We drive the 2016 Ford F-750 Tonka dump truck - Autoblog (blog)
The Ford F-750 dump truck stands nearly 10 feet tall and is painted bright yellow. It idles patiently yards away from Ford's test track in Dearborn, MI. "Tonka" is emblazoned on the sides. "We built this truck to get attention," he replies. Ford revealed the 2016 F-750 Tonka dump truck in March at an industry show, underscoring that the Blue Oval is back in the business of big trucks after years of teaming with Navistar in a joint venture. The trucks come in regular, super, and crew cabs and offer three states of tune for the 6. 7-liter Power Stroke V8 turbo diesel, plus a gasoline-fed 6. 8-liter V10. Naturally, the Tonka has most powerful diesel mill, with 330 horsepower and 725... The Tonka edition is a paint-and-sticker one-off that Ford is using as a promotional tool. Lowrey notes that it calls attention to work trucks in a positive way. Tonka trucks, on the other hand, conjure up happy childhood memories. "We're going to do something where someone's going to see this truck and smile," he says. The course is closed, so even though this track is better suited to calibrating Mustangs , F-150s , and well, almost anything but a dump truck, we're totally relaxed. Source: www.autoblog.com
