I've got to think that when Bill Ford goes to bed at night he says a little prayer of thanks for the F-150 pickup truck. That's because Ford's (F) chairman and chief executive knows that for the past 30 years the F-150 has been the nation's top-selling truck -- and the top-selling vehicle of any type for 25. My test truck had a sticker in the corner of the windshield proudly proclaiming that it was made at Ford's Dearborn, Mich., truck plant. There's something very satisfying about driving a vehicle made by union workers in a domestic factory and knowing that it's one of the best products around.

I'm not the only one who would love to own an F-150, either. Car and Driver magazine recently declared the F-150 the best pickup truck on the market. And if present trends continue, Ford will sell more than 900,000 F-Series pickup trucks again this year -- the third consecutive year -- with the F-150 accounting for about 60% of the total, or roughly 550,000 units. To put that into......

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