Definitely an XL: no electrochromic mirror, very basic cloth seats, minimalistic entertainment screen, manual t-case. Looking great so far though!

 

No way is that an XL interior. Looks to me to be more of an XLT. Especially with all the steering wheel mounted buttons. But I must say I love the fact that it retains the manual t-case. Big plus in my book. I wonder if the A-pillar gauges will be in a production truck. Doubt it though. But one can dream. Right?

 

It even has the rear seat coat hooks, less airbags on this trim level.

 

I was checking the order guide for the 2015 F150 and there are multiple versions of each of the trim levels. Something like an XL mid, XLT fleet, XLT mid, XLT luxury. I think it could be either a high-end XL or low-end XLT. I suspect the XLT luxury will be more like Ram's Big Horn package.

F150 order guide:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...der-guide.html

 

The a-pillar gauges I doubt are factory. The 4x4 shifter I'm surprised to see, as I don't think you can order it without ESOF currently.

 

The rear cab looks nearly as big as an F-150, lots of space.

 

Ugh.. I knew they would uglyfy the new SD.. Looks like the new f150 which looks like a Toyota.. I guess my next truck will be a Ram....until ford gets their
heads out of their a.... And designs a GOOD looking truck..and not a tundra/Tacoma knockoff..
And why does it look like there used to be a "bow tie" on the steering wheel horn pad??

 

I'm not quite sure how to feel about this. I love superdutys as much as the next guy on here but I just don't know. I'll wait till its been produced and ready to be sold at the dealership I work at. At least I can fiddle around with it then.

 

I think they put tape over the ford label

 

Those gauges should be an option..if they need to ensure its operating correctly, so do we.

 

[QUOTE=mebe2k;14571367]Ugh.. I knew they would uglyfy the new SD.. Looks like the new f150 which looks like a Toyota.. I guess my next truck will be a Ram....until ford gets their
heads out of their a.... And designs a GOOD looking truck..and not a tundra/Tacoma knockoff..
And why does it look like there used to be a "bow tie" on the steering wheel horn pad??[/QUOTE]

I was thinking the same thing, it looks a lot like the wheels on some of the GM's I seen.

 

Its the same wheel that's in the new f150

 

I hate my phone.. Just noticed that it pasted an address into my last post.......moderator - can you remove that address please??

I wish ford didn't use the upswept Toyota style rear door windows..I don't know why but I just hate that look...

 

I'm happy to see that Ford is finally retiring those goofy looking bright chrome circled HVAC vents in the dash. Those circles never did look like they belonged in a truck, and then Ford made the circles worse by putting mirror bright trim around them... so the glint of the sun reflects in the driver's eyes. It surprised me how those silly chrome circles persisted for years. I always thought I'd remove and paint them a flat color if I ever bought a new SD, so I'm glad to see them finally gone.

Even at the cost of Ford now overplaying and over populating the +/- 45 degree "angle matching" look of the dropped down front window (to see the outside rear view mirrors) inspired by the heavy truck Louisville line that Ford sold to Sterling almost twenty years ago. The angle is great on the window... a wonderful innovation to enable the outside mirrors to be positioned lower, so as to see over them for cross traffic, especially pedestrians waiting at cross walks. But now the angle has metastasized everywhere throughout the design. From the dash vents to the IP cluster to the front grill to the head lights to the the tailgate stamping, to the taillights... the angle is everywhere.

Design cohesiveness and themes are nice, but not when they interfere with function or efficient use of limited space. Remember when the mantra on one Ford car platform was no straight lines... not a single straight line in the jelly bean Ford Taurus? Form should FOLLOW function. That's why those chrome dash vent bezels didn't work for me... I don't want glinty bright reflections on the dash.

However, to prove the hypocrisy of one consumer (me), I am sorry to see the big elevated and hooded screen that began in the 2013? Platinum and has carried over now into all of the KR/Lariats this year in the center dash is now gone. The screen being higher than the dash vents was a selling point for me on the current models, because one doesn't have to cast their eyes so far away from the windshield line of site to look at it. Car manufacturers who put their screens below the center dash vents don't seem to understand the limits of peripheral vision very well. I hope Ford brings the big screen back TOP dead center like the current high line models.