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Steve Says The F-150 Has Handsome Styling, Confident Power And Features Galore (Video)

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So you really want a Raptor but you’re finding that to be a hard sell to the spouse. Well, the 2019 F-150 Limited offers Raptor-level power with the finesse of a luxury pickup.

Here are the facts: the average new-vehicle transaction price is up to nearly $37,000. But for full-size pickups that number is closer to $50,000!  And as you can see here, manufacturers’ believe there’s plenty of room to expand beyond that.  Ford says this Limited is the most powerful, luxurious and advanced F-150 ever.  If you’ve seen my Raptor reviews you know how highly I think of that truck.  But understandably, that’s more than most customers need.  So the Limited takes the Raptor’s high-output 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6, leaves its off-road shocks behind and takes the design in a more upscale direction to create a workhorse in a black tie.  You still get all 450 horses but its look is more buttoned up and its interior more boutique.

Twenty-two-inch wheels, power deployable running boards, a twin panel moonroof, unique Camelback leather interior, massaging seats…you get the picture. And with a 5 ½ bed, 1,200 lb. payload capacity and 8,000 pounds max towing, the Limited could easily be the ultimate family SUV.

These F-150 SuperCrew models offer tremendous rear seat room which contributes to the Limited’s dual-purpose role of work truck and family mover.

And that’s what this kind of rig is all about; a one vehicle solution that blends America’s best-selling truck with attributes of an executive sedan and the versatility of a sport ute. And most of it is done is very well; handsome styling, confident power and features galore.  But the F-150 is facing some very stiff not to mention much newer competition and in some ways that shows.

Yeah. This Limited’s cabin is pretty awesome but it can’t match the freshness and polish that Ram is offering these days. Still in all, with massaging seats, a plush ride and a quiet cabin I’d drive this truck anywhere. But its real killer-app is under the hood. This truck is a total sleeper that’ll blow the doors off of most everything it encounters.

 

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