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Henry Ford built his first truck in 1917. Since then, Ford trucks have been avid competitors in the pickup truck market. From the small-sized Ranger pickup to the Commercial truck line, Ford has strived every year to keep their trucks front-runners in the industry.
The Ford F-Series has been their most popular line, with the Ford F-150 being the highest selling full-sized pickup in the United States for over twenty years. Ford started their F-Series in 1948, with the idea of introducing improvements such as a more streamlined outside design, and a one-piece windshield.
Innovation has been a major factor in keeping Ford trucks competitive, and Ford was one of the first companies to help move the pickup truck from just a work vehicle to a work and pleasure vehicle. Strength and workload capacity has still remained a key factor in Ford truck exterior and engine design, but comfort, safety, and decent road handling became and continue to be important considerations.
The small-sized Ford Ranger was introduced in 1983. It replaced the Ford Courier, which was the pickup Ford created to compete with the then new and increasingly popular small Japanese pickups. The Ranger was an immense improvement over the Courier, and became, and continues to be, a sporty but capable small-sized pickup. Though at first it was available only in two-wheel drive, it is now also available in four-wheel drive. With a sound system and sporty look geared more toward the younger crowd, the Ford Ranger still has impressive strength and work capabilities for its size.
The popular Ford E-Series continues to maintain a high rating in the pleasure and conversion van market, and the dynamic payload capabilities of the Ford Super Duty trucks are hard to beat.
The reputation of Ford trucks and pickups for strength, reliability, and handling has made their commercial fleet popular with many companies. Full-sized pickups along with Ford-made dump trucks and box trucks have become popular not only with American companies, but with companies throughout the world.
Ford puts a lot of attention into their trucks, and strives to take advantage of all that the latest technology has to offer. Though technology will always play a key role in the ever-improving design of their trucks and pickups, Ford makes it a point to remember the basic needs and wants of the truck buyer: strength, handling, reliability and the ability to always be tough enough to get the job done.
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