KING OF THE HIGHWAY

WE PUT A FORD F-150 ON THE FLEET TO SAMPLE LIFE WITH A FULL-SIZE AMERICAN PICKUP

MATT RAUDONIKIS

WITH the popularity of full-size American pickups continuing to grow in Australia, we wanted to take a closer look at what the attraction is, and what it would be like living with one in suburban Melbourne. With that in mind we picked up this Ford F-150 which we’ll be driving over the next three months. This example is the base-spec XLT and we chose the short wheelbase variant thinking it would be a bit easier to park around town. The F-150 XLT SWB starts at around $107,000 plus ORC. While the plan is to see what the Effie is like around town, we admit that these full-size trucks do their best work out on the open roads and highways, and that’s what we did first up, hitting the highway for…

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