New 2009 Ford F-150 Car Pictures
The New 2009 Ford F-150 Car is the number one selling automobile in the United States, so it should come as no surprise Ford continues to pour resources into improving the full-size pickup truck. For the 2009 model year, the automaker unveiled a redesign New 2009 Ford F-150 Car to reflect Ford’s new design language.
New 2009 Ford F-150 Car Pictures
For exactly 1 billion years, the New 2009 Ford F-150 Car has been the biggest-selling vehicle in these here United States. This remains the case despite improvements to the Ford’s most potent competitors from Dodge and GM, not to mention the concerted efforts of Nissan and Toyota.
If it’s any indication of how competitive the truck market has become, consider that it’s been only five years since the New 2009 Ford F-150 Car was last completely redesigned. It used to be that a pickup — the symbol of utilitarian consistency — could go a decade without a complete overhaul. Now the pickup product cycle is essentially identical to that of the midsize sedan.
For the New 2009 Ford F-150 Car, Ford has decided that pickups should be ever more brutish-looking. The result is a nearly flat monolithic face that towers above all who dare approach it. Specifically, Ford stole a page from its own design book for pickup trucks and plastered a version of the company’s cartoonishly humongous Super Duty grille across the New 2009 Ford F-150 Car. The grille is flanked by headlights that recall the Ford Edge. Consider the tall, nearly flat body sides, outside mirrors that are supposed to look like they’re mounted on two fat struts and a tall cargo-box side; no one is likely to call the new truck wimpy.
Tailgates are boring, Ford thinks. So it’s made the F-150 tailgate unique with a sort of spoiler lip hanging off the top edge and some horizontal ribbing across the expanse of the gate. It’s surely distinctive, but it might make a pretty poor canvas for airbrushed portraiture of deer heads or desert landscape murals as favored by a small segment of pickup owners.
And because a V6 just doesn’t sound nearly as burly as a V8, Ford will no longer offer the 202-horsepower 4.2-liter V6 that was the F-150′s base engine last year. For 2009, the F-150 will be an all-V8 proposition. Two versions of the 4.6-liter V8 — one with two valves per cylinder familiar from last year and one with three — will represent the bulk of sales. The upgrade engine will be the 5.4-liter V8 with three valves per cylinder, just as in years past.
Ford will not release horsepower figures for the 2009 engines. But it’s fair to assume that they’ll be similar in output to last year’s motors. This means the 5.4-liter will make at least 300 hp and 365 pound-feet of torque. The two-valve 4.6-liter will make about 250 hp and 300 lb-ft of torque, and the three-valve version of that motor should make around 275 hp. If these power figures are accurate, they’ll be on the low side for V8s in the class. Ford will allow that the new lineup will return a 1 mpg improvement in efficiency versus the outgoing engines. And Ford acknowledges that it will offer a diesel engine and a turbocharged direct-injected engine — likely a 3.5-liter V6 — in 2010.
The 5.4-liter and the 4.6-liter with the three-valve heads will come standard with a six-speed automatic transmission. The base V8 will come with a four-speed auto. Naturally, a range of axle ratios will be offered.
Ford says that with three cab styles, four cargo bed options and seven trim levels, the New 2009 Ford F-150 Car can be configured in 35 different model combinations. We don’t have the space to explore them all here (or anywhere, for that matter). Like competitors, the F-150 will come as a regular cab, a cab with a decent-size rear seat (Super Cab), or a Super Crew that features a wheelbase that’s 6 inches longer than that of the current model.
Bed lengths range from 5.5 feet to 8 feet. And wheel sizes range from 17-inchers to 20s. The other major mechanical systems are familiar: rear- or four-wheel drive, independent front and live axle rear suspension, and four-wheel disc brakes. Ford says it has further reinforced the fully boxed frame of the New 2009 Ford F-150 Car to boost the truck’s payload and towing capacities, but failed to mention by how much. The four-wheel drive is a conventional system with high and low ranges. No fancy all-wheel-drive system will be offered.
There are still five trim levels (XL, STX, XLT, FX4, Lariat) along with the King Ranch. New for ’09 is the New 2009 Ford F-150 Car Platinum, a luxury pickup for all those rich people who inexplicably wanted the recently discontinued Lincoln Mark LT but didn’t act quickly enough. It features a whole suite of luxury and convenience options including the Sync hands-free communication and entertainment system, voice-activated navigation system and a 700-watt audio system. Sirius Travel Link combines with navigation to provide traffic and weather conditions and fuel price information for more than 120,000 gas stations, which the truck will no doubt visit on a regular basis.
All F-150s will offer a heapin’ helpin’ of electronic safety systems, including ABS, traction control, stability control with roll mitigation and something called Trailer Sway Control (TSC). As its name indicates, TSC aims to control the, um, sway of your trailer by using the truck’s stability control system. Also available for tow hounds is an integrated trailer brake controller and rearview camera assist.
New 2009 Ford F-150 Car Pictures
Ford announced earlier this summer that it would delay the launch of its ultra-important F150 full-size truck by a few months to help dealers clear out left over 2008 inventory. For the record, the new truck’s launch was originally scheduled for October before being moved to December. Finally, Ford has split the difference and will begin marketing its F150 in November. Jim Farley, main marketer at the Blue Oval, cites two main reasons for the revised decision. One: its dealerships culled their old supply faster than anticipated, and two: Dodge just launched its new-for-’09 Ram. Ford obviously doesn’t want its cross-town rival to steal all its thunder.Expectations for the new F150 seem appropriately timid. Current market conditions, including the relatively high price of fuel and the difficulty in securing credit, mean the the days of Ford selling a million tucks a year are over.
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