That gives Ford bragging rights to more torque than any of the competitors’ standard V-8–powered heavy-duty trucks. The SOHC 6.2-liter V-8, which features port fuel injection and the ability to run on E85, makes the same 385 horsepower at 5750 rpm as it did in 2016, but the torque rating is up 25 lb-ft to 430 at 3800 rpm thanks to a long-runner intake manifold and revised camshaft profiles. Our test truck had the gasoline engine rather than the headline-hogging Power Stroke turbo-diesel 6.7-liter V-8. There are two available powerplants for the F-250.
This truck also shouts in person, from its enormous curbside presence to the roar of its engine under load. As its yelling TV commercials have shown, Ford really loves talking about numbers and how they assert the brand’s dominance as the premier pickup option. This latest heavy-duty Ford test truck was an F-250 XL 4x4 with the 6.8-foot bed, SuperCab body, 148.0-inch wheelbase, and single rear wheels. Today, those lines aren’t so cut and dry the F-250’s livability has improved so greatly that people can and do use these trucks as personal vehicles, not just as workhorses.
When first introduced, the Super Duty name was an organizational move, just Ford’s way of saying the F-150 is for personal use and the F-250s and beyond are for more serious, work-dedicated activities. The original PalmPilot had just debuted a year earlier, LeBron James was still figuring out how to dunk at Riedinger Middle School, Titanic had become the first movie to gross $1 billion, a 23-year-old Bear Grylls became the youngest Brit to climb Mount Everest, and Google was finding its footing as a tech company. But the last time Ford launched a from-the-ground-up all-new Super Duty-not just new powertrains, an exterior refresh, or refinements-was in 1998 with the official debut of the entire brand and line. Technically, the 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty marks the start of a fourth generation of this heavy-duty truck.
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