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Report: Ford unveils gas-fueled F-650

Medium-duty truck buyers looking to purchase a Ford F-650 can currently expect to pay at least $57,000. A big reason for the high price of entry is the effective but expensive 6.7-liter Cummins turbodiesel engine. According to PickupTrucks.com, a new lower-cost solution is apparently on the way. The website reports that Ford plans to offer a 362-horsepower, 457 pound-feet of torque 6.8-liter V10. The engine, which used to be available in the Super Duty, will reportedly drop the base price by up to $8,000 while offering fuel economy within about 10 percent of the diesel. Ford is hoping to hit that lofty figure with the help of the 6R140 six-speed transmission that currently changes gears for the 6.7-liter diesel.

A cost savings of $8,000 is significant, but what good is a medium-duty truck if you can't tow? That won't be a problem for the gas-powered F-650, as Ford promises a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of 30,000 pounds and a Max Gross Combined Rating of 33,000 lbs. The 6.8-liter V10-packing F-650 will be available early in 2012.

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/08/r...-fueled-f-650/

ArmyofOne

Wow...kinda overkill except for fleet/towing applications. I never understood why anyone would need anything more than a 3/4 ton pickup truck, except for a few occasions/exceptions (towing 5th wheel campers, HUGE boats, horses, etc.)

UberNoob

well its definitely more for a commercial application
like towing a container of junk from demolition or remodeling sites
or those big garbage bins

lamar411

this is pretty nice for the people that tow those huge 5th wheels and stuff. wonder why they thought they would need the F-650. most normal truck buyers arent going to need something this strong.

J.P.

Most people buy these with reason; very few buy them just to have them.

The one boat we were looking at and would like to tow time to time for poker runs would be a struggle with an f-450 on a goose so as you said people often buy them to haul their toys and others for commercial use.

J.P.

There is a market for these trucks and I want to say GMC killed the oringal topkick which opened up some market share.

They also have to go up against Freightliner and International for that size truck.