Preview: 2005 Roush Ford F-150 Tejon

If you want a full-size pick-up that hauls something more than sheets of plywood, you'll want to know about the Roush F-150 Tejon - aka the "Big Texan." It's sort of like a 4x4 version of a Roush-modifed Mustang GT, only bigger and meaner.

Jack Roush is a race car driver who got into aftermarket "tuning" (among other things), now working closely with Ford to soup up production vehicles like the Mustang and lately, the redesigned F-Series pickