New Tow Truck?

[reelapeelin]

If yer thinkin' about a new tow-motor, ya might wanna hold off til this baby hits the showroom floors...


http://media.ford.com/newsroom/relea...?release=22295

[msbhammer]

FORD MAN all the way !!! ;D

[lumberslinger178]

futureristic ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[76GMC1500]

Something about hydrogen doesn't seem very economical. Maybe the fact that it is cracked from propane whose price is at an all time high right now?

[Kajun]

schweet!...Built Ford Tough!

[macojoe]

I won't be waiting in line thats for sure!

1. Its fug ugly!~!

2. That thing is going to be nothing but problems for the first few years, till they figure it out for the real world!

3. Did I say it is ugly yet??

4. and most of all, its a FORD

[frayed_knot]

Don't worry, the production model will look nothing like that. Take the new Mustang for instance. I loved the concept version, and although the new model is very nice, it is "ho-hum" compared to the concept. I think the styling on this truck is over the top, too bold, and I doubt you will see it like that off the end of the line. Never ever buy a vehicle with a new engine concept for the first few years. Give them time to figure this bad boy out. The thing I thought was funny was that the direct displacement supercharger only kicks in when burning Hydrogen. WTH!!! I thought that if the blower were to quit turning, the engine would't run, it blocks the air path to the engine. That always cracked me up about the Mad Max movies, you know, where he presses a button and thet great big blower would engage, LOL. Never would work that way.

[76GMC1500]

The blower spins freely when disengaged. *It provides little restriction to the incoming air. There may also be a bypass valve which allows air to be drawn in from underneath the blower.

What ever happened to the days when people got fired for doing poor work. *Americans don't buy American anymore because the cars are so ugly.

GM had something good going in 2000 when they released the latest generation of their truck. *Then, they put the squinted headlights on it. *Now, they just made their trucks look ugly. *When will they learn?

[willy]

Ford and the rest of them better get off their arses, hydrogen is definetly going to be the fuel of the future but they have al had technology that would perform better than that with more power and being clean. But because of the goverment preventing importation using high tariffs and the oil companies 800 pound gorilla in the congress and white house we have not developed or imported them.
For an example, Mercedes has an over 300 horsepower motor in their 70.000 dollar car that also get over 50 MPG's and has been tested repeatedly to be the most durable if not the most durable engine ever made. It is a turbo diesel and you can go buy one now if you want to lay out the money.
Other manufactures such as ford dodge and gm have also had options over the years to produce turbo diesels, that were smaller, lighter and just as powereful as the big behemoths they put in the trucks today. Where the F@CK are they?
If you travel around the world for the past two decades you will see Toyota Nissan/Datsu Tohatsu Izuzu Ford YEA FORD cars and trucks that get 50 to 60 mpgs on diesel but they would not let them be imported here.
When I was in the Dominican Republic with my family we went on a ride into their high mountains there. We rode in a Toyota van that was four wheel drive, had great ground clearance and it was a turbo diesel, it towed a small trailer behind us loaded to over flowing with supplies for the horses we were going to, it had my family of six pus the driver and that thing went like a bat out of h@ll down the highway and towed/carried all of us like nothing. It also got near as I was able to convert over 40 mpg's while doing it.
I'd sell my truck, MJ's truck and all of your trucks to buy that van.
WHERE THE F@CK IS IT :(
Go down and buy it, can't. It along with all the other similar vehicles sold all over the world but here can't be bought here. Even those made by GM Ford etc. Thats right they make them too but don't import them.
This country would be more secure, there would be more money by a large margin in our pockets and you would still be able to do everything you wanted travel wise, towing wise if the big Unions, the big Oil companies and the snakey c@nts in the congress and white house would do the right thing. You won't see it though from Dems or Repubs period.
What a shame.

[Airslot]

Willy, take a deep breath man. Maybe sip a liltte of that Pussers rum. ;D By the way, I agree with every word. ;D

Airslot