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Ford F150

The Ford F Series has been the bestselling vehicle in America for more than three and a half decades and as the most popular option in the F Series lineup, the F150 is effectively the single most popular vehicle in America.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation focusing on the seat belts of the 2015-2018 Ford F-150 to see if they are prone to catch fire – with five real-world cases of the seat belts bursting into flames leading to the probe.
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The entire lineup of Ford trucks and vans had a great month in July, up 10.2% from the same month last year as the F-Series continues to grow and as the big vans saw their numbers double from one year ago.
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Apparently Ford is considering building a compact, small pickup truck, based on the Ford Courier that used to be built in Brazil. Seeing as the world seems to have gone truck crazy, Ford's timing could be great!
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Ford Motor Company announced this morning that the high output 3.5-liter EcoBoost from the Raptor will be available in the F-150 Limited for the 2019 model year – bringing class-leading power to the brand’s premium luxury truck.
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Ford is admitting that its second quarter profit fell by almost half, even though its popular F-150 is selling at a record pace. The automaker is planning to streamline operations worldwide and cut billions while also investing in self-driving vehicle development.
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Saleen Automotive has announced the newest addition to their custom high performance vehicle lineup in the form of another Ford F-150 – this time named the Saleen Sportruck XR.
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The sales numbers for the first half of 2018 are in the books and there is a chance that Ford might sell more than a million F-Series pickups this year – marking the first time that America’s most popular vehicle has surpassed the million-unit mark in a calendar year.
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Tesla may introduce a Ford F-150 pickup truck killer by 2020. The EV truck field is still open to the introductions of bold and courageous electric pickup trucks. But is Ford's F series hybrid the remedy or antidote to a revamped proposed Tesla EV Pickup truck?
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Ford is recalling some of its most popular 2018 vehicles for a potential fuel pump problem.
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The new Ford F-150 Raptor has proven to be incredibly popular with new-truck-shoppers, so it comes as little surprise that the Motor Company has once again increased the base pricing for the 450-horsepower off-road beast.
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Although fuel prices in the United States are right in the middle of their predictable summer climb, sales of Ford F-Series pickups have continued to improve each month on a year-over-year basis – supporting the Motor Company’s emphasis on trucks over sedans.
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Ford Motor Company has announced that when the 2019 F-150 Raptor arrives in dealerships later this year, it will have three important new features including new Fox dampers, new Recaro front seats and a new high tech trail driving assist system.
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After teasing us at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Ford has finally made it easy to use the Waze App, right on the screen in your vehicle. Up until now, iPhone users had to run the navigation app on their cell phones. Now Ford will let you hear the information through the vehicle speakers and see the maps on your screen.
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Ford Motor Company has confirmed that production of the popular F-150 pickup was restart on Friday, May 18th, just over a week after F-Series production was halted due to a lack of magnesium chassis components – with production of the Super Duty pickups beginning next week.
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Ford Motor Company is planning to resume production of the popular F-150 pickup as soon as Friday, with the supplier that caused the unscheduled downtime getting their own production back up and running after the May 2nd fire.
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Ford Motor Company has stopped F-150 and Super Duty production in Kansas City, Kentucky and Dearborn as the automaker suffers from a shortage of magnesium chassis components, after the plant that makes those chassis parts burned last week.
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Last week, I spent a day driving the 2018 Ford F-150 with the new 3.0-liter PowerStroke and I am here to tell you that this is the half-ton diesel that the truck community has been asking for over the course of the past few decades – combining functionality, performance and efficiency.
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When we talk about the new Ford F150 Raptor, we rarely discuss the Nurburgring or drift champ Vaughn Gittin Jr, but in a new video from Ford Performance, we get to watch the highest performance pickup in the world go for a slide on the toughest road course in the world – and the results are awesome.
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Since the new 3.0-liter diesel V6 coming to the Ford F-150 lineup was expected to be the most fuel-friendly in the segment and today it became official, with the half-ton PowerStroke pickup getting an official EPA rating of 30 miles per gallon on the highway – marking the first full-size truck to reach that plateau.
By Mary Conway on
Walking through the Denver Auto Show, I was struck by the appearance of the Rhino GX. It is a massive vehicle perched on 38" Toyo M/T tires.This is why USSV calls the Rhino GX "the ultimate luxury SUV".
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Ford is recalling nearly 350,000 of its top-selling vehicles, including the 2018 Ford Expedition, 2018 Ford F-150 and 2018 Lincoln Navigator because of a transmission problem that can allow them to roll away while the driver believes the vehicle is in park.
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Although the current Ford F-150 was introduced for 2015 while the current Super Duty lineup was all-new in 2017, the Motor Company is already hard at work on new versions of their entire F-Series lineup – and we will see all of these new trucks by 2020.
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The plow shown in this image has been plowing for two generations. What its owner credits with its long life.
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The same Ohio dealership that will build you a 700 horsepower 2018 Ford Mustang GT for $40,000 is now offering a 2018 Ford F-150 with either 640 or 725 horsepower for $37,995, but only one of them comes with a standard warranty.
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The people who insisted that the aluminum body introduced for the 2015 model year Ford F150 would cause a drop in sales were very wrong, as over the course of the past three years, sales numbers have skyrocketed as the aluminum trucks outsell the previous steel truck by a gigantic margin.
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A pair of Ford F-150 pickups has spent all of this week offering 18-person sleigh rides around Minneapolis for the festivities leading up to Sunday’s Super Bowl LII between the New England Patriots and the Philadelphia Eagles – and the free rides around the city continue through Saturday.
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This past weekend, the crew from Saleen Automotive introduced their new F150-based Sport Truck at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale event, packing 700 horsepower into a uniquely-designed Ford pickup – and it can be ordered with the regular cab configuration.
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The Ford F-150 Raptor is well-known for amazing abilities. However, it has one huge advantage in winter weather.
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The law firm that started the owner lawsuits against Volkswagen, over diesel engines that were rigged to pass government tests while spewing dangerous emissions, has turned its attention to Ford trucks. The lawsuit claims that 2011-2017 Ford 250 and 350 Super Duty vehicles are emitting dangerous pollution.
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Ford Motor Company has announced the specifications of the 2018 Ford F-150 with the new 3.0L Power Stroke diesel and as expected, it beats the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel in all of the key metrics – including horsepower, torque, fuel economy and towing capacity.