“We are just as passionate about the success of our customers’ businesses as they are,” Mark Buzzell, Ford director of fleet, lease, and remarketing operations, says. “So, we have devoted decades to developing deep insights into their wants and needs. This focus has led us to create a winning portfolio of commercial vehicles that our customers love and rely on every day.”
One of Ford’s latest innovations, the all-new F-600 Super Duty chassis cab is now available to order. Ford F-600 delivers the capability of a Class 6 truck in a familiar Class 5 package. This gives more choice to customers needing additional payload or wanting to mount heavier upfits. It will be available for delivery Summer 2020.
Ford will offer a gaseous fuel prep package for its new 7.3-L V8 gasoline engine in current model year trucks. This includes Super Duty F-450, F-550, and F-600 chassis cab, Medium Duty, E-Series, F-53, and F-59 stripped chassis vehicles. The package includes upgraded valvetrain components to withstand higher operating temperatures and lower lubricity of gaseous fuels. The package allows the vehicle to be converted by a Ford Qualified Vehicle Modifier to run on CNG or propane.
AIR POWER FOR MEDIUM DUTY
Ford sold more of its biggest work trucks last year than it has since 1997. Sales of F-650 and F-750 are up 37% year-over-year with total volume of 16,510 trucks for 2019. Ford further enhances its 2022 Medium Duty trucks with a new option for the available 7.3-L gas engine.
For the first time, an integrated air compressor will be available for the 7.3-L engine. The compressor can be used to power air brakes, air suspension, and other accessories. Currently, air brakes are only available on diesel-powered trucks.
Furthermore, Ford offers a choice of gasoline or diesel engine for Class 6-7 conventional cab trucks. This includes its 7.3-L gas V8 or updated 6.7-L Power Stroke diesel V8.
Ford Medium Duty trucks with the 7.3-L gas engine trucks are recommended for applications with lighter duty cycles, annual mileage, and torque requirements. Adding the air compressor to the 7.3-L engine lets customers combine the cost savings of a gasoline powertrain with the stopping power of air brakes.
“We expect this new offering to be popular in several vocational segments including propane delivery, municipalities, utilities, and tree service,” Nathan Oscarson, Ford commercial truck brand manager, says. “Many customers have told us they’d like to take advantage of the cost savings provided by a gas truck, but they also want the peace of mind provided by air brakes.”
MORE FLEXIBLE E-SERIES
Additionally, Ford adds available flex fuel capability for the 7.3-L V8 gasoline engine in both premium and economy calibrations of the 2022 E-Series cutaways and stripped chassis. E-Series with flex fuel capability can run on gasoline or blends of up to 85% ethanol, or E85.
Production of 2022 Ford F-650, F-750 and E-Series begins in January at Ohio Assembly Plant.
Find out more, visit www.ford.com.
