After having some major disappointments with buying brand-new trucks, I think I might almost be a little excited about the new Ford F-100. Cheap materials with killer gas-mileage describes my '05 GMC Sierra best. I wonder how good the new Ford will be?
All of us Ford “freaks’ have heard the recent reports that Ford may revive the F-100 name on a new mid-size truck built on a modified version of the 2009 F-150's platform. The new “Effie” rumored to be a little less than 9/10th the size of the ’09 F-150, the F-100 would also feature extensive use of aluminum to save weight. Unlike the current Ranger, which shares no interchangeable parts with the F-150, the proposed F-100 would share many of the same parts, and be built on the same assembly line as the F-150. The new F-100 would offer Ford a good solution for the upcoming change in CAFE standards that will require a fleet average of 28.6 mpg for light duty trucks by 2015. <span style=""> </span>Of course one of the things we are all wondering is what will be under the hood. Again this is rumors, but the F-100 offering might be a twin-turbo V6, a fuel-injected V6 and V8, and possibly even a diesel.
As for what will happen to the Ranger, who cares it was a disgrace to its namesake found on earlier F-100s as a high-level trim package.
Just to throw my two-cents in, I would like to see Raven Black, and Torch Red revived on the color chart and maybe some kind of special Custom Cab Big-Window option… what do you guys think?