Posted on 09/29/2017 12:13:40 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It is time. We knew the luxo-truck onslaught that’s been wreaking havoc across this great nation was going to bring us to this moment. But now, it’s finally here: Ford has thrown down the gauntlet with its new “Super Duty Limited” line, whose crown jewel is an F-450 that can cost over $100,000.
With the Texas State Fair coming up tomorrow, Ford’s new Super Duty Limited line offers Texans three new ways to waste spend their hard-earned cash on Super Duty trucks. They can buy an $80,835 F-250 Super Duty Limited, an $82,010 F-350 Super Duty Limited, or the crème de la crème model, the F-450 Super Duty Limited (all of which are 4x4s).
The big boy in the lineup starts at $87,100, but with all the boxes ticked, that price can reach $94,445. Throw on your state’s 6 or 7 percent sales tax, and you’re hovering right around 100 large.
In its press release, Ford says over half of its Super Duty sales are of Lariat, King Ranch or Platinum trims, so it only makes sense to keep cranking that luxo-truck dial, with Ford Truck Group marketing Manager Todd Eckert saying:
There are heavy-duty truck customers who need Super Duty-level capability and want true luxury...We created this new truck to answer the call for even more premium choices in the Super Duty range as we see more and more truck customers trending to more premium models.
Among the features these premium Limited models offer, are: two-tone heated and vented front leather seats, heated rear seats, premium leather-wrapped steering wheel, suede headliner, hand-finished ash wood trim, a unique grille and tailgate, a 360-degree camera, adaptive cruise control, adaptive steering, lane-keep alert, forward collision warning, LED headlamps, panoramic moonroof.
As we’ve learned from the Lariats, King Ranches, LTZs and Rubicon Recons of the world, people are totally willing to drop heavy coin on vehicles built on platforms that could have been built in the 1940s. That’s great news for truck companies (these body-on-frame rigs have to be cash cows), and if the buyers are happy, then it’s a win-win, right?
I know it’s tempting for us to laugh at a solid-axled, body-on-frame pickup that pushes six-figures, but there are rich folks out there who make a living by doing honest, hard work. And if they want to treat themselves with a bit of supple leather rubbing against their butt-cheeks, who are we to judge?
I guess you could call me a luxo-truck sympathizer.
Same here. I’ve given up and now drive a Lexus ES, but I do look enviously at a Mustang GT350 and BMW M240.
Detroit, MI - Ford Motor Company announced today the new Ford Exorbitant. The Ford Exorbitant seats 50 comfortably, and even comes with a spare Ford Explorer. The Exorbitant, built on a standard bus frame is the largest SUV ever manufactured. Aside from the spare Explorer, other standard features include a full kitchen, 3 bedrooms, and 1.5 bathrooms.
Nice lookin’ Chevy!
I’ve got a 1998 Ford Explorer 4x4 complete with a few dents and a little rust here and there.
Bought it used two years ago and it’s now 99.99% road worthy. Great for deer hunting and weekend home project hauling.
I’ve got about $3K in it after repairs.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
My days of getting in and out of sports cars gracefully are over sadly. You’d think with an aging population car companies would see the sense in designing something comfortable to get in and out of, but wasn’t frigging fugly, inside or out.
Smart Car and Prius drivers beware.
If you plan to buy a new Ford truck, you better have a top notch mechanic with the full factory computer setup already working on your equipment.
These things are a nightmare, and the dealerships do not have the expertise or the ability to keep one running when the trucks are used for business.
We run 2 of them as work trucks, and the only shop that can work on them is usually very backed up working on city and county owned trucks from as far away as 150 miles! Or you can just drop your truck at the dealer, leave it a week and pick it up with the same problem, sometimes more, when you get it back.
Don’t know about ugly, but there are lots of stock hot rod SUVs for exactly the reasons you describe. American brands are late to the hot rod SUV game though at least Jeep has made an effort.
Oh, boy. That’s what we’ve been hearing. Sigh.
Vehicles used to be fun, darn it. If I could own any car, or 2, it would be a Ford Model 48 and a Duesenberg, any Duesenberg. Good thing we don’t have a garage. :-)
As much as other luxury vehicles can cost it is high time they started to do this with pickup trucks.
My trucks are a Ford Excursion, a F-250 crew cab and a Ford Transit.
We have had the same experience: I won't bother with the details. Our '94 F-350 still works fine, though.
We are running a 350 and a 450. Powerful trucks, and real world performance far exceeds the official specs. But when something breaks, they are down a long time.
That’s an old photo.
Glad you like it.
I have the hood and fenders off, heavy GM cancer in places.
It runs ok. Cooling system and 4bbl replacements are next.
huh? just take $70,000 and flush in down the toilet and save yourself some time, because that’s what that POS is going to be worth in a few years!
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