“MINE’S BIGGER” moves the metal in the heavy-duty pickup world, so every detail of the restyled and revamped 2008 Ford Super Duty trucks has been tailored to enhance the impression of size. The Super Chief concept vehicle that presaged it was inspired by and named after a locomotive, and the hardware backs the image. An all-new F-450 model—the industry’s first factory-available Class-4 pickup—boasts class-leading payload and towing capacities of three and 12 tons, respectively.
The F-450 rides atop a completely unique frame with special rear leaf springs and a wide-track, coil-sprung, leading-arm beam or live front axle that boasts the tightest turning radius in its class. The rest of the Super Duty lineup also gets major frame revisions like front rails that dip seven inches in front to meet the bumper…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2008