Cross-marketing is the greatest thing ever if you have affinities for two particular brands and foam at the mouth at the thought of the both hooked up like drunken prom dates. If that’s not you bag, then perhaps you can at least find appeal in the unique kitting that such an amalgamation affords.
It seems as though trucks are the most frequent recipients of such cross breeding of brands, and some of those have become pretty famous in their own light. The question for today is which one do you think is the best or coolest cross-branded truck? What do you think is the best joint committee?
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Hooniverse Asks: What's the Greatest Pickup Truck Other-Brand Edition?
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Smoke ’em if ya got ’em
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This answer leaves me satisfied.
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As I drove through the rolling hills of pasture land in eastern Wyoming at 90mph (thanks 80mph interstate speed limits and zero state patrol presence!) on Sunday and Monday, I thought to myself “This is what I envision when I hear the phrase ‘Marlboro Country’.”
I expected to see a cowpoke on a horse lighting up any minute, but I left disappointed.-
A horse lighting up WOULD be worth seeing!
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Sorry about that, chief. I only worry about structure to that degree if it’s likely someone would be confused. It didn’t even occur to me to imagine the horse might light up, but perhaps that’s just a failure of imagination on my part.
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In Marlboro country I’m sure EVERYONE is required to light up, regardless of species!
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Judging by the people we encountered overnighting in Casper, it wasn’t tobacco they were smoking. Or good ol’ MJ.
I mean meth.
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This is possibly a more dangerous post than yesterday’s crapshoot (or at least the top image is). There is an overpriced Harley-Davidson edition F250 for sale locally that I really want. Why is it a bad idea? Well, for one, the aforementioned overpricing. It was about at book retail, but inexplicably, a couple of days ago, the asking price jumped by a grand. The second reason that it’s a bad idea? Powerstroke 6.0. Just Google “powerstroke 6.0 issues” and you’ll understand.
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Yeah, if we’re talking HD-Fords, I’d rather go for the 10th gen Supercharged F150 crew cab HD, as it’s got most of a Lightning engine and can entertain 3 friends while at it.
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The supercharged 5.4 is tempting, but as much as I know I don’t need 4wd, I don’t think I could give that up when replacing my current truck, which has it.
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You could get them with the V10 as well. Not that it was a whole lot better…
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Stay away from the 6.0 and the 6.4.
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Oh, I’ve read through the lists of common problems time and again. Each time convincing myself that one more of the items isn’t that big of a deal.
Most of the issues are fixable and/or manageable. Swap to the old style EGR cooler, replace the head bolts, and clean the EGR every other oil change, and then it’s just a matter of when the injection controller decides to crap out, or when the hydraulic pump fails.
Maybe if I just carry a spare controller at all times…
Nope, still a bad idea.
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Run quickly in the other direction… Unless, they drop like $4500 off the price. If they do you can use it too make the powerstroke actually use able and reliable. I say 4500 but it may be cheaper in the states. I guy I know just had this work done to his 6 leaker and it ran him 3800 cdn buxx.
I’m going to throw in Eddie Bauer for Ford. It wasn’t anything for performance, but this was the start of the mainstreaming of trucks/SUVs and Eddie Bauer made very nice interiors for otherwise utilitarian trucks. From Aerostar to F-350, you got nicer captain seats (with tree embroidery) if you went for the Eddie Bauer instead of the XLT. Also, the color-over-beige combo was perfectly the era that made these vehicles.
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That’s what I get for being long-winded.
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Back in my dealer days, I came soooooooo close to personally pulling the trigger on a trade we took in. 1996 Eddie Bauer F-150. Regular cab, short box, 5 speed. Beautiful blue over tan – just like your pic. Only had 25k miles on it and looked brand new. If I remember correctly, it had crank windows. Mrs GTXcellent decided that was an unwise investment, and although she was right, I still really wanted that truck.
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For 7 years I passed a perfectly waxed (it had to have been done be every other week) 1995 F-150 EB in black with the Reg Cab on my way to church (9:00 AM service 30 minutes from where I was living at the time). It was perfect and based on where the guy lived and that a ratty Grand Marquis parked it in, it was his baby.
I promised myself that the day a For Sale sign hit that truck I would make an offer, regardless of what he was asking. I wanted that truck.
On my way to church one week he was out washing it. He was quite old and I stopped and called out to him, “I’ve always loved your truck, will you ever sell?”
“Already did, I put a sign on it yesterday afternoon and he’s coming now to get it.”
So apparently I wasn’t the only one with my eye on it.-
I just hope that truck’s fate was better than “my” truck’s. I think I shed a tear the day it was sold, knowing what was in store. The new owner was well known to us as his vehicles were in for service a LOT. His driving style was ‘hard’ to say the least. Floor the accelerator, then floor the brakes. He bought the truck for his kid who not only learned to drive from his dear old dad, but also had developed a raging alcohol problem as well. It wasn’t 6 weeks before that poor truck had been destroyed.
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I know where ever it went it no longer got as much love as it had for it’s first 10 years of life, but I can’t say that I saw it around town ever.
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I really wanted an Eddie Bauer when I bought my ’95 F-150, but other than paint and decals, and the fiberglass cab steps, there wasn’t a whole lot of difference over an XLT.
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The Official Dirt Rockets Jean-Claude Band Van™ is a well-used Eddie Bauer Aerostar.
Disney+Pixar+GMC+International=3.14159 bazillion dollars
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Actually not 3.14159 bazillion dollars anymore -that was the new price. It sold at Barrett Jackson for a mere $62,800
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Hard to say I’d want that era of Explorer with that paint, but I’ll take the YJ in JP livery.
Ford’s long-standing Eddie Bauer collaboration produced some comfortable trucks and SUVs, though the preppy outdoorsman image doesn’t really match with the current SUV lineup (save the Expedition).
And now, story time.
In 1996, my folks were looking to replace 2 vehicles with one. They wanted to replace the family hauler/road tripper 1990 Dodge Colt Vista AND the 1989 K-5 Blazer Silverado with one vehicle. Since the Blazer was only really needed to tow our 19′ Bayliner Capri I/O, and my folks were Ford people (at the time, now they just own Hondas), they were looking into new Explorers, as the tow capacity was generous enough for the boat, and the interior was larger than the Colt Vista, which was good because my brother and I weren’t getting any smaller.
I was 13 at the time, and my interest in cars was ramping up exponentially, so I had a strong opinion about what we should buy. We first test drove a barely-used (25k, IIRC) 1994 Eddie Bauer Explorer 4×4, just like this one:
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It had all the bells and whistles, and I liked the tough, slab-sided looks better (Jurassic Park!) than the newer bubbly Explorers, which looked soft. It was also about $5k cheaper than the new 1996 XLT 4.0L 2WD that my folks also drove. I pressed hard for my dad to drive the XLT 5.0L, reasoning (correctly) that it would tow the boat easier and the transmission was heavier-duty and would last longer. It was also a relatively-cheap upgrade and had almost no impact on mpg.
Long story less long, they bought the 1996 XLT 4.0L in 2WD, reasoning that the electronic 4WD in the 1994 EB was trouble prone (according to CR), and they didn’t really need 4WD. They had the Explorer until 2007, when they traded it in for peanuts with 145k on the ticker (current Ridgeline was its replacement).
I lost count of how many times my dad grunted “shoulda gotten the V8” while towing, as the Explorer always felt far more stressed than the 350/700R4 in the K5 Blazer (which oddly, didn’t get replaced and retained its local boat and later cargo trailer towing duties for many years to come, though it was not trusted for out-of-state hauls with the boat). The K5 was only sold when my dad had his eye on an Accord wagon, which he’d lusted after ever since riding in the 300k+ mile 1991 example that belonged to his band’s harp honker. By that time, it had all of 75k miles, and the 700R4 was leaking and shifting hard, but they still unloaded it for almost what they had paid for it 5 years before.
I’ve never understood cross-branding. I know Ford have made serious hay with overpriced Harley-Davidson trucks, but I think you risk the other brand damaging or watering down your own brand. If I’d been in the boardroom when the Harley thing was thought up, I’d have said. “No, don’t put their name on our truck to make rich guys want to buy it. Make our truck the absolute best so rich guys will buy it.” And I’ll ask this question, ‘Where’s the Ford-branded Harley?”
Another thing I know that is totally useless in the real world…
Ages ago when Ford was looking at an HD truck, they approached HD designers and engineers for input. The engineers wanted to put HD designed heads on the Mod engine (I think) which would give that thumping sound. But that never happened but would have been cool.
I always found it interesting when Dodge would have to pander to something beloved in their home market to try and move trucks.
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Yes, this was a real thing. It’s happened more than once. Luckily, even Dodge realized that the Lions wouldn’t help them sell a truck.
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Ford had a Volunteers themed F-150 in Tennessee around 9 years ago. White truck with that distinctive orange for the rockers. I saw more than one at more than one dealership, so it was a legit package.
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Speaking of, Nissan sponsors the CFL, and this was briefly a thing here. I think it was just a sticker package but I’ve seen a few from different dealers.
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The IH Scout II Midas (not Midas Muffler, Midas Van of Elkhart) was just completely over the top ’70s
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It totally went plaid way before Spaceballs did. The Bay City Rollers are actually hiding inside this one, can you see them? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/870106e768e75a84154050dc2f3d8b41104de812cbd8b65fc02bfd6b02953af7.jpg
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why haven’t we seen a resurgence of swivel seats? Loved them in the Hurst Olds Gutlas of days gone by…
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Never knew there was such a scout, how cool !
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I hear a Wal-Mart themed truck is also in works…
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