2002 Ford F-250 Overview

Introduction

This is no truck for dilettantes or poseurs.If you like your Lincoln Town Car, but are considering a pickup for the added trunk space, look somewhere else.Ford's Super Duty pickups look like serious big rigs, and they are.They are heavy-hauling, heavy-towing machines.And they outsell their Dodge and Chevrolet analogs combined.Ford offers 28 different variations on the F-250 3/4-ton, and 44 more on the F-350 one-ton.Any one of them can pull everything from a horse trailer to an Airstream camper.They are all the truck most consumers will ever need.Ford also builds even bigger F-450, 550, 650, and 750 commercial-grade trucks.

F-250 and F-350 are available in regular-cab, extended-cab (SuperCab) and Crew Cab configurations.Crew Cab versions come with four full-sized doors, and are the most passenger-friendly models.Both two and four-wheel drive are offered, with three power choices: a 5.4-liter V8, 6.8-liter V10, and 7.3-liter turbodiesel V8.All models come with four-wheel-disc brakes and ABS, also standard.New for 2002 is a six-speed manual transmission, standard with the 5.4-liter and 6.8-liter engines.

Also new for 2002 is long list of interior upgrades, to make these trucks more comfortable and user-friendly than before.

These are specialized trucks as well, trucks with long lists of options to do special jobs.Read full review