Pedro_The_Swift
8th February 2008, 07:45 AM
Filed under: Chicago Auto Show (http://www.autoblog.com/category/chicago-auto-show/), SUVs (http://www.autoblog.com/category/suvs/), Etc. (http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
UPDATE: Video of the Alton F-650 is available after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/07/chicago-2008-alton-f-650-xuv-makes-a-big-statement/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/altonf650xuv---2_450.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alton-mfg-f-650-xuv/628747/full/)
click above for high-res gallery of the Alton F-650 XUV
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/abg_video_badge.gif (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/07/chicago-2008-alton-f-650-xuv-makes-a-big-statement/) We've seen some outrageous F-650-based vehicles like this before (the DeBerti (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/31/sema-deberti-does-an-f-650-thats-just-not-right/) for one), but for some reason, the Alton F-650 XUV jumped out at us at the Chicago Auto Show. Perhaps we were already focused on Ford's Work Solutions (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/06/chicago-2008-ford-introduces-work-solutions-in-dash-computer-pa/) trucks in the vicinity, but this insane beast just put our DSLRs on autopilot. The F-650-based XUV was built by Alton Manufacturing and carries a GVWR of 25,999 lbs. That makes the 660 ft-lbs of torque generated by its 7.2L Caterpillar engine seem paltry. Besides the big-rig-meets-Excursion bodywork, your nearly $200,000 expenditure for this XUV will get you hardwood floors, custom captains chairs, a 42-speaker sound system, two drop-down 16-inch TVs plus a 42-inch plasma, four computer workstations, plus a train horn. Oh, you'll also get bragging rights for the biggest, baddest truck in 99% of the world's neighborhoods.
UPDATE: Video of the Alton F-650 is available after the jump (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/07/chicago-2008-alton-f-650-xuv-makes-a-big-statement/)
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/altonf650xuv---2_450.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/alton-mfg-f-650-xuv/628747/full/)
click above for high-res gallery of the Alton F-650 XUV
http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/abg_video_badge.gif (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/07/chicago-2008-alton-f-650-xuv-makes-a-big-statement/) We've seen some outrageous F-650-based vehicles like this before (the DeBerti (http://www.autoblog.com/2006/10/31/sema-deberti-does-an-f-650-thats-just-not-right/) for one), but for some reason, the Alton F-650 XUV jumped out at us at the Chicago Auto Show. Perhaps we were already focused on Ford's Work Solutions (http://www.autoblog.com/2008/02/06/chicago-2008-ford-introduces-work-solutions-in-dash-computer-pa/) trucks in the vicinity, but this insane beast just put our DSLRs on autopilot. The F-650-based XUV was built by Alton Manufacturing and carries a GVWR of 25,999 lbs. That makes the 660 ft-lbs of torque generated by its 7.2L Caterpillar engine seem paltry. Besides the big-rig-meets-Excursion bodywork, your nearly $200,000 expenditure for this XUV will get you hardwood floors, custom captains chairs, a 42-speaker sound system, two drop-down 16-inch TVs plus a 42-inch plasma, four computer workstations, plus a train horn. Oh, you'll also get bragging rights for the biggest, baddest truck in 99% of the world's neighborhoods.