2008 Super Duty Begins Production at Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant

• Production begins for 2008 Ford Super Duty pickup, which goes on sale in early 2007
• New Super Duty is Ford's most capable and most refined pickup ever – and represents 40 percent of the company's annual F-Series volume
• New F-450 model is added to the lineup, offering industry-leading towing capacity in excess of 24,000 pounds and maximum payload of more than 6,000 pounds
• Kentucky Truck Plant received a $65 million investment for a new flexible trim line
• Super Duty already named "Truck of Texas" by Texas Automotive Writers Association

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 18, 2006 – Ford Motor Company today begins production of a new F-Series Super Duty that will be the company's most capable and refined pickup ever when it goes on sale early in the new year.

The new Super Duty – which represents 40 percent of Ford's annual F-Series volume – features the cleanest and quietest Power Stroke® Diesel engine ever, a new exterior and interior design, as well as such innovations as an industry-first TailGate Step™ that allows easy access to the pickup bed.

Kentucky Truck Plant received a $65 million investment for a new trim line to assemble the 2008 Super Duty truck's new "tough luxury" interior. The trim line includes a doors-off process, in which the doors are removed from the body after being painted. This makes it easier to install seats and instrument panels.

"The new Super Duty doesn't just raise the bar for heavy duty pickups, it changes the game," said Mark Fields, Ford's President of the Americas, who joined Kentucky Truck employees as production began.

"Every aspect of the new line of Super Duty trucks – including capability, design and feature innovations – is the result of spending a great deal of time listening to our customers. There's no other family of trucks like this," Fields said.

Offered in three cab styles – Regular Cab, SuperCab and Crew Cab – and with two bed lengths, the new Super Duty features a bold look inside and out, as well as a new, more powerful Power Stroke ® Diesel engine. The 6.4-liter diesel delivers 350 horsepower at 3,000 rpm and 650 lb.-ft. of torque, starting at 2,000 rpm. ....

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