BY TONY QUIROGA, PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY

Despite its humongous size, it’s a pickup that’s easy to live with.

With the discontinuation of the Ford GT, we wondered, What’s the best vehicle in Ford’s lineup? After trying out the 2008 F-250 Super Duty, we’re thinking a case could be made for this pickup.

When put up against its classmates, the heavy-duty Dodge Ram and GM pickups, the redesigned 2008 Super Duty brings home an impressive report card. (more…)

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BY JARED GALL

As promised, Ford will deliver a full run of anniversary H-D trucks in 2008.

When we first drove the 2007 Ford Harley-Davidson F-150 Supercharged, we reported that the supercharged engine”originally planned for production in 2008”was a last-minute addition to the line for 2007 in response to consumer interest in the F-150 FX2 Extreme truck shown at the 2006 SEMA show. (more…)

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BY STEVE SILER


Striking a new balance between big and small.

For each of its three generations since 1987, Dodge’s Dakota has always been the plus-size model among compact and mid-size trucks. Never terribly nimble but certainly more drivable than the full-sizers of its time”not to mention equipped with the only available V-8 in either of the smaller classes”the Dakota represented a relatively appealing mix of near-big-truck towing and hauling capability and not-so-big-truck urban friendliness. Still, the Dakota was always positioned as a mid-size truck. (more…)

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Lightning only strikes twice.

It won’t be called the Lightning, but Ford’s sporty version of the F-150 pickup truck, dubbed the F-150 FX2 Sport, gets a supercharged V-8 just like the dearly departed Lightning. (more…)

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