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Ford’s venerable F-150 pickup is under attack. Taking fresh hits from the Ram 1500 and its swank interior and new powertrains — including a diesel engine — the F-150 is about to feel another round of shelling from the all-new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra, both of which debut this summer.
Throw in some sniping from the heavily revised 2014 Toyota Tundra that will arrive this fall, not to mention a new Nissan Titan on the horizon, and the 2013 F-150 might seem ready for a visit to the infirmary.
Problem is, the F-150 and its team of engineers are a stubborn lot, steadfastly refusing to cede the title of Canada’s best-selling pickup, a crown they have owned for the past 47 years. And before an all-new F-150 arrives next year as a 2015 model based off the much-lauded Atlas Concept revealed at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, Ford wants Canada to know their 2013 truck is just as able to compete — trump, even — the current competition on several key fronts.
So we have gathered here in Alberta, the heart of Canada’s truck belt and home to more dinosaurs, living and dead, than Jurassic Park, to drive the 2013 F-150 across the dusty, arid plains, which unfold in their spring splendor for as far as the eye can see. Immediately apparent is how solid, quiet and refined the F-150 is. Whenever I drive an F-150, it feels instantly familiar, like meeting up with an old friend.
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