Ford Faqs

The Ford F-150 is the most important and most profitable vehicle that Ford makes. With nearly 900,000 annual sales, the F-150 has been the best-selling vehicle in America for 21 consecutive years. They have decided to throw away the old formula and create a brand new F-150 from the ground up.

Ford admits the new F-150 is bigger, heavier, and more expensive to build than the wildly successful previous version. It is also the best-handling, quietest, most car-like full-size pickup truck in the history of the world. All of the new F-150 models feature all-new interiors that show attention to detail. The seats vary, but all are comfortable and supportive. Ford says the F-150 will be sold at competitive prices, model for model, against the traditional American as well as the new Japanese competition.

To better meet the needs of different types of buyers, Ford created five distinct iterations of the F-150: XL, STX, XLT, FX4, and Lariat. Each boasts its own interior style and features engines, suspensions and cab configurations designed to meet specific needs. A myriad of configurations and options within these five model lines ensure buyers can select the right pickup for them.

XLT is Ford’s volume model and comes with its own egg crate grille style. XLT comes in regular cab, SuperCab and SuperCrew four-door variants, with a choice of 5.5-, 6.5- and 8-foot bed lengths, and Styleside and Flareside body styles. A premium cloth interior is standard on the bench seats or optional captain’s chairs.

The XLT instrument panel gets more flash than either the XL or STX dash. SuperCrew and SuperCab versions offer power rear windows. The XLT comes with the new overhead rail console system and fog lamps when ordered as a 4X4. XLT SuperCab 4×4 4.6-liter V8 automatic retails for $30,085 MSRP.

The new F-150 takes off from these five model lines into 26 variations by the time you count two- and four-wheel-drive, short bed, medium bed, and long bed, manual and automatic and the five trim levels. The nearest competitor has only 12 variations, a fact that Ford hopes will bring more people into its dealerships.

In addition to the 26 variants of the F-150 within the five model ranges, there are dozens of options, ranging from trailer-towing to interior upgrades to tire and wheel packages, sound systems, five different overhead consoles, and specialty mirrors.