Big Brute F650 Super Duties Invade China - After Paying Super Duty

by Bertel Schmitt

Published: August 30th, 2012

big brute f650 super duties invade china after paying super duty

Carnewschina spotted this looooooooooooog Ford F650 streeeeeeeeetch in front of a swank Beijing hotel. This is a good place to spot outrageous cars in China, sometimes, it feels as if they get imported only to be permanently parked in front of a fivestar. As you can see, even the rope wasn’t long enough to completely rope off the monstrosity.

Tycho at Carnewschina figures the F650 is a least 20 meters or 66 foot long. How the Ford F650 came to China is a mystery. Ford does not officially import it, but it is much easier to get foreign cars into China than into the allegedly open market of America. Shipping was probably the hardest part, customs duty the costliest.

The F650 Super Duty is available ex factory either with a 6.7 liter Cummins diesel or a 6.8 liter V10 CNG engine. Tycho figures the white monster is powered by diesel, which is relatively common in China. Quality of the fuel is another matter.

Tycho had spotted a black counterpart to the white monster creampuff at a dealer in Tianjin. That one definitely was powered by the V10 CNG engine. Tycho declared it as “basically unmovable,” as CNG is an extremely rare commodity at gas stations in China.

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Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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Chris Haak on Aug 30, 2012

What kind of customs duty are we looking at for this truck in China's open market? If I recall correctly, the import duty on the US-built Buick Enclave is now 22%.

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Mr Nosy on Aug 31, 2012

Anybody 'member that 70's disaster movie spoof "The Big Bus"? I guess now its only a matter of time 'til some artless,showbiz lackey remakes it.And why is it that the more hyper-hetero-uber-butch a truck is styled,the more it ends up looking like it would've been part of Liberace's wedding party? Now,for the record, I'm not chromaphobic,but this big tacky,petrochemical grille that Ford has stuck on their trucks tells me that perhaps some wayward ArtCenter graduate working at Ford said "I'm done! Now pass me back the xylene,Lurlene."

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