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Phoebe Wall Howard Detroit Free Press Published 11:18 AM EST Jan 12, 2019 A Ford F-150 or Super Duty pickup was sold every 29.3 seconds on average, with nearly 1.1 million trucks purchased globally in 2018, Ford Motor Co. said Saturday. It crushed sales forecasts of what industry analysts have called an insatiable appetite. "In the time it takes you to walk into a Starbucks and order a coffee, we will have sold, like, 10 trucks," said Mike Levine, Ford North America product communications manager. "The F-Series is a juggernaut." Sales have been so incredible for the Dearborn-based carmaker that it now refers to the truck franchise as its own Fortune 500 company within the multi-billion dollar operation. "This is the third best year ever for F-Series in the U.S.," Levine said. "Customers have voted and given F-Series its biggest lead ever over the second place competitor in its 42 year reign as America's best-selling truck." Chevrolet Silverado is the … [Read more...] about Ford F-150, Super Duty truck sales crush 2018 forecasts

Phoebe Wall Howard Detroit Free Press Published 8:05 AM EST Jan 2, 2019 I loved owning a tiny little pickup truck. Mine was a Toyota. It didn’t have a fancy name. And when I drove the stick shift, I listened to the gritty sound of gears changing. The vehicle was well-worn. I bought it used and felt like it could take me anywhere forever. I drove down dusty farm roads through the California heartland and I helped friends haul stuff when they moved. That was decades ago. Now, many of my friends have a full-size pickup truck. Those in the city. Those in the country. Those in the suburbs. Executives. Construction workers. Doctors. Welders. Mommies running errands. But never have I seen a full-sized pickup move grown men to tears. Tears of envy.  This is what happens with a Ram 1500. Have a box of Kleenex handy. One of the most memorable moments for me during my week driving a new Ram: When a building contractor slid into the passenger side and … [Read more...] about 2019 Ram 1500 design even wows a Ford F-150 owner and hunter

Phoebe Wall Howard Detroit Free Press Published 7:30 AM EST Jan 2, 2019 I loved owning a tiny little pickup truck. Mine was a Toyota. It didn’t have a fancy name. And when I drove the stick shift, I listened to the gritty sound of gears changing. The vehicle was well-worn. I bought it used and felt like it could take me anywhere forever. I drove down dusty farm roads through the California heartland and I helped friends haul stuff when they moved. That was decades ago. Now, many of my friends have a full-size pickup truck. Those in the city. Those in the country. Those in the suburbs. Executives. Construction workers. Doctors. Welders. Mommies running errands. But never have I seen a full-sized pickup move grown men to tears. Tears of envy.  This is what happens with a Ram 1500. Have a box of Kleenex handy. One of the most memorable moments for me during my week driving a new Ram: When a building contractor slid into the passenger side and … [Read more...] about 2019 Ram 1500 design wows even Ford F-150 owner, hunter

Phoebe Wall Howard Detroit Free Press Published 7:45 AM EST Dec 1, 2018 Hugh Merritt didn’t know what to do to help his wife, Emily, during this sad time. “Emily is heartbroken about her pappy,” Merritt told the Free Press. Emily made headlines when she was born during a snowstorm in January 1982 on the side of Interstate 70 in a red 1979 Ford F-150 pickup. Her parents, Leonard and Marilyn Orr, were racing to the Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. For years afterward, that pickup was part of every family outing. The truck represents a joyful time now lost.  No one expected Leonard Orr to die at age 60. Celebrating the remission of pancreatic cancer in March 2018, Orr, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, succumbed to kidney cancer on Sept. 18. It stunned the family. And now Merritt, 43, of Moravian Falls, North Carolina, is on a quest to track down the old pickup in hopes of soothing his wife.  He has … [Read more...] about Man launches unlikely search for 1979 Ford F-150