Thankfully for most of us, it won't be sold here in Australia. F-650 From the article it sounds as though this is a modified example so the stock one shouldn't be as extreme. The F-150 & 250s sold here are large enough as they are.
actually... i think thats almost a stock F650...cept its raised and with bigger wheels... but the stock one is still huuuge
thats a tiny truck youve got there yoshii and Felixme Try this monster out for size............ From the land of the biggest and largest = best. Here is the new 2005 International CXT Pickup Truck . Truck maker will sell giant pickup Navistar starts marketing cement mixer-based truck that dwarfs the Hummer and the F-350. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - For the driver looking for more in a pickup -- one that dwarfs the Hummer and the Ford F-350 -- Navistar has just the ride for you. The CXT, the new monster pickup from heavy truck maker Navistar. The new CXT -- short for commercial extreme truck and built from the same platform as the heavy-truck maker's typical tow truck or cement mixer -- will be sold starting this week by Navistar's International Truck & Engine subsidiary. At 258 inches, or 21-1/2 feet long, the CXT is about 4-1/2 feet longer than the new Hummer H2 pickup, and about 2 inches longer than the F-350 Crew Cab. But the way it really towers over what's on the road now is in height. At 108 inches, or 9 feet, the CXT stands only a foot below a basketball rim and more than two feet above the Hummer or the F-350. "It's not going to fit into the standard garage," said Mark Oberle, a spokesman for Navistar, based in Warrenville, Ill., outside Chicago. "We can see it as a vehicle for business people who want to make a distinct impression. For personal use, it's for people who want to make a statement." One statements: The buyer has a great deal of money to spend. The price for the CXT ranges from about $93,000 to $115,000 fully loaded, with such creature comforts as a DVD player and leather upholstery. Buyers will also have to have a fair amount of money to fill it up -- it's projected to get between 6 and 10 miles per gallon of diesel fuel. The vehicle weighs about seven tons empty and can carry another six tons in its truck bed. What Navistar doesn't see is the vehicle being mass-produced. It expects to sell only about 50 this year, and it doesn't expect the CXT to challenge the market niche of the H2 sport/utility vehicle, which saw sales of 34,529 units last year. By comparison, the Ford F-series, which includes everything from the nation's best-selling vehicle, the F-150, up through the F-350, had sales of 845,586 vehicles last year. Navistar first showed the CXT in March at the Mid-America Trucking Show, the industry's premier event. It has sold a few already and starts marketing the vehicle to the general public this week. But Oberle said he doubts the marketing effort will include television ads or other mass-market efforts. The vehicle will be available through International Truck's 345 dealerships, which operate 850 locations nationwide. Oberle said he couldn't say how many dealers will be ordering the vehicles.
They are an awesome beast... When I was in the states this year, I saw quite a lot of them towing some big boats. Awesome truck, but would hate to fill her up :wacko:
I'm the supply analyst at Ford Motor Company... Currently Australia only sells the F250 and F350, any other F series you see on the road are what's classed as "special imports". Unless you personalize them, they're not something that will make you have a second look. The F250 and F350 are assembled in Brazil, that said the build quality leaves alot to be desired. If you happen to have one and need spare parts, expect to wait for about 2 weeks at the earliest to have anything shipped from Brazil. Drive quality is a bit like sitting in a horse drawn carriage and needless to say parking is a bitch too! But if you want to be king of the road then nothing even comes close...they're a bit like Big boys' Tonka toys...:thumbsup:
ive driven one when it came to my work a few months ago. it goes like sh*t and its very stiff. for $250,000 it rather buy an f250 and mod it out.
