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I was talking more in terms of the outward appearance. The weight thing actually makes it even more confusing, TBQH...why do they feel the need to make such a huge, imposing beast of a truck when they seem to be admitting that the goal is a lighter, more streamlined truck?
Shit, maybe I'm just all kinds of wrong...I'm trying to find dimensions for the previous few gens, and they all seem to have pretty similar ranges...it just boggles the mind to think that this:
is technically no bigger than the 2015 pictured.
that 1997 design was done to try to appeal to car buyers. they thought if they made the outside look like a car, then car buyers (whom they had lost to toyota and honda) would come back, but buy an F150. and they weren't quite right. the car buyers actually wanted the inside of the truck to be more car-like, not the outside. which is why trucks are nicer than cars inside, nowadays.
the F150 starting in 2004 got that large space behind the seats on the regular cab.Ford F150, reg. cab, short box, 2wd dimensions over last three generations:
10th Gen ('95-'03)
Wheelbase--119.9"
Length--202.2"
Width--78.4"
11th Gen ('04-'08)
Wheelbase--126"
Length--211.8"
Width--78.9"
The F150 is the only American pickup that's had such bloat growth. RAM and GM's Siverado/Sierra twins have grown nowhere near as much as the F150.
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