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The new 2009 Ford F-150 can be ordered in nearly 10 million combinations of trim series, colors, engines, body styles and options. That may sound like a lot but the 2008 F-150 could be ordered in...

Ford has announced that the redesigned 2009 F-150 pickup will have best-in-class towing capacity of 11,300 pounds, up 300 pounds from the 2008 model, according to PickupTrucks.com. The weight rating is 500 pounds greater than that found on its nearest competitor, the Toyota Tundra, and marks an important competitive edge in the rapidly shrinking half-ton pickup market.

Ford is out and about testing the 2009.5 Ford F-150 Diesel, this time with sheetmetal more suiting to the 2009 model year. As proof that this is the new diesel-powered F-150, the photographers from KGP managed to snap pictures of the "DIESEL FUEL ONLY" strip over the gauge cluster, the telltale slotted/sideways exhaust tips and, most importantly, the first shots of the tank access for the urea.

As Ford rethinks the future of its rear-wheel drive platforms due out in 2013, upcoming plans for its top-selling F-150 truck are emerging, with latest talksindicating that two EcoBoost engines — including a four-cylinder option — will find their way under the truck’s hood, according to a report by Pickuptrucks.com.

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Being we every know, Ford continues to be 1 of the better popular carmakers and leaders in the United States and is a contributor to manual components of our vehicles’ new innovations considering technology, environment, and mobility. Ford’s efforts have paid off and as a result, they have earned several accolades, for they do each year.

Pickup Trucks, Anyone? What if you built a new vehicle and nobody wanted it? All right, that is a bit of an exaggeration, but if you redesigned a popular fleet of pickup trucks and the market shifted before it came out, what would you do?

Ford's "Raptor", the road-ready yet also apparently ready-for-Baja racer version of the 2009 Ford F-150 has been spotted not utilizing its big ol' suspension and tires. Some are suggesting the truck's future may be in jeopardy, what with above-four-dollar gas and all.

There's nothing much that can be done, as these vehicles were designed and planned for when truck sales were booming. Now the truck market is tanking and both Ford and Dodge have all-new 1/2-ton models that are about debut in one of the toughest truck markets ever seen.

Ford Cuts Production, Sees No Near-Term Profits By Paul Eisenstein May 22nd, 2008 With fuel prices soaring, car sales plunging, and the weak economy holding out little promise of a turnaround, the situation is looking increasingly bleak for Ford Motor Co.