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Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 4x4 2022 Review

When it comes to full-fat American pick-ups like the F-350 Super Duty Lariat, information technology seems that size does affair

Upgrades for 2020

The 2022 update for the Ford F-350 Super Duty isn't hugely significant but it does make the big ute a bit more user-friendly and gives it a bit more towing capability (not that it was lacking!).

The big news is a new 10-speed automated transmission that replaces the old six-speeder. Too, the six.7-litre V8 turbo-diesel gets a scrap more than oomph, boosting its outputs to 354kW of power and a smidge over 1400Nm of torque – that's 475hp and 1050lb-ft of torque in American-speak, and is enough to keep the F-350 alee of its rivals in this market.

Our test vehicle was in Lariat spec. It sits between the entry-level XL and XLT, and the range is topped by upper-spec King Ranch, Platinum and Limited variants.

But being mid-spec in F-350 language certainly doesn't hateful 'poverty pack', as the Lariat wants for little.

For instance, it gets 10-manner adjustable heated and cooled seats up front and even heating and cooling for the rear-seat passengers too.

There's an 8.0-inch touch on-screen with GPS, Apple tree CarPlay and Android Motorcar, plus a large double sunroof, auto lights and wipers, and a host of standard towing features like an electric brake controller, a photographic camera that points to your tow hitch, engine brake and even Backup Help, which will reverse park your selection-up/trailer combo for you at the twist of a knob.

And if information technology's safety you're subsequently, the F-350 has it in spades with adaptive cruise, pre-collision help including autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warning, cross-traffic warning, colina beginning assist and auto high beam, to name a few.

Although nosotros didn't go looking for them, we were told that to help keep everyone's devices charged in that location are upwards to nine available power points throughout the Super Duty's interior, including two new USB-C ports.

Interestingly, the body panels of the F-350 are made of aluminium, which not but saves weight and gives the F-truck more payload, but also helps minimise corrosion and makes the tailgate a niggling easier to close – although information technology does have a remote opener as standard on the key fob.

New transmission

Equally mentioned, the big-ticket item for the 2022 Ford F-350 is the new x-speed automatic, and it actually is a beauty.

Called the TorqShift 10R140, it has been specifically designed to replace the half-dozen-speed TorqShift (6R140) transmission institute previously in the Super Duty range. It's not the same 10-speed unit seen in the F-150 (10R80) and nor is it a development of that transmission.

The new auto offers a no-fuss, smooth and almost seamless transmission of power that gets the big fauna off the marking effortlessly, whether yous're towing or not.

It transfers the grunt of the V8 diesel remarkably well and offers upwards to six drive modes including tow way, normal (for full general highway driving), deep snow or sand, slippery (for ice, water, gravel and the like) and eco for when you lot're feeling frugal.

Some models also go an boosted rock-crawl manner for those wanting to tackle the Rubicon Trail. Modes are chosen via a button on the cease of the column-mounted gearshifter and are shown on the central screen.

The transmission has a great spread of gears with seventh being the closest to direct bulldoze and 8th, 9th and tenth beingness overdrives.

On the road

When we picked upwardly the 2022 Ford F-350 at Harrison F-Trucks in Melton, Victoria, information technology was hooked up with a very large caravan weighing in at around 3600kg and with a ball weight of over 400kg.

A big lump to be moved, for certain, simply we stuck the manual in Tow/Haul manner and hit the road.

With the van on the back, the F-350 didn't argue. With a slight growl from the V8 nosotros were off and keeping up with the traffic in all conditions. The transmission doesn't hunt for gears and is smooth and unfussed – as yous'd imagine with 1400Nm bachelor from nether the vast bonnet.

As the best-laid plans often end, the place nosotros'd called to do some photography was airtight. That suited me fine, considering it gave us more time to bask some scenic driving on some hilly, winding Victorian roads that were perfect for testing the towing ability of the big Henry.

