2010 F-650/750

[7Mary3]

Well, is there going to be one or not? I am in the commercial truck fleet business, and all that I

have heard so far is that 'Blue Diamond' is coming to an end in Sept. '09. That was official,

straight from Navistar. If that is true, then Ford would need to either find another partner or

get to work on designing and manufacturing their own medium duty. I did hear rumors earlier

this year that a potential partner had been indentified, and work was to start on the prototypes and

pre-production versions of the new truck. A short time after that, I heard that the program was on

hold, and the prototypes had been cancelled. There were also rumors that Ford had entered into an agreement with Cummins to be the exclusive engine supplier for the new medium duty trucks. For

the last 5 months, nothing. Does anyone have any information on Ford's commercial truck plans?

Edited October 14, 2008 by 7Mary3

[Bob Rosadini]

Well, is there going to be one or not? I am in the commercial truck fleet business, and all that I

have heard so far is that 'Blue Diamond' is coming to an end in Sept. '09. That was official,

straight from Navistar. If that is true, then Ford would need to either find another partner or

get to work on designing and manufacturing their own medium duty. I did hear rumors earlier

this year that a potential partner had been indentified, and work was to start on the prototypes and

pre-production versions of the new truck. A short time after that, I heard that the program was on

hold, and the prototypes had been cancelled. There were also rumors that Ford had entered into an agreement with Cummins to be the exclusive engine supplier for the new medium duty trucks. For

the last 5 months, nothing. Does anyone have any information on Ford's commercial truck plans?

Supposedly the announcement was due last week. Nothing! the Sterling deal if nothing else should add fuel to the fire.

 

I talked to a salesman last week who had been to a sales pitch the day before and no mention.