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Pickups

Next generation F-150 ‘most patented’ truck in Ford history

From its tailgate step to the LED spotlights found on the side mirrors, the next-generation 2015 Ford F-150’s new features and technologies make it the most patented truck in company history, according to Ford. (See the slideshow)

May 23, 2014

Pickups

How Ford snuck a 2015 F-150 into the Baja 1000

As Ford worked to develop its 2015 F-150, engineers were looking for ways to test some of their innovations in real world conditions.  Real world. You know, like the Baja 1000.  With an aluminum alloy bodied F-150 set for release later this year, and a 2.7 liter EcoBoost engine not far behind, Ford was in […]

April 14, 2014

Pickups

2015 F-150: From prototype to 10 million miles

When the 2015 Ford F-150 goes on sale later this year it will bring closure to a development process that has spanned nearly five years.  Since 2009, Raj Nair, Group Vice President, Global Product Development, says Ford has asked hundreds of engineers, drivers and technicians to work to “actually break the F-150.” In 2009, the U.S. […]

April 10, 2014

Pickups

New F-150 built, tested ‘Ford Tough’

If Super Bowl commercials and aggressive marketing have taught us anything, it’s that Ford trucks are “Built Ford Tough.”  But Ford, fresh off the launch of a revamped and re-engineered aluminum F-150, is out to prove the brand’s flagship vehicle is tested pretty tough, too. The all-new aluminum-construction 2015 Ford F-150 – scheduled to go […]

April 10, 2014

Construction Equipment

Ford reveals 10 torture tests for 2015 F-150 including shrapnel, acid bath, frame twisting (GIFs, VIDEO)

When the 2015 F-150 was announced in January a lot of people wondered just how durable a pickup with an aluminum body could be. Wonder no more. Today, Ford let us in on their torture-testing process for the 2015 F-150 with video of all 10 steps. Some of these steps are so grueling that just […]

April 9, 2014

Pickups

F-150 Seat Testers: A Butt-Breaking Job

And you thought your job was tough on jeans….

March 31, 2014

Construction Equipment

2015 Ford F-150’s LED headlamps are a first for pickups, last 5 times longer

Not only is the 2015 F-150 lighter, more powerful, equipped with better seats and rust-proof, Ford says it’s the first light duty pickup with LED headlamps. Designed by a team of lighting experts led by John Teodecki, the F-150’s LED headlamps use 63 percent less energy and they’re more durable, lasting five times longer than conventional […]

March 25, 2014

Construction Equipment

GM to release an aluminum pickup by 2018 to compete with F-150

Feeling the heat from arch-rival Ford, General Motors is in the process of developing a pickup truck with an aluminum body to release by 2018, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Confirming reports that Ford’s competitors were rushing to reach agreements with aluminum suppliers in the wake of the 2015 F-150 unveiling to […]

February 19, 2014

Pickups

GM Follows Ford Lead With Aluminum-Bodied Pickup Plans

GM ramps up plans to have aluminum-bodied pickups by 2018

February 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

To improve F-150’s seats, Ford hired several 265-pound men to sit down and get up 10,000 times

It might sound like an odd methodology, but at least Ford is paying attention to this kind of detail. While developing the 2015 F-150, Ford wanted to address concerns it was hearing from some customers over the leather seats inside the current F-150. Over time, the leather covering many of these seats was cracking with […]

February 19, 2014

Construction Equipment

Impress Ford with how you’d punish a 2015 F-150 and win a week-long test drive

What would you do if Ford handed you the keys to a brand new 2015 F-150 and said “Give us your worst”? Would you put it through the ringer on the jobsite? Would you take it off-road to your favorite mudding spot? Perhaps you’d hitch up a trailer full of cinder blocks and go about […]

February 7, 2014

Construction Equipment

Ford will shut down its truck plants for 13 weeks in order to retool for assembly of 2015 F-150

Ford announced that it plans to shutdown two of its plants for a combined 13 weeks in order to retool and prepare them for assembly of the aluminum bodied 2015 F-150 pickup. The automaker will halt production at its Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan for 11 weeks, and at its Kansas City, Missouri plant for […]

January 29, 2014