{"id":849145,"date":"2026-09-15T23:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849145\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T23:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T23:44:16","slug":"fords-2027-f-150-gets-hands-free-towing-first-ever-carhartt-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849145\/","title":{"rendered":"Ford’s 2027 F-150 gets hands-free towing, first-ever Carhartt edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Greg Christensen, general manager of North America Trucks at Ford, spoke about the biggest updates to the 2027 F-150, including hands-free towing, new powertrains and the first-ever Carhartt edition.<\/p>\n

Ford Motor Company<\/a> is refreshing its best-selling F-150 pickup for 2027 with hands-free towing technology, updated styling and the first-ever F-150 Carhartt edition.<\/p>\n

Greg Christensen, Ford’s general manager of North America Trucks, told Fox Business that the overhaul was shaped by how customers<\/a> actually use their trucks \u2014 from hauling equipment to work to towing boats and campers on weekends.<\/p>\n

One of the biggest additions is BlueCruise with Towing, which allows drivers to<\/a> travel hands-free, with their eyes on the road, on more than 130,000 miles of compatible highways while towing trailers weighing up to 10,000 pounds.<\/p>\n

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One of the biggest additions is BlueCruise with Towing, which allows drivers to travel hands-free on more than 130,000 miles of compatible highways while pulling a trailer.\u00a0 (Ford Motor Company)<\/p>\n

“Towing is fundamental to our customers,” Christensen said, adding that more than 75% of F-150 owners tow.<\/p>\n

Ford is also updating the powertrain lineup with a new standard 3.0-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, bringing the 5.0-liter V8 back to King Ranch and Platinum models while adding more affordable Tremor and Raptor variants to broaden access to its off-road lineup.<\/p>\n

“We are really thinking about customers in that respect and affordability<\/a> and accessibility,” Christensen said.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Christensen said that more than 75% of F-150 owners tow. (Ford Motor Company)<\/p>\n

Ford is also expanding its partnership with Michigan-based workwear brand<\/a> Carhartt, introducing the first-ever F-150 Carhartt package.<\/p>\n

Available on 4×4 XLT Crew Cab models, it adds exclusive styling, Carhartt-inspired interior accents, a branded spray-in bedliner and all-weather floor mats.<\/p>\n

“We couldn’t be more excited about another iconic American brand partnering with us,” Christensen said, pointing to the companies’ shared roots.<\/p>\n

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The automaker is also expanding its partnership with workwear brand Carhartt, introducing the first-ever F-150 Carhartt package. (Ford Motor Company)<\/p>\n

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Earlier this year, Ford and Carhartt unveiled a broader collaboration aimed at highlighting what the companies call the “essential economy.”<\/p>\n

As part of that collaboration, the companies also introduced a Ford Super Duty Carhartt truck \u2014 a Super Duty XLT pickup co-developed by the two brands and designed for the “essential workers both companies have served for generations,” Ford said at the time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greg Christensen, general manager of North America Trucks at Ford, spoke about the biggest updates to the 2027…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-849145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}