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Overview:

Ford Super Duty customers expect and demand capability from the best-selling heavy-duty truck in America. For most Super Duty owners, it's the core asset of their business. Day after day, year after year, it's expected to deliver results in the most demanding situations. No nonsense. And never any excuses. "Our Super Duty customers do some of America's toughest jobs," said Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas. "Every day they're out there working with little fanfare and all they ask is the right tool for the job. The new 2011 Ford Super Duty offers them a truck with best-in-class towing and payload, all-new powertrains and even more capability than ever to help them do their jobs." Ford's F-Series has been the best-selling line of trucks in the U.S. for 32 straight years. The new Super Duty further underscores Ford's Built Ford Tough legacy. "The 2011 Ford Super Duty offers the widest array of solutions for the widest array of heavy-duty work truck customers," said Chris Brewer, chief engineer. "The Super Duty lineup offers a variety of body styles and powertrains, from diesel and gasoline engines, each with a new six-speed transmission, to pickup trucks and chassis cabs, each with the towing and payload capabilities that define Super Duty." For 2011, Super Duty features both an all-new diesel and gasoline engine that are mated to a new transmission. The new diesel, the 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 turbocharged diesel engine, was designed, engineered and built by a Ford team dedicated solely to delivering this class-leading diesel engine to the next-generation Super Duty to enable continued best-in-class towing and payload. The all-new 6R140 heavy-duty TorqShift six-speed automatic transmission was designed to manage the high low-end torque produced by the new diesel engine. The same basic transmission also is mated to the new gasoline engine, giving customers of either engine the ability to efficiently get the increased torque and horsepower to the ground. Engineered for greater efficiency and fuel economy, improvements include refined architecture to provide relatively low clutch speeds, which result in lower drag losses, and optimized fluid levels and drainback to reduce churning of fluid while also providing superior lubrication. In addition to hardware-based improvements, the new transmission features enhanced Tow Haul with integrated engine exhaust braking and SelectShift Automatic capability, which includes Progressive Range Select and a manual mode, allowing customers to select the gear to suit their needs. The new TorqShift transmission also enables the first application of Live Drive PTO (Power Take Off) in a Super Duty-class vehicle. On 2011 Ford Super Duty diesels with the PTO prep option, the PTO output gear is linked through the torque converter to the engine crankshaft. This allows the transmission to power auxiliary equipment such as snowplows, aerial lifts, tow truck lifts, cement mixers or dump trucks. The power is available any time the engine is running. Pioneered on agricultural applications, the Live Drive feature is particularly useful when mobile PTO function is required during start-stop operations, such as salt spreading or snow plowing. "A fully functional Live Drive mobile PTO will allow Super Duty customers to take full advantage of the equipment on their trucks," said Al Bruck, 6R140 transmission engineering manager.

Performance/Specifications:

Engine

5.4L displacement single overhead cam (SOHC).
V8 cylinder configuration gas engine.
16 valves 260 hp @ 4500 rpm.
350 ft-lbs. @ 2500 rpm regular unleaded fuel.

DriveTrain

6-speed manual transmission rear wheel drive.
Front independent suspension front stabilizer bar.

Exterior Features

Alloy rims 16 x 7.0 in. rims.
LT265/75R16E tires all season tires.
Fullsize spare tire steel spare wheel.
Underbody mounted spare tire.
Intermittent wipers privacy glass.
Swing out opening rear quarter windows.
Side-impact door beam step running boards.
Chrome finish bumpers.

Safety Features

Ventilated front disc / solid rear disc brakes 4-wheel ABS.
Passenger airbag deactivation switch front seatbelt pretensioners.
Rear door child safety locks child seat anchors.
Front center lap belt rear center lap belt.
Anti-theft alarm system dusk sensing headlamps.
Front fog lights.
Front Seats.
6 person total seating capacity split-bench front seats.
Leather upholstery 6-way power driver seat.
Driver seat with adjustable lumbar support passenger seat with adjustable lumbar support.

Exterior