The radiator support in the new Ford F-150 is made out of a magnesium alloy.
The team also toured the Ford Rouge Factory, to see the final assembly process for the Ford F-150 truck.
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Behind banks of snow along East Tudor Road, Lisa Albecker recently ran her mud-spattered Ford F-150 pickup through an almost empty car wash.
The best-selling Ford F-150 pick-up, meanwhile, has boosted fuel economy by an impressive 20% with its turbocharged V-6 engine without sacrificing any of the truck's stump-pulling macho.
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It's putting its Toyota Tundra up against the Chevrolet Silverado, Ford F-150 and Dodge Ram in the 25-race series kicked off in February at Daytona International Speedway.
Three models rank highest in their respective segments in both the 2011 APEAL Study and the 2011 IQS: the Dodge Challenger, Ford F-150 LD and Honda Ridgeline.
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The 5.3L EcoTec3 two-wheel-drive mileage compares with 16 in the city and 22 on the highway for the Ford F-150 two-wheel-drive version equipped with an EcoBoost V-6 engine.
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Baumgartner -- who was driving a dark blue Ford F-150 with what was likely his mother's license plate -- will be brought back to Edmonton, the statement read.
In 2004, it was a finalist in both categories, with its slick XLR roadster and SRX suv-looking crossover, but the Toyota Prius and Ford F-150 were the winners.
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Ford is sponsoring this fall's commercial-free premiere of 24, a gripping terrorist drama on Fox, and getting long-form ads before or afterward and a role for the new Ford F-150.
For the Ford F-150, the most popular vehicle on American roads, they take out the inevitable V-8, and replace it with a four-cylinder engine, an average of 22-kilowatt-hour battery packs, and two 60-kilowatt electric motors.
The 1994 Honda Accord, 1995 Honda Civic, 1991 Toyota Camry, 1999 full-sized Chevrolet pickup and 1997 Ford F-150 pickup are the top five most stolen cars, the insurance crime bureau reported earlier this year.
Pickup will further enjoy a boost with redesigned versions of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra and a refreshed Toyota Tundra later this year, followed by a new version of the segment leading Ford F-150 sometime during 2014.
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Chevrolet plans to launch a new version of Silverado in the second quarter, and Ford is counting on the sales bump crated by its EcoBoost gasoline-powered option to keep momentum behind the segment-leading Ford F-150 for a while.
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Consumers have already responded to the Administration's fuel efficiency standards for Model Years 2011 through 2016, and it shows in the popularity of cars like GM's Chevy Cruze and trucks like the Ford F-150 equipped with an EcoBoost engine instead of the conventional V-8.
General Motors and Ford sponsored some of our events, but my tour of the Ford Rouge factory, where workers assembled the Ford F-150 pickup, was paid for out of my own pocket and it was well worth it for a car design lover and transportation geek like myself.
Ford is known for its F-150 pickup, which has been the best-selling vehicle in America for 29 years straight.
Ford also showcased its 2015 concept F-150 called the Atlas at the Detroit Auto Show.
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Ford and Honda capture two model-level awards each, with Ford receiving awards for the all-new Fiesta and F-150 LD and Honda receiving awards for the Ridgeline and redesigned Odyssey.
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Indeed, Ford announced in April it would close an efficient F-150 factory in Norfolk, Virginia in 2008.
Indeed, Ford announced in April it would close an efficient F-150 factory in Norfolk, Va. in 2008.
Chrysler hurried an overhauled version of its Ram truck into the market last year, and Ford plans a new version of the industry-bestselling F-150 next year.
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Ford also showed off a vision of how its popular F-150 might evolve, with the Atlas truck concept, featuring helpful technologies like a trailer backup assist.
Also, Ford has been advertising the popular EcoBoost option on its F-150 trucks, touting the fact that its best-selling vehicle provides not only segment-leading fuel economy but also towing and performance capabilities that pickup-truck owners demand.
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Ford sold 901, 000 of these workhorses, including the F-150 pickup and its cousins with larger payloads, the F-250 and F-350.
Joe Bakaj, an engineer at Ford, says that even American buyers of the company's F-150 pickups, who would normally scoff at anything with less than a V8 engine, are switching to a new V6 version that performs at least as well but drinks less fuel.
Ford took home the Truck Awards in 1996 and 1997, for the Expedition and F-150 respectively.
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"Ford is truly making the office mobile, " said Ford product development manager Bill Frykman while demonstrating the system Thursday to reporters in an F-150 parked in a large tent outside the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Meanwhile, Ford is rolling out a more fuel-efficient lineup of power trains for its 2011 F-150, including a 3.5-liter EcoBoost engine and a new six-speed transmission.
Ford, for instance, has tied its wagon for the last few years to boosting fuel economy across its spectrum of products, ranging from the new subcompact Ford Fiesta to a line of gas-sipping EcoBoost engines that has even buyers of F-150 pickup trucks grasping for big gains in fuel economy.
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