XLT adds: Chrome bumpers; bright grille; jewel-effect headlamps; air conditioning; power windows and door locks; cloth seats; speed control; tilt steering wheel and CD player.

Lariat adds: Cab steps; fog lamps; six-way power driver seat and power passenger seat (Crew Cab only) with leather seating surfaces; privacy glass; leather-wrapped steering wheel; rear sliding window and advanced security group.

Ford's F-Series can be customized in literally hundreds of thousands of distinct combinations. Selected options include King Ranch package; FX4 Off-Road package; TowCommand system; XL decor group; XLT Sport package; camper package; chrome package; keypad entry; high capacity trailer tow package; max front GAWR package with heavy-duty springs; snow plow package and trailer tow package.



Milestones

1900
Henry Ford builds his third vehicle: a truck
 
1917
Ford introduces the Model T One-Ton truck chassis, its first chassis specifically built for trucks
 
1948
F-Series is Ford Motor Company's first all-new post-war line of vehicles.
 
1953
F-250 pickup is introduced as F-Series; numerical designations are changed
 
1959
Ford introduces the first factory-built, F-250 four-wheel-drive models
 
1965
F-250 Crew Cab is introduced as Ford's first four-door pickup
 
1969
Kentucky Truck Plant opens
 
1974
Ford introduces the F-Series SuperCab for F-100 through F-350
 
1983
F-Series 6.9-liter V-8 diesel debuts
 
1995
F-Series surpasses the Volkswagen Beetle as the world's best-selling vehicle nameplate
 
2003
6.0-liter Power Stroke diesel joins the lineup
 
2005
F-Series is heavily upgraded with new powertrains, features and updated design

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