The Ford F-Series Super Duty, the rugged workhorse of many industries since its introduction some two decades ago, offers the robust utility, quality, and reliability befitting this year’s “Fleet Truck of the Year” award.

What’s more, the 2023 heavy-duty truck has been redesigned inside and out, to provide remarkable levels of work capability, intelligent new technology and a suite of cloud-based services for new levels of productivity.

Ford Super Duty is the preferred choice for essential industries with more than 50% market share in utility, mining, construction, and emergency response vehicles, according to benchmarking and analytics firm S&P Global Mobility.

Broad Range of Power

The 2023 Super Duty New Super Duty boasts best-in-class towing, payload, torque, and horsepower, thanks to four engine choices.

• New standard 6.8L V8 gas engine, with more low-end torque to make starting on steep grades and merging onto highways easier.

• 7.3L V8 with improved air intake and tuning.

• A 6.7L Power Stroke V8 that can go longer intervals between oil changes to stay on the job longer.

• New high-output 6.7L Power Stroke V8 diesel with a unique turbo, upgraded exhaust manifolds and unique tuning.

Every Super Duty features a Ford-designed and built 10-speed TorqShift automatic transmission, and every chassis cab model comes standard with a power take off connection to run added equipment. Four-wheel drive is now standard on XLT models and above.

New Digital Upfit System

The new Ford Pro Upfit Integration System (UIS) is transformative for fleets who rely on body equipment and upfits, such as utility cranes or plows.

The UIS digital solution allows aftermarket equipment makers improved access to Super Duty’s electrical system and signals to seamlessly integrate and operate their hardware into the truck’s digital displays.

Cloud-based software connects to the UIS so equipment makers can add digital buttons, enabling drivers to control their equipment from inside the truck. The system also allows for high levels of customization and safety interlocks, like preventing the transmission from shifting into drive with a raised boom lift.

Pro Power Onboard is now available for Super Duty, with 2.0-kilowatts of output to power a jobsite. Power outlets are accessible inside the truck and cargo box, or they can be mounted on chassis cabs with a special outlet installation kit.

Simplified, Safer Towing

New available driver assist technologies designed to simplify the towing experience include:

• Onboard scales with Smart Hitch.

• 360-degree trailer camera system.

• Blind spot information system for fifth wheel and gooseneck.

• Industry-first available tailgate-down camera and tailgate-down reverse sensing system.

• Pro Trailer hitch assist.

• Trailer Navigation.

“Our goal was to leave drivers with zero blind spots, even when towing the longest trailers,” said Andrew Kernahan, Ford Super Duty chief engineer. “Camera views provide every angle, from simulating a drone to making sure customers can see behind the truck even when the tailgate is down. Hitching and towing has never been easier.”

Digital Power & Connectivity

The 2023 Ford Super Duty is the first pickup in the U.S. with embedded 5G capability to deliver faster, higher quality navigation and mapping. Super Duty’s 5G modem can also provide a WiFi hotspot for up to 10 devices keeping workers connected while on the go. Ford Power-Up software updates while driving.

Ford Pro provides a suite of connected vehicles, software, services, and financing. Business owners can maximize uptime, accelerate productivity and lower costs with such tools as Ford Pro Fleet management software and Ford Pro Telematics, which identify maintenance needs, vehicle locations, driver behaviors, wasted idle time and more.

Super Duty customers also receive access to Ford’s 650+ Commercial Vehicle Centers, network of 300+ upfitters, and expanding fleet of 700+ Mobile Service Vans, as well as Ford Pro FinSimple, which makes vehicle leasing and purchasing easy and efficient.

Dashboard technology features four USB power ports and available wireless charging pad, plus an eight-inch center display, standard on the XL model, and a 12-inch display standard with higher trim levels. The 12-inch digital instrument cluster is customizable.

Safety & Security

The 2023 Super Duty’s new slate of available safety and security available technology includes:

• Intelligent Adaptive Cruise Control with stop-and-go and lane centering.

• Trailer theft alert.

• Vehicle security, available with a Ford Pro Telematics subscription.

• Fleet Start Inhibit.

• Forward/Reverse sensing system.

• Front- and rear-brake assist.

Dashboard technology features four USB power ports and available wireless charging pad, plus an eight-inch center display, standard on the XL model, and a 12-inch display standard with higher trim levels. The 12-inch digital instrument cluster is customizable.

Describing the new workhorse, Ford President and CEO Jim Farley said, “From the F-250 pickup to the F-600 utility truck, Super Duty is the badge America’s hardest-working men and women have come to trust to get the toughest jobs done. …We poured every ounce of know-how and ingenuity we have into developing the truck of their dreams.”