For awhile now we have been waiting to see someone come out with smaller trucks. With the gas prices on the rise it only makes sense that many of the automakers try to stay away from the things that will make it harder to sell. Ford is the first automaker to take this step.
Ford is thinking about bringing back the F-100 name to a new mid-size truck that will be built on a more modified version of the F-150 platform. It will be close to 9/10th the size of the regular F-150 and will be built using aluminum in order to shave off even more weight. The F-100 – which actually share many of the same parts as the F-150 and will even be built on the same assembly line.
It is obvious that Ford is using this as a way to change with the new CAFÉ standards that state that light duty trucks must have a fleet average of 28.6 mpg by the year 2015. The fact that the new F-100 could be powered with a naturally aspirated V6 and V8, an EcoBoost twin-turbo V6, or even a fiesel is something that could help.
Now the question Ford has to ask them is what they will do with the Ranger when they have released the F-100. That might depend on how well it is selling at the time.
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