[Updated with live photos] Ford unveils Harley-Davidson F-450, Cabela’s FX4 Super Duty trucks
09/26/2008, 2:37 PM
By Drew Johnson
The State Fair of Texas’ auto show has become a favorite for automakers to unveil their latest and greatest truck models, and 2008 isn’t shaping up to be any different from years past. Ford’s Mark Fields, president of the Americas, took the stage during the show’s media day and unveiled two limited editions of its Super Duty pickup truck, the Harley-Davidson F-450 and the Cabela’s FX4.
Harley-Davison F-450
Ford and Harley-Davidson have been building special edition F-Series pickups for almost a decade. Since 1999 they’ve created eleven different models. This twelfth iteration is the biggest and baddest one yet: a dual-rear-wheel, one-and-one-half-ton hauler with a curb weight of 8,700-lbs and the capability to tow 24,500-lbs, or about 24 Harley Heritage Softail motorcycles.
A well-equipped F-450 costs about $55,000 and we’re expecting the Harley-Davidson Edition F-450 will easily break the $60K barrier. For that kind of money you’ll get blue tribal flames etched in the paint, a chromed grille and side vents, Harley-Davidson’s name embossed in the cargo box sides, a Harley badge on the tailgate, unique wheels with Harley-Davidson shields in the center caps and a fancy black leather interior with (you guessed it) even more Harley badging.
No changes are expected to the F-450’s 6.4-liter Power Stroke diesel V8 engine.
Cabela’s FX4
The Cabela’s FX4 edition Super Duty was designed with the outdoors enthusiast in mind. After all, 76 percent of F-Series buyers hunt and fish — according to Ford’s research — and Cabela’s represents all that it outdoors, creating a match seemingly made in heaven.
To set the Cabela’s FX4 apart from lesser Super Duty trucks, the limited edition truck will be available in five two-tone paint schemes, with customers able to choose from Ebony, Oxford White, Forrest Green Metallic, Royal Red Metallic, Silver Metallic and Sterling Grey Metallic.
The truck’s interior will continue the Cabela’s theme, with available cloth or leather seating. And even if you don’t own a gun, let alone enough to necessitate an entire rack, the Cabela’s FX4 has you covered with a lockable storage space beneath the rear seats.
No word on official pricing or availability for either model, but we expect to see both Super Duty models in dealer showrooms before the end of the year.
09/25, 12:50 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Ford expects to sell 1 of each model for 2009. Look for a Harley Edition 4-banger Ranger in 2010.
09/25, 1:11 PM
posted by:
A4
these trucks are badass if i had the cash these would be high on my list
09/25, 1:42 PM
posted by:
zeeck
These trucks are retarded, no one who buys one would use it properly, so instead you have to try and not hit it when you are parking because for some reason they think they can take up more than their spot. And it’s even better when they decide to parallel park, taking up a third of the street. Take it offroad and use it!
09/25, 2:32 PM
posted by:
leozug
don’t people in trucks know that most of the people on the street make fun of them? i guess when you suck that bad you aren’t able to tell that you suck. like retarded people that don’t know they’re retarded.
09/25, 2:37 PM
posted by:
swamp donkey
A complete waste of money.
09/25, 2:41 PM
posted by:
tzu13
No matter how much gas costs, or how ****ty the economy is, there are always going to be guys overcompensating for something.
09/25, 3:01 PM
posted by:
megeebee
How small does a guys’ d*** have to be to want something like this?
09/25, 3:14 PM
posted by:
1c3d0g
I absolutely LOVE the kick-ass picture with the shotgun under the seat.
09/25, 3:33 PM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
There are a hell of lot more guys with tiny d*cks pretending they know to drive some overpriced Italian sports car than candidates for this rig.
09/25, 3:49 PM
posted by:
mulletmaster
Damn those flames suck, who the hell would pay extra for that trash?
09/25, 3:59 PM
posted by:
11secDailyDiesel
The new 450 harleys look wicked! i’m glad they shot down the copper interior treatments… that was tacky. this truck looks all boss and ready to go! I think I need a new tow pig!!
09/25, 4:03 PM
posted by:
11secDailyDiesel
i 2nd the flame delete mod too… save money and put it towards some 24.5″ alcoa’s
09/25, 4:08 PM
posted by:
SJMURRAY
Why is it that when someone can afford something nice, those that cannot always claim they must be compensating for something? Or in this case, retarded. I do not own a Ford SuperDuty, but I my opinions is that they are a very nice and very capable truck. If someone wants a SuperDuty with flames and leather seats, good for them. I mean honestly, why would I care? There are many people out there who are not affected by the price of fuel and can easily drop down $60k for a new truck. If this is what they like, and they can afford it, good for them. I don’t automatically assume they are retarded or lacking reproduction skills. However, you can almost always tell those that are lacking – they are the first to say someone else must be.
