I predict that the next F250 will be based on the 2004 F150 body / frame.

This is how they could introduce the 6.5' bed on the Supercrew.

The F250 is too much like the F350 to survive on it's own.

F250s were being bought by people that did not like the previous F150 design or wanted diesel.

I think payload rating and badging are the only differences with the current F250 / F350.

Not sure what I think will happen as far as diesel goes.

 

Umm, the F-250 and F-350 are different in the payload/towing/frame/some axle variations, but yes - you are correct that the interior/body are the same components.

Hence why they are both tagged the "SuperDuty".

I don't believe that Ford will ever make an F-250 body-style that is different from the F-350 body style, just as I doubt that Dodge would make the 2500 and 3500 look extremely different from each other, same with Chevy/GMC.

The F-250 and 350 are primarily bought by fleets, not just people who wanted diesel. Also they are bought by people who need the greater towing/payload capacity.

 

something like this..............Hope HLA makes it into production!

http://www.mytonka.net/

 

I like the Tonka concept too, but I think the problem afflicting that going into sales right now is the amount of features they have planned for it definitely plague the price.

 

Notice how the HD SD has the next gen SD grille which is very similar to the Tonka grille. The styling cues are already there.

 

I'm not so sure about most of this. If we recall, the F250 was actually offered in the F150 bodystyle in 1997 when the pn96 came out.

The current truck does have the specs to accomadate Supercrew/6.5ftbox. The already offered Supercab/8ftbox would still be longer (by 1foot) and heavier.

The body does not have enough space to encase the V10 that the F250 would need.

One thing is for sure, that the next gen Super-duty trucks will do the F-truck name proud.

 

Correct, back when there were "LD" and "SD" F-250's and F-350's, the light-duty versions of the F-250 and F-350 had the F-150's body-panelling (or at least a style sharing almost exactly the same lines). I still see some F-250's on the road with that body style (Fleet trucks @ USF); however, they aren't that popular. Not sure what was different between the old "LD" and "SD" versions of F-250/F-350 (maybe "LD" isn't what the light-duties were called, so correct me if I'm wrong there), but they did end up getting discontinued when the F-250/F-350 took on the SuperDuty "name" as if making those 2 trucks a seperate series from the F-150.

Those 1997's and such also had those funky-*** 7-lug wheels... Never did understand wtf Ford was thinking with that decision.

 

The "LD F250" was just the name ford gave to the 7700 payload package. Up until about '99 or 2000.