The Terradyne Gurkha may be the safest Ford pickup you can buy - FOXSports.com
Pricey Ford pickups are all the rage these days. Average transaction prices for the F-Series have broken the $44,000 barrier recently, and the company just unveiled a new $60,000-plus F-150 Limited luxury model that’s set to hit the streets this fall. And it comes with one of the best bumper-to-bumper protection program in the business. The armored vehicle specialist has launched a civilian version of its Gurkha RPV, a bullet-proof pickup originally designed for use by security forces, and deployed in hotspots around the world. Based on a Ford F-550 chassis, the four-door crew cab is over 20 feet long, nearly nine feet tall, and makes a Hummer look cute. Four-wheel-drive and the F-550’s 6. 7-liter turbocharged Power Stroke diesel with its 660 lb-ft of torque are standard, but you can get the 19,500-pound pickup with Ford’s 6. 8-liter V10 gas engine, if you must. Unfortunately, the pickup bed won’t fit a 4x8-foot sheet of plywood, but a trip to Costco should be cake. The starting price is $300,000, and Terradyne president Durward Smith says they’ve already sold a few in North America since they went on sale earlier this year. Source: www.foxsports.com