If your thing in a Audi A3, good for you. If it is a Chrysler minivan, enjoy it. If it s a 1 ton pickup, I guess I’ll see you at Home Depot. Just because many people are miserable and hurting in the current economy does not mean that everyone is. In fact, I would say the majority of people are just fine and whether fuel if $2.00 or $7.00 they will keep buying trucks like this. Good for them and good for Ford for still putting new products out there.
09/25, 4:11 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
The Cabela’s one is nice. I’d buy that truck if I needed one. I don’t, so I won’t. But it looks good.
The Harley one is just a bit too much unnecessary flair for me.
09/25, 4:47 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Why you hate… there are people that need a truck for work, I have a customer that transports motorcycles, not so much Harley-Davidson’s I thank… but just like him I have other customers that do have a need of a Ford F-450 and bigger, so if you can, why don’t you get a truck (or car) with theme you may like??? I’m just saying…
09/25, 5:18 PM
posted by:
GAVMEMBER
SJMURRAY: There needs to be more people not only in America but around the world with that same kind of mentality. I couldn’t have said it better myself!
09/25, 5:25 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
SJMURRAY –> Please… come down to Charlotte. One station out of 10 actually has fuel right now… people are waiting over an hour to get it. It’s no longer a matter of how much you can afford to pay for the gas… it’s if you can find any at all. All the rich salesmen at my work with their brand new Escalades and Silverados are envying little ol’ me with my 4-banger Cobalt right now… I only have to worry about finding gas once every two weeks… not every 3-4 days like those suckers.
09/25, 5:38 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Can some one tell me what’s up over out east with the gas, in my part of L.A. it’s $3.55 a gallon of reg. at Arco=BP same thing, and there’s no word of a shortage…
09/25, 5:44 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
and I say my part of L.A., out in Santa Monica it’s $3.85, f-that, I just wait untill I get home, your only doing 40mph on the freeway during rush hour anyways….
09/25, 6:01 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
Yard dog, it’s because of the hurricane that hit the Southeast. So many gas stations and things were destroyed, and so many people were displaced, that there is a gas shortage in that area.
09/26, 12:03 AM
posted by:
tyler_is_aero_tt
Nice truck, but really, really bad timing.
09/26, 1:12 AM
posted by:
maxcar
the harley is a little over the top. the flames look a little cheap. like they bought a $20 kit for a pt cruiser and decided, what the heck. the cabela has a little more class.
i’d say if you really would use the truck for what it was built for, go ahead. otherwise, what a waste of perfectly good engineering to pick up the kids and groceries. and stay the frack out of parking lots with it. go to a truck stop.
09/26, 12:35 PM
posted by:
yarddog82abn
Dam I had no idea it was that bad, the news on it all out here was so limited, hope the best for everyone…
09/26, 1:02 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Yeah… it’s pretty crazy… but there really is no excuse. We squashed Osama and the Taliban, liberated Iraq from Saddam, give billions in aid to the starving people of Africa, and yet can’t seem to get one oil pipeline from Texas to NC working. Doesn’t that seem a bit odd?
09/26, 1:09 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Oh… and a gallon of regular was going for $4.19 this morning at the two stations that had it… cops were directing traffic… had the highway backed up for miles and miles… I couldn’t even get to Wal-mart last night to buy groceries b/c of the number of people waiting for gas. People are abandoning their cars in parking lots near gas stations and taking the bus or a cab home… maybe we’ll have some fuel by monday.
09/26, 2:51 PM
posted by:
Nesodian
I’ve always thought that Ford’s where for hicks. You really see a lot some of these types of trucks in the country than in populated cities.
09/26, 3:05 PM
posted by:
RaineMan
Unfortunately I see plenty of F-250s and up in this hick town…
09/26, 4:54 PM
posted by:
shaver
SJMURRAY: I agree w/point of let people be people. But I still dont like posers or people who are grasping for an image that they dont belong to. Grandmas w/tats, bankers w/Harleys, white kids dressed like rappers, hair dressers w/Ferraris, etc. If you need a big rig all the more power to you but if you ar ebuying this to haul a Harley or a bag of feed, your a dumbass.
09/26, 6:37 PM
posted by:
beatusmongous
Or your kids to the little league game…
09/27, 2:36 PM
posted by:
Get Real
IF I had to buy a truck to do work, I would skip these toy trucks and go buy a commercial truck.
An over-glorified Fru-Fru pickup is still just a pickup, not a commercial heavy duty purpose built truck.