Excursion2000–2005

The Excursion, sold for the 2000–2005 model years, was the largest SUV of its era: a Super Duty truck-based giant seating up to nine, aimed at heavy towing and big-family duty. Engine choices ranged from gasoline V8s and the V10 to the 7.3-litre Power Stroke turbodiesel, the version that defines the model's enduring appeal. Criticised in period as excess incarnate, it lasted a single generation.

Two decades on, the Excursion has flipped from punchline to cult classic. Clean 7.3 diesel examples command remarkable money in North America because that engine's durability reputation is among the best of any American diesel, and no modern SUV matches the combination of size, simplicity and towing muscle. Later 6.0 diesels are approached far more cautiously. It is a left-hand-drive North American vehicle whose relevance to global readers is as a collector-grade towing icon.