Ford F150 (Page 18)

Long McArthur Ford has done it again, this time for ranchers and farmers. The dealership's MPerformance Division has created a minimally nonminimalist Ford F-150 that meets the needs of ranchers and farmers for a reliable pickup with just a bit more.

Imagine a Truck of the Year competition that ended up in a flat-footed tie with no daylight between the competitors. Well that is what happened to the Ford F-150 and the Ram 1500. And, Torque News is asking our readers to decide.

We knew that the Ford F-150 is the top-selling nameplate in America. What we didn't realize was just how dominant it is. Until we saw this.

Like the new-pickup market, Ford F-150 trucks are the leaders in the used market. The information comes from an exhaustive study by iSeeCars which analyzed over 19 million new and used sales to come to its conclusion.

For 43 straight years, the Ford F-150 has been the best-selling pickup truck in America. And for 38 straight years, the F-150 has been the best-selling overall vehicle in America. Sales figures for Ford’s trucks including F-150 and Ranger increased by more than 8 percent as Ford sold almost one million pickup trucks.

Ford has just come out with the only "pursuit-ready" police pickup on the market. After testing at the Michigan State Police facility, the figures show that it has beaten all the competition put against it.

For years, it has been the Holy Grail of the Ford world to find an SVT Lightning with low miles and in great shape. Well, it looks as if this particular hunt is over as a Columbia, Missouri, classic car house is selling a 2000 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning with only 537 original miles on the clock. The price, well, let's let the story tell you.

Reminiscent of the SVT Ford Lightning, automotive dealers are finding creative ways to add power and performance to today's Ford F-150. Doing so can add a lot of expense to an already expensive truck. But that's not always the case as one performance-oriented dealer is offering a 2019 Ford F-150 for under $40,000 that will have 725 horses under the hood.

If you have been questioning what could be the high-pricing of some pickups, like high-end Ford F150s, think about this: there are dealerships out there adding huge amounts to the pricing of new Ford Mustang Shelby GT500s.

In what should come as a relief to Ford and General Motors, the public favors their products, according to a recent Autolist.com study. The study looked closely at Tesla and Rivian and found that while new truck buyers tended to favor them, current and previous truck owners liked Ford and GM products.

Ford invests in the future while trying to shift the consumer mindset and broaden the appeal as it relates to autonomous technology and electric vehicles. As a result, soon we may see electric Ford F-150, Bronco and a Ranger.

While the long-lasting rivalry between Ford and Chevrolet may generate funny memes and even family feuds, it has generated a lot of great cars and great trucks like the F-150 and Chevy Silverado through the years. This rivalry has shaped automotive history and continues to shape the landscape of today’s automotive industry.

As Ford moves to marketing F150, F250, F350 pickups, and Escape, Explorer SUVs, imported auto competitors are moving into the niches left by the automaker. GM's similar announcement has makers like Hyundai ecstatic as they pickup conquest sales.

As seen in Ford vs. Ferrari the Gulf Livery color scheme is synonymous with racing and Ford Performance and now is showcased as a special Ford Heritage F-150.

The 2020 Shelby Ford F-150 Super Snake will have 770-horsepower making it the country’s fastest street truck, says Shelby president Gary Patterson, with whom Torque News spoke yesterday.

Saleen Automotive has detailed its recently released Sportruck. It is a vehicle you come away from thinking, "could this be the new Ford F150 SVT Lightning?"

Throwback packages are popular for the Ford F-150 and dealerships prominently display old-school Ford F-150s.

Do you have a yen for a truck that screams military as it sits in your driveway? If so, you can head over to your Ford dealer and order a Tuscany-built Ford F150 Black Ops Edition. Be aware, it is a tad pricey.

When you come right down to it, there's very little that is appealing about the Tesla Cybertruck. The lines are not particularly pleasing; the angles are counter-intuitive, and you have to wonder if a committee of chipmunks designed it.

For all of the noise raised this week about the way the Tesla Cybertruck yanked a Ford F150 uphill quite easily with its wheels sort of spinning, the ending is a letdown. There also may have been more than a little underhandedness on Tesla's part.

There seems to be a lot of pushback developing over electric vehicles in Europe. Called ICEing, it relies on full-sized American pickups like the Ford F150 Raptor to park in charging lanes so that EV drivers can't "fill up." Berlin's police department is having none of it and is doing some pushback of its own.

In a rather unusual circumstance, the wage and benefit package now circulating among Ford hourly employees also contains interesting news of the Ford F150 EV/Hybrid.

Shelby American has come up with an F150 concept truck that may be a worthy successor to the famed Ford Lightning SVT F150, the Shelby Super Snake Sport F150. It is quite a pickup.

There's a lot to be said tor DRAGG's Desert Defender Ford f150, especially if it sets kids on a path toward the car industry as a future. That is the reason the Desert Defender exists. It shows what can be done. That it also is a cool truck, well, that's just gravy.

Racer Ken Block not only runs a Ford F150 Raptor, he also runs a Ford F150 Raptor-powered ski boat. The difference between the Raptor and the Supra ski boat is the craft uses a first-generation Raptor motor.

Ford trucks were involved in drag racing recently against a pair of pickups from Volkswagen, the Amarok, and Mercedes X-Class. The VW was the consistent winner with the Mercedes coming in second overall. The results for the Ford duo were surprising.

Ford has issued a smallish recall that covers about 30,000 F-Series Super Duty pickups. This is the second recall covering Ford's F-Series pickups since last month. Other Ford pickup recalls covered F-150s in the "Rust Belt."

It is funny but usually dealership don't do much with inventory from the factory. They may slap new Monroney stickers on the rear window and may also put special pricing, as well, but how many actually take the trouble to make special models like Long McArthur Ford does?

Although this video is brief, it shows you that in the world of all-wheel-drive vehicles things aren't always what they seem to be. For example, this 6X6 shown in the clip should have the small hill knocked, but, does it?

For the first time, Ford F150 and Ranger owners can purchase performance-enhancing parts directly from the factory.