Ford’s 14th Harley-branded F-150 truck was just unveiled in Chicago. called by many the “Look At Me, I Am A Badass With Money” pickup truck, you can’t deny the success of these limited edition series. Since their introduction in 2000, 74000 customers (bikers or not) have opted for the Harley-badged trucks.
The Ford F-150 is an excellent truck (it also just beat all its competitors in safety during side impact crash tests) and the 2010 Harley edition is a striking appearance package to show others that the economic downturn didn’t affect you. It includes six-bar billet-style grille, 22-inch Harley-branded polished/painted wheels, oversized emblems, red sweep adorns on the rocker panels, . seating surfaces covered in the same type of leather used for official Harley biker jackets (the equivalent of 12 jackets just for 1 seat), giant badges on the seats and center console featuring a serialized plate, etc. The list is long. I told you, not for introverts.
At the price these are sold it should include a HD Bad Bones in the truck bed.
LOL- that’s opposed to what- a “Look at me, I’m a badass with money” $36K CVO? Or maybe I’m missing the butch factor of those little automatic lights in the Tour Pack…….. (!)
Sweet deal on the seats, tho- 12 jackets per seat, eh? What does a Harley leather jacket go for now- $400? So that’s almost 20 grand worth of seats alone- part that bad boy out on EBay and it becomes a pretty cheap truck!
It still amazes me that HD being so down and the truck/car industry being in the pooper as well, Marketing Dept at both companies still decided to release another $40,000+ truck on the market.
There always seems to be a market for the so called “limited editions”.
Wouldn’t sureprise me to see my lawyer driving one of these – Look At Me, I Am A Badass With Money.
how much ia this truck ????
A lot of fancy vehicles were built during the great depression. I’m sure someone will buy them and HD will get their commission. So it’s a good move by both companies. It’s not for me though. My trucks get used and the beds get all scratched up. I just want something I can load up with rocks, greasy bikes, or whatever else I’m hauling….
Price is unknown for now, but probably around 45 K. I guess.
The new Douche-Mobile.
Something to trailer your American Iron Horse behind.
Seesm to me that if selling these things keeps one more fellow American on the job, then what’s the issue? It confuses me how on the one hand people bitch because good manufacturing jobs are gone overseas and then complain about fancy Ford truck that is built right here by a fellow citizen.
If you got time to worry about what the other guy is spending his money on, then you need to get busy because right now, you got too much time on your hands and are a drag on the economy.
Harley Davidson is a top global brand and rightly so; people even import these trucks here to England – where petrol is $5.25 a gallon and ALL parking spaces are only saloon car sized – so i am sure they will sell them somewhere – and GOOD for them too.
Buy American. Please don’t knock it.
Stupid waste of money, buy a t-shirt instead
Lugnut,
Those trucks are made in the US. That’s not the issue. The question was why put another hard to sell vehicle on the market when a dealer can barely sell a $10,000 car right now.
I love the HD trucks… I had one of the first ones. I am simply wondering about the strategy behind the launch. HD would have been smart to release a Special Edition of a Flex, or a Fusion (still made in the US, don’t worry), retailing for $25,000-$35,000 that would appeal to more customers than a huge pick up, no matter how cool this thing looks.
Maybe for the same reason that in a bad economy the Chevy dealer often fares worse than a Caddy. Folks who lost a million or two in stocks overnight can often spend a “measly” $100k or so on toys. The folks living hand to mouth are putting new brakes & wipers on their ride and waiting another year. I say if their making a dime selling these trucks-good for them! Just cause I can’t afford one doesn’t mean others can’t either.
Either way,
– It’s an American Product… Good!
– If anyone buys it….. Better!
Onward and upward.
-nicker-
Damn it now, they are putting American’s to work and that is great. Although I will not buy a Ford product due having a lemon once before and poor customer service at a Tampa, FL dealer, I will tell you this, if it was a Dodge with a Cummings Turbo Diesel like I currently have that I would trade and buy another now since mine is a ’99.
Boss Hawg
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This truck was built for hauling ass!!!! The one you just paid $2000 for the night with on your corporate credit card !!!!!!
I happen to love the 2-tone 2003 Supercharged F-150s…..
I ride a Harley and tow it with a F150. I can’t make the stretch to pay an extra $8,000 for HD gingerbread that adds nothing from a performance standpoint. I guess if you define your life by the number of things that you own that carry the HD name, you ought to buy this one. Either way, ride safe.