Consider this: Ford F-Series pickups and F-Series-based SUVs generate more than 90 percent of Ford’s profits worldwide. Now consider this: Demand for full-size pickups is increasing at a rate three times the rest of the industry. Even with a redesign on the horizon, you’d think the current 12th-generation F-Series pickup was introduced yesterday. As a […] More »

Having an engine blow on you is bad news. But having two? Either you have the worst kind of luck or there’s something wrong with how your stuff is setup. In either case, forumer GhostintheMachine has been through it. His ecoboost F-150 has been through no fewer than three engines in the short while that […] More »

It happens to everyone. Maybe you though you really could make it that extra mile with your gas gauge on E. Maybe you thought the snow “didn’t look that bad” before heading out. Even if you already drive a truck, there’s a good chance you’ve gotten stuck in muck and needed a little help to get […] More »

Ford is developing a proprietary metal forming process that is revolutionizing the way it prototypes. Called Ford Freeform Fabrication Technology (F3T), it can reduce prototyping costs, and corporate accountants enjoy that. By foregoing the mold-building process in order to stamp a one-off piece of sheet steel, F3T simply takes a 2D sheet of metal and forms […] More »

The Ford F-Series pickup is embedded in Americana like amber waves of grain cultivated on Midwestern soil. It’s ridiculously popular. In it’s long reign as america’s most popular truck, the F-150 (and the entire F-series) has gone through a lot of changes. Here are some fact from the F-series past that you might not know. […] More »

The F-150 continues to be the best selling truck in America, with sales that 23.6% higher than this time last year and 22% higher year to date. Not bad for a truck that is about to get a major refresh. Vehicle sales as a whole are way way up this year. We may hit 16 […] More »

Out with the old, in with the new. The Tremor is a “street” truck, which something that hasn’t been available from Ford nearly a decade. It’s got that short bed and regular cab for a lighter overall curb weight of about 5,000 pounds. Instead of sporting a supercharged V8, however, it’s just got the normal Ecoboost […] More »