Will the 2020 Superduty have factory airbags and/or remote control fish eye mirrors? These 2 additional creature comforts would be well received.

 

Nope, they won't.

 

Remote control exterior blind spot "fisheye" mirrors are in the new Ram.

One Ford order guide appeared to state that Ford was actually deleting side curtain air bags and pyrotechnic rear seat belt pretensioners for model year 2020. I'm still trying to sort that one out... so standby for more clarity to come on how Ford is meeting passenger safety standards while at the same time listing side curtain airbags as deleted for 2020, if that is in fact the case.

If by factory airbags you meant rear suspension load support supplement, again, that is a Ram feature, not found on Ford, and not even rumored for Ford in model year 2020.

 

I’ve got no experience in the vehicle business or any mechanical engineering subject matter. Nevertheless, I have no discomfort stating that Ford undoubtedly has a strategic plan for trucks with a time horizon well over 10 years out. They also must have a tactical plan looking out <5 years. For the 2020 upgrade there were discussions of exactly what features will and will not be included. 2021 too etc. Competitive factors may induce some juggling. How long ago was the cut-off for 2020 changes? I’ve no idea.

Talking about tactical plan and off topic: what in the world are tactical pants? Wouldn’t belt loops be tactical??

 

I thought it was the air bag built into the rear seat belt option that they were removing on the 2020.

True air suspension for the Super Duty is only offered thru aftermarket places like Kelderman, nothing OEM.

 

Morning Gents, apologies for not clarifying on the "Factory Airbags". I was asking about rear suspension "Factory AIrbags". Those would have been nice to haves for the 2020. None the less, my 2017 350 Dually Platinum still has no problems keeping a smile on my face. Thanks Again

 

Airbags have a service life as where steel (leafsprings) don’t. Surprised to see Ram offering them. Ford has always run the heaviest drive terrain of the 3 (equaling the roughest ride) over the last two decades, I’d think they’d be the last to switch, if ever

 

I will have to disagree about service life... I had to replace springs 3 different times on my last truck and when I sold it it needed leafs replace again. It was always in the main spring pack not the helpers.

 

Well makes sense, there will always be exceptions but the point was in general. Example - Sitting on a shelf leafsprings will never expire whereas airbags (rubber) will.