New Big Dog on the block
http://www.motortrend.com/news/2015-ford-f-450-super-duty-platinum-first-test/ article in Motor Trend this month. I might trade my old Dodge for this thing. wow, $75K tow 31,200 that sho...
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v10superduty wrote:
So Ford offers a 450/4500 (tagged) model with a factory installed conventional pickup box.
The only thing about the F450 pickup that isn't much more than marketing BS is the wide front end and 19.5" wheels and tires. The F350 is available in the same GVWR as the F450 pickup (14,000) The F450 cab and chassis specs are much heavier than those of the F450 pickup.
I like Ford as much as the next guy, but I see the F450 pickup as just a ploy to make the Ford pickup line look as though it has an extra class, when in reality it's in the same class as Ram and GM. They are banking on people being drawn by the meaningless F450 badge and not really looking at the specs.
The really ironic thing in all of this is that both the Ford and Ram commercial cab and chassis have less hp and torque for duty cycle purposes and therefore lower towing capacity than the pickups.
