Photo: Performax
For the 2015 model year, Ford North America charges you a tad over 31,000 U.S. dollars for an entry-level F-250 Super Duty pickup truck. But those in Australia that want a right-hand drive F-250 will have to pay a whopping AUD $105,000 to own the workhorse.
That's a heck of a lot of money when you consider that the most similar Ford-badged pickup you can buy in the Land Down Under is the Ranger 4x4 Wildtrak Double Pick-Up 3.2 Diesel, going for a more reasonable AUD $50,000 when equipped properly. But here's the thing: the RHD F-250 isn't converted by the American manufacturer, but by a Queensland-based company called Performax.
Like we said earlier, AUD $105k will buy you one including on-road costs in XL guise. The XLT is 10k more expensive, the Lariat is 22k more and the range-topping King Ranch and Platinum go for a scarcely believable AUD $134,000 of your hard-earned bucks. All of the above are powered by the 6.7-liter V8 turbo diesel engine that boasts with 328 kW and a chunky 1,166 Nm of torque to get any heavy-duty job done as good as possible.
Of course, you can always go for the Brazilian-converted F-250 Super Duty that was sold here until 2007 for something like AUD $85,000, but the more costly Performax variant is a better quality product or so the company says. Besides the FX4 off-road pack and uprated shock absorbers, the Performax conversion adds a new steering box, a modified driver's footwell, a suite of airbags, Ford-sourced seat belts and other bits and bobs. Performax hopes to sell about 500 RHD F-250s per year.
Each and every RHD Ford F-250 Super Duty also comes with a 4-year/120,00-kilometer warranty.
Like we said earlier, AUD $105k will buy you one including on-road costs in XL guise. The XLT is 10k more expensive, the Lariat is 22k more and the range-topping King Ranch and Platinum go for a scarcely believable AUD $134,000 of your hard-earned bucks. All of the above are powered by the 6.7-liter V8 turbo diesel engine that boasts with 328 kW and a chunky 1,166 Nm of torque to get any heavy-duty job done as good as possible.
Of course, you can always go for the Brazilian-converted F-250 Super Duty that was sold here until 2007 for something like AUD $85,000, but the more costly Performax variant is a better quality product or so the company says. Besides the FX4 off-road pack and uprated shock absorbers, the Performax conversion adds a new steering box, a modified driver's footwell, a suite of airbags, Ford-sourced seat belts and other bits and bobs. Performax hopes to sell about 500 RHD F-250s per year.
Each and every RHD Ford F-250 Super Duty also comes with a 4-year/120,00-kilometer warranty.
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