30 — Friday, April 4, 1997 —

FULL-SIZE pickup
trucks outsell jus: about
every other vehicle in
Canada, and have done
so for many years.

In 1996, Ford Motor
Company of Canada sold
66,774 full-size F-Series pick-
ups, General Moiors sold
69,967 Chevrolet/GMC C/K
pickup trucks.

Compare that to Canada’s
best-selling car, the Chevrolet
Cavalier, which had total sales

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THE new F-250 pickup uses the same body style as the redesigned F-150, but has a bigger standard engine (4.6-
titre V8) and is better suited to heavy-duty commercial use. Test drive the new F-250 pickug at Dave Buck Ford,

879 Marine Dr., North Vancouver (980-2411).

of just 43,715. Only the popu-
lar Dodge and Plymouth mini-
vans outsold Ford and

Chevrolet’s full-size pickup
trucks, with combined sales of
87,068.

However, in terms of indi-
vidual model! names, the F-
Series pickup has been the
best-selling vehicle in Canada
for the better part of a decade.
The introduction of the
redesigned F-150 in January
of 1996 helped spur sales even
more — F-Series sales were up
23% in 1996.

The heavy-duty F-250
pickup was added to the F-

Series line last Fall. The main
differences between the F-250
and the F-150 are the F-250’s
higher towing and payload
capacity, a bigger standard
engine, seven-bolt wheels
instead of five-bolt, and a
beefier suspension.

In addition, the F-250
comes with some options that
are not available on the F-150,
including four wheel disc
brakes with ABS, an air-assist-
ed load-leveling rear suspen-
sion, heavy duty 130 amp

alternator, 78 amp battery

improved engine cooiing sys-
tem, and an auxiliary transmis-
sion oil cooler.

Another important differ-
ence benween the F-150 and
the F-250 is that the latter is
available with only one wheel-
base (138.5 in.) whereas the
F-150 is offered with three
wheelbases.

It should be noted that F-
series pickups over 8500 Ibs
GVWR stil use the old F-
series body style. This includes

the F-250 HD, F-350, and F-
Super Duty pickups.

Like the F- 150, the F-250
is available with a regular (two
or three passenger) cab or
extended (five or six passen-
ger) cab which Ford calls a
‘Supercab’.

The Supercab has a stan-
dard right-side rear door, a 21
inch-wide (53 cm) panel
which hinges from the rear,
For safety, it can only be

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