posted by:

1c3d0g

RC Collins: they’re better than any other POS so-called “truck” out there.

08/22, 6:44 PM

posted by:

RC Collins

after working for the Largest Ford dealership in the NW for 3 years I am well aware of the ins and outs of the Ford product line from the super duty trucks down to the focus. I can tell you absolutely for certain that they are not better than everything out there. as a matter of fact, they are far from it.

08/22, 7:09 PM

posted by:

miles

bigjob let me be the first to say that you know nothing about trucks! yes i work at a autobody shop and i have takin bolth new ford and chevy front fenders off of there heavey and super duty trucks. and from my experiance chevy is more together there tighter trucks and to be honist the meatal is evan thicker…but when i takeoff the front fender to the trucks they look pretty much the same i mean the only diffrence is chevy is made in america and the ford fender in mexico!

08/22, 7:13 PM

posted by:

RC Collins

What about 2008 Excursion?

08/22, 9:38 PM

posted by:

BrokenCadillac...again.

Every person that I have ever known has had some sort of serious mechanical issue with Chevy and GMC trucks. I have yet to meet anyone with one that hasn’t been a dealer service visit away from lemonade. Engines are decent, but the rest of the things are total cheap, slapped together garbage.

08/23, 6:58 AM

posted by:

Carnut4ever

But the truth is that Ford pickups are still at the top sellling trucks out there and I think the market still says something that contradicts the Ford pickup detractors especially the die hard GM ones.

08/23, 9:17 AM

posted by:

1952 MG TD

Except combined sierra and silverado sales beat the ‘best selling’ f150 bu hundreds of thousands of sales…

not sure about HD sales though…

08/24, 2:45 PM

posted by:

bigjob

hey Miles, send me your address, and let me send you a DVD that may open up your eyes….and by the way, i was talking about the light duty line. bigjob92@hotmail.com

08/24, 2:47 PM

posted by:

bigjob

and Miles, I was not talking about the actual fenders, as I re-read your post LOL. I am assuming Chevy fenders have to be thicker, as that is the main sub structure in the front. Listen again…substucture, not fenders. You need this DVD….let me send it to you…..please….and you will see Chevy’s are overbuilt cars!!

08/24, 2:56 PM

posted by:

bigjob

Hey, do not worry about me sending it to you, here is a link to view it all;

http://www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/f150/truth/

as far as the front structure goes, Chevy is even behind Toyota and Nissan. Very laughable. This may be hard to watch for some of you non Ford owners :)

08/26, 3:21 PM

posted by:

WadeB

What is so exciting about this? Does it get better fuel economy? Is it B100 certified so it can run renewable fuels? I looks like the same truck as before… Where is the imagination and creativity at Ford? Where are the diesel options for the F150 and Ranger? How about a 6 and 4 cylinder turbo diesel option in the regular consumer trucks? How about a diesel Ranger that gets 50 mpg and with the towing ability of a large 6 or small 8? Why aren’t all diesels coming out of the factory today all B100 certified? We know that renewable biofuels are the direction that we are moving toward to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and subsidizing terrorists.

I own a Ford Expedition that I bought back when gas was $1.50 a gallon and now I am paying dearly for it. So it sits mostly in the driveway as I bought a nice little TDI VW for my day to day work driving and I get 50 mpg burning biodiesel. Ford has no excuses for not introducing a completely new powerplant lineup that can produce good fuel economy. No excuses for not having a diesel Ranger capable of 40-50 mpg, and an F150 that gets 30+ mpg. Come on Ford! You want to know why your in trouble????? Look around!

The current look of all the trucks on the road are boring and the new Ford is no exception. I would love to see a retro of the old F1 truck styling brought back in a new modern truck. My truck has been a good truck so I really don’t have any reason to complain about the quality or features of the truck, but when I go to replace the truck it is going to get great fuel economy, be flex fuel(preferably biodiesel), and possibly hybrid… Is anyone at Ford listening????

08/27, 7:35 AM

posted by:

TC

oh yes wadeB they are listening… to the sound of CHICHING!!!! I see nothing more than a minimally revamped and updated version of the last superduty except this probably has a higher profit margin… Gotta hand it to those crazy guys at ford who just havent heard that oil is getting more expensive. Is it any wonder that our once beloved american manufacturers are losing market share?

 
 
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