Top 10 Surprises of the 2020 Ford Super Duty Tremor
From its available cameras to its off-road angles to its price, the new Super Duty Tremor is full of surprises — good and bad.
Ford recently let the gang at The Fast Lane Truck drive its 2020 Super Duty Tremor. There was a catch to that level of access, though. They can’t share their driving impressions from the experience until January of next year. However, that didn’t stop Andre Smirnov from sharing the top 10 things he found surprising about his F-250 Lariat Tremor press loaner.
1. Power Stroke diesel. The Ram 2500 Power Wagon may have electronic disconnecting sway bars and a 12,000-pound front winch, but it’s not available with the Cummins diesel engine.
You can get the Tremor with the new 7.3-liter gasser or the updated 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel V8, which gives you 475 horsepower and 1,050 lb-ft of mountain-conquering torque.
2. Available camera system. The Super Duty Tremor is a lot of real estate to wheel around. The more you can see of its surroundings, the better. Up to six cameras allow you to keep an eye on what’s in front of, surrounding, behind, and in the bed of the heavy duty off-roader. The front camera even has its own washer so it can stay clean and helpful after the Tremor splashes through mud.
3. Off-road hardware. You can combine the Tremor’s solid front axle with a limited-slip differential. An available locking rear differential gives it additional traction when Mother Nature tries to stop the Tremor from making forward progress. The four-wheel drive system has a modern shift-on-the-fly setup, but if you want, you can get out and manually lock the front hubs.
4. Suspension. It may not be surprising that a truck like the Tremor has a lift and upgraded shocks, but it is important. Ford lifted the front end by roughly 1.5 inches and the back end by two. That extra ground clearance joins forces with the specially tuned 2.5-inch shocks to enhance the Tremor’s abilities on rough trails.
5. Front approach angle. This is another good news/bad news situation. Ford managed to shave the Tremor’s front end and give it an approach angle of approximately 32 degrees. However, according to Smirnov, “There are no front skid plates, so part of the engine and the transmission and even the oil filter are exposed.”
6. Full-size spare tire. Off-road driving can be hell on tires. Luckily, the Tremor comes with a Goodyear Wrangler DuraTrac spare tire that can fill in for one of the main tires in an emergency. Smirnov says, “The not-so-cool part: It kind of cuts away some of your departure angle, which is 24 and a half degrees.”
7. Rear under-seat storage. Not only is the Super Duty’s rear load floor flat, it’s also versatile. You can flip up a hard-sided area under the rear bench seat and lock it into place so it can securely hold your smaller cargo.
8. FordPass Connect app. Although this is not brand new, it’s still handy. You can use FordPass Connect to remotely start, lock, and unlock the Tremor and much more.
9. Interior. In Lariat trim, the Tremor comes with gadgets and nice leather seats, but those are missing something, according to Smirnov: pizzazz. “There’s nothing here that says ‘Tremor.’ There’s no red stitching, no orange stitching, no tire tread imprinted in the seat.”
10. Pricing. As expensive as trucks have gotten over the years, this really shouldn’t come as a surprise. Smirnov’s well-dressed and generously equipped F-250 Lariat media special has an as-tested price of $79,260, but that price doesn’t include the available panoramic sunroof, adaptive steering, and a few other bells and whistles.
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