在铝制车身的福特F-150上市三年以后，福特决定在今年北美车展发布2018款车型。该车最大变化在车头部分，新车格栅和前大灯的设计是核心，但新车有很多亮点，包括搭载了备受期待的柴油引擎。福特设计师Gordon Platto表示，我们希望能在Super Duty和F-150之间展示真正的均衡。这也是为什么前脸进行重新设计后变得更大，更粗壮。另外格栅进一步延伸与前大灯连接在一起，同时LED行驶灯采用双C形。Platto称，2018款F-150有七种新的格栅（某些与车身同时，某些镀铬装饰，某些是网格状），六种轮圈设计（涵盖17-22英寸），三种尾门（涵盖King Ranch, Platinum和Limited车型）。所有这些组合的数量与现行版一样，因此新车的组装复杂性并不复杂。新车可提供五种引擎，最大变化是增加了3.0升V6涡轮柴油引擎，可搭配十速自动变速器。不过，搭载柴油引擎的车型要等到2018年才会上市，目前还没有该引擎功率、扭矩和油耗的数据。福特代表证实，搭载3.0升柴油引擎的车型已经在海外上市，这包括路虎揽胜和揽胜运动版。2018款福特F-150入门级车型搭载了新的3.3升V6引擎，功率282马力，扭矩253磅-英尺（约合343牛米），与原来的3.5升V6引擎一样。与引擎搭配的是六速自动变速器。而其他引擎则与老款车一样，包括2.7和3.5升EcoBoost六缸引擎和5.0升V8引擎。这三台引擎都搭配十速自动变速器，预计性能和燃油经济性都将获得提升。启停技术在所有车型上和所有引擎，包括柴油引擎上都是标配。2018款福特F-150将于今年晚些时候上市，福特将在新车临近上市时公布价格，不过柴油车型信息要等到一年以后才会公布。

2018 Ford F-150 debuts with fresh face, diesel power
Three years after introducing the aluminum-bodied F-150 pickup, Ford returns to the 2017 Detroit Auto Show with a refreshed version of its best-selling model. The big change is up front, where the new grille and headlight designs take center stage. But there’s a whole lot more to get excited about with the 2018 F-150, including long-awaited diesel power.

“We want to show real harmony between Super Duty and F-150,” Ford designer Gordon Platto tells us. That’s why the front fascia is redesigned to be bigger and bolder, with grille shapes that extend into the headlamp clusters, and a double C-clamp design for the LED running lights. Platto says the 2018 F-150 will have seven new grilles (some body colored, some chrome, some mesh), six new wheel designs (ranging from 17 to 22 inches in diameter), and three new appliqués for the tailgate (for King Ranch, Platinum, and Limited models). All in, the number of available combinations is the same as the current model, so as to not add complexity at the assembly level.

Five engines will eventually be available in the 2018 F-150 – some new, some familiar. The big story, of course, is the confirmation of a 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6, which will be paired with a 10-speed automatic transmission. That said, the diesel option won’t be available until the summer of 2018, and we won’t have official horsepower, torque, or fuel economy figures until that time. Ford representatives confirmed this is a version of the 3.0-liter diesel already sold overseas, a version of which is used in the Land Rover Range Rover and Range Rover Sport.

The 2018 F-150 gets a new base engine: a 3.3-liter V6 that’s expected to offer the same 282 horsepower and 253 pound-feet of torque as the 3.5-liter engine it replaces. It will come with a six-speed automatic transmission. The other engines are all carryover units from before – the 2.7- and 3.5-liter EcoBoost six-cylinders, and the 5.0-liter V8. Those three engines will all use the 10-speed automatic transmission, and are expected to boast gains in both performance and fuel economy. Start-stop technology will be standard across all models and all engines, including the diesel.

The 2018 F-150 will go on sale later this year，We'll have pricing and specs closer to the actual on-sale date, though again, diesel information is still a little over a year away.