Screw Eddie Bauer, Ford Is Planning A Super Duty Carhartt Edition

Ford’s most iconic brand partnership is arguably the Eddie Bauer special edition models it used to do of the Explorer, Bronco, Expedition, F-150, and Tour. I remember seeing them as a child and being so envious of classmates whose parents drove an Eddie Bauer Ford, with their special green and metallic tan paint and plush-looking interiors. That partnership ended a protracted time ago, but now Ford is teasing a brand new upcoming collaboration with a unique clothing company: the 2027 Ford Super Duty Carhartt truck, coming later this yr.

This may not be the primary heavy duty American pickup to sport the Carhartt name, though. Chevrolet released a Silverado 2500 Crew Cab LTZ Carhartt Edition in 2021, but it surely wasn’t a very special special edition. It had custom seats with khaki-colored seat accents and the Carhartt logo embroidered on the headrest, in addition to a custom Carhartt tonneau cover, a khaki-colored pinstripe and a few Carhartt exterior badges. Hopefully Ford’s Carhartt collab will probably be more exciting than Chevy’s.

Carhartt and Ford were founded only one mile other than one another in Detroit, Michigan, and Carhartt produced apparel for Ford factory employees from the Twenties through the ’70s. Each brands aim their products at hardworking, blue collar folk who need tough clothes and vehicles to survive of their rugged lifestyle, so the partnership makes loads of sense.

Ford has only released one teaser image of the Carhartt Super Duty, and it wears a badge showing it has Ford’s 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel engine under the hood. There are also latest, very rugged-looking wheels which can be modeled after manhole covers. Ford says the inspiration for a lot of the small print on the truck got here after Ford designers visited the Carhartt store to research textures and colours. Ford says more details concerning the 2027 Super Duty Carhartt truck will probably be revealed in the approaching months.