The truck you see here has been 22 years in the making. The last time there was a Dallas Cowboys Edition F-150, “EcoBoost” was probably a term used for a technique designed to improve the economy.
The 2016 Dallas Cowboys Edition F-150 is based on a Cowboys-helmet-silver F-150 XLT with the Chrome Package and comes with exclusive add-ons. Those include:
-A chrome grill and running boards
-Cowboys Edition Star badges on the front doors and tailgate
-Blue-white-blue rocker panel striping modeled after the stripe on the Cowboys’ helmets
-20-inch chrome wheels featuring Cowboys Star center caps
-A heavy-duty cargo bed mat with the Cowboys Star logo on it
-The Cowboys Edition logo stitched on the floor mats
-A “1 of 400” Cowboys Edition interior badge personally signed by Jerry Jones
That’s not all. To coincide with the launch of the Dallas Cowboys Edition F-150, the Blue Oval is opening the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas. In a press release, the automaker said, “The one-of-a-kind, state-of-the-art training facility will serve as corporate headquarters for America’s team, with practice fields and a multipurpose indoor stadium for the Cowboys and athletes in the Frisco Independent School District.”
If you want to get a 2016 F-150 with this $1,495 package to show your team spirit, you’d better run to the end zone get to your local dealer now because Ford is only making 400 of them.
Derek Shiekhi's father raised him on cars. As a boy, Derek accompanied his dad as he bought classics such as post-WWII GM trucks and early Ford Mustang convertibles.
After loving cars for years and getting a bachelor's degree in Business Management, Derek decided to get an associate degree in journalism. His networking put him in contact with the editor of the Austin-American Statesman newspaper, who hired him to write freelance about automotive culture and events in Austin, Texas in 2013. One particular story led to him getting a certificate for learning the foundations of road racing.
While watching TV with his parents one fateful evening, he saw a commercial that changed his life. In it, Jeep touted the Wrangler as the Texas Auto Writers Association's "SUV of Texas." Derek knew he had to join the organization if he was going to advance as an automotive writer. He joined the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) in 2014 and was fortunate to meet several nice people who connected him to the representatives of several automakers and the people who could give him access to press vehicles (the first one he ever got the keys to was a Lexus LX 570). He's now a regular at TAWA's two main events: the Texas Auto Roundup in the spring and the Texas Truck Rodeo in the fall.
Over the past several years, Derek has learned how to drive off-road in various four-wheel-drive SUVs (he even camped out for two nights in a Land Rover), and driven around various tracks in hot hatches, muscle cars, and exotics. Several of his pieces, including his article about the 2015 Ford F-150 being crowned TAWA's 2014 "Truck of Texas" and his review of the Alfa Romeo 4C Spider, have won awards in TAWA's annual Excellence in Craft Competition. Last year, his JK Forum profile of Wagonmaster, a business that restores Jeep Wagoneers, won prizes in TAWA’s signature writing contest and its pickup- and SUV-focused Texas Truck Invitational.