On flat to undulating country, the F-350 returned a fuel consumption figure of 21.9L/100km and in the hilly sections information technology peaked at a thirsty 26L/100km.

The Tow/Haul mode tended to let the transmission hang on to lightly lower gears than it would in Normal fashion and hence I establish that I was often in eighth or ninth when cruising along rather than in acme gear, which would explain a chip of the high-ish economic system readings.

Taking off from the verge of the road with the F-350'south tyres in the dirt, I had to be a bit light on the accelerator to prevent the rear wheels slipping or producing axle-tramp, as foliage-sprung rear-ends frequently do.

And while manoeuvring for a spot of photography on grass, I had to flick the dial into 4H a couple of times to get our vii-odd tonne GCM moving without digging some big holes; I was thankful for having four-bike drive when it was needed and it pays exist a scrap gentle with the right foot on loose surfaces.

After a few hours of towing, we unhitched the van at the dealership and I headed off for a bit more than photography on the fashion back to my home on the other side of town, a trip of around 90km.

Subsequently a day of towing in different terrains over mainly secondary roads and and so a superhighway cruise home, the F-350 achieved boilerplate fuel consumption of xviii.5L/100km, which is pretty practiced for the size and weight of the combination we were hauling and the grunt and capacity of the engine.

Sitting at 100km/h on the highway, the 6.vii-litre diesel is ticking over at around 1400rpm in its long-legged (think 0.632:one) 10th gear, and getting remarkable fuel figures.

In fact, when I took the F-350 back to Melton on the motorway using adaptive cruise and sticking to the speed limits, it averaged but 9.3L/100km – slap-up for a half-dozen.vii-litre V8!

Comfy cruiser

Every bit a highway mile-chewer, the 2022 Ford F-350 is a beauty. It's quiet, comfortable and relaxing to drive, especially on a long haul with the Blindside & Olufsen audio system cranking.

Ride quality is very comfortable and the curl front, leaf rear suspension set-up soaks up bumps admirably, fifty-fifty on the 20-inch wheel/tyre combo. Just sitting in the middle of a four-metre-plus wheelbase (and this is the short-wheelbase version, folks!) can make you experience a bit disassociated from what the wheels and tyres are doing.

I didn't do any radical cornering so I tin't really attest to the on-border handling of the F-350, but that's non what this truck is all about.

It's about chewing upwardly miles with a big van, trailer, boat or float on the dorsum, crossing states and territories like Texas and Minnesota, or climbing mountains and fording wide rivers… Oops, I'm getting a bit caught upward in the moment here…

Only seriously, this isn't the right truck for urbanites. It's not for ducking downwardly to Woolies for a loaf of breadstuff or a pint of milk (I tried that and got a giggle from a guy in a Navara as I tried to fit into a parking bay).

Nope, this is the truck for the well-heeled Grey Nomad with the big van, or the fisho with the offshore trailer boat, or the tradie who has run the gamut of Ford Rangers and Toyota HiLuxes and wants or needs something bigger.

What can it tow?

Well, that'southward largely academic due to our laws governing the sort of brakes you lot need if you want to tow something over 4.5 tonnes, but in the U.s. the quoted maximum towing weights for the F-350 4x4 Crew Cab is 20,000 pounds or just over 9000kg, which is pretty impressive.

Harrison F-Trucks rates the F-350 at 4500kg for our market, which we're told is generally sufficient for customers here. However, they can be complied to tow more and even take air-brake systems fitted if customers want to tow heavier weights.

Of form, for an F-350 similar this one, you're going to need to get your lite-rigid truck licence or amend. If you desire the same feel without stepping up in licences, you'll have to become for the F-250. You can get the same engine/transmission combo in that, and it'll be a fair scrap cheaper.

Whichever way yous go, you're going to command plenty of street cred and attract lots of turned heads and mayhap even a few 'yee-hars!' along the way.

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Source: https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/ford-f-350-super-duty-lariat-4x4-2020-review-125519/