Ford Super Chief
Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Here in the United States, pick-ups are what Ford does best - and in the land where bigger is better, the blue oval has come up with the incredible Super Chief. The aluminium and grey-finished giant is more than 6.7 meters long and 2.3 metres wide, making this one huge truck.
Weighing in at a hefty 4,808kg, the truck is nearly as heavy as a loco, but it is no gas-guzzling monster. At the flick of a switch, its 310bhp 6.8-litre V10 engine can run on one of three fuels; petrol, bio-ethanol mix or hydrogen.
In the latter mode, a huge supercharger forces the low-density gas into the combustion chambers, and power output drops to a much more civilised 280bhp. However, in this case, the big Ford produces nearly 90 per cent less carbon dioxide than when using petrol – and this is no show car stunt. Bosses at the company are preparing to sign off the clever engine for use in a fleet of ultra-low-emissions minibuses set to operate at Florida airports.
On the surface, the Ford Superchief concept vehicle is a big truck that looks like it was chipped out of rock, with a fancy hydro-ethanol-gas powertrain and a futuristic interior. Underneath the surface, however, it is no less than the direction Ford will take with its next batch of heavy-duty trucks.
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