page_title: Ford F-Series
section_title: Eighth generation (1987-1991)
hierarchical_section_title: Ford F-Series / Eighth generation (1987-1991)
caption_attribution_description: 1987-1991 Ford F-150 photographed in Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
context_page_description: The Ford F-Series is a series of trucks marketed and manufactured by Ford. In production since 1948, the F-Series is a range of light trucks marketed as full-size pickup trucks, slotted above the compact Ford Ranger in the Ford truck model range. Since 1999, the F-Series also includes the heavier-duty Super Duty series, which includes pickup trucks, chassis cab trucks, and medium-duty trucks. As of current production, the Ford F-Series includes the F-150 pickup, F-250 through F-450 Super Duty pickups, F-450/550 Super Duty chassis cabs, and F-650/750 Super Duty Class 6-8 trucks. The most popular version of the F-Series is the F-150, now in its fourteenth generation.
  The best-selling pickup truck in the United States since 1977; the F-Series is also the best-selling vehicle in Canada. As of the 2018 model year, the F-Series generated $41 billion in annual revenue for Ford. At various times, Ford has marketed the F-Series across all three of its divisions in North America. From 1948 to 1968, Mercury marketed the F-Series as the M-Series; during the 2000s, Lincoln sold the F-150 as the Blackwood and the later Mark LT.
context_section_description: The eighth-generation F-Series was introduced for 1987 as a major revision of the 1980-1986 generation.  While the cab was carried over, many body panels were revised, including a completely new front fascia; the interior also underwent a redesign.  The long-running Flareside bed design was retired, with all examples produced with Styleside beds.  
  Following the 1986 transition of the 5.0L V8 to fuel injection, the 4.9L I6 followed suit for 1987, with the 5.8L and 7.5L engines doing so for 1988; the F-Series became the first American pickup truck model line sold without carbureted engines.  The same year, the 6.9L diesel V8 was increased in size to 7.3L.  Following the discontinuation of the 3-speed manual, a 5-speed manual became standard equipment (a 4-speed remained a special-order option until 1989).  For 1989, an E4OD 4-speed automatic (overdrive version of the C6 heavy-duty 3-speed) was introduced.  
  Slotted between the F-350 and F-600, the F-Super Duty was introduced in 1987; an ancestor of the current F-450/F-550, the F-Super Duty was designed exclusively for chassis cab applications.
caption: Ford F-150 (light-duty type)
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