Ford making moves on several fronts - Fleet Owner (blog)
Let’s start with the F-150’s “bigger brothers,” Ford’s F-Series Super Duty. As it stands right now, the OEM expects to build its five millionth Super Duty unit – a line encompassing the F-250 up thru the F-550 – after 15 years of production at its Kentucky Truck Plant next month. It’s also interesting to note the beefier capability of those Super Duty trucks since their introduction in 1999. Back then, for example, Ford said the largest gasoline engine in the original Super Duty – the Triton 6. 8-liter V10 – produced 275... Today, by contrast, the Super Duty 6. 2-liter gasoline-fired V8 option delivers 385 hp and 405 lbs. Back in 1999, for example, F-350 Super Duty pickup featured a maximum tow capacity rating of 14,600 lbs. But today, the 2015 model F-450 Super Duty pickup leads the way with a standard tow rating of 31,200 lbs. Take, for instance, the OEM’s 2015 Ford Transit Prisoner Transport Vehicle concept, or Transit PTV, which features what’s known as a “prisoner conveyance. Source: fleetowner.com
