Ford Super Duty

Westport Innovations, a self-described global leader leader in alternative fuel, low-emissions transportation technologies, announced last Wednesday that it will transform select Ford F-Series Super Duty trucks into bi-fuel versions of their former selves in 2012. Westport Innovation signed an ...

Competition is a good thing and you'd be hard pressed to find a more competitive segment in the car industry than full-size trucks. Ford, General Motors and, to a lesser extent, Chrysler are continuously trying to outdo each ...

Ford has added two more platforms to its lineup of commercial vehicles available with a factory-installed preparation kit for either compressed natural gas (CNG) or liquefied petroleum gas systems (LPG). The F-450 and F-550 chassis cabs can now be ordered by fleet customers with all the fittings ...

The new 6.7-liter diesel V8 that is debuting in the 2011 Ford Super-Duty pickup trucks is the first such engine ever developed and built in house by that automaker. According to Ford, the new engine, which was code named ...

Especially in today's environmentally conscious society, no automaker wants to bear the burden of offering the least fuel efficient vehicle in the United States. And, at least according to Consumer Reports, that unwanted honor ...

The real-world results are in, and Ford has earned itself a dubious honor: offering the 2010 model year light-duty vehicle with the worst fuel economy in the U.S. Consumer Reports tested all of the 2010 vehicles and discovered ...

Ford's ongoing issues with its long-time heavy duty diesel engine supplier, Navistar, will soon be coming to an end. The 2011 edition of the Ford Super Duty pickups will get an all-new, in-house ...

To go along with the news that Ford would be delaying, if not completely canceling, its new Boss V8 engine is a startling fact about its Power Stroke diesel sales. According to PickupTrucks.com, Ford's diesel F-Series truck sales are down fifteen percent, from a whopping seventy-five percent of ...

In the auto industry, the carmakers themselves are just the tip of the pyramid when it comes to jobs. Far more people are employed by all the companies that provide components and services to the likes of Ford, GM, and Chrysler. When the big auto companies are in trouble, far more than their own ...

Hot on the heels of good news for Ford, that of the Super Duty's sales successes, is bad news: Navistar sues Ford again for breach of contract. According to the lawsuit, Ford is planning to introduce a new 4.4 liter diesel engine for their popular F-150 truck - which is a big deal in and of itself ...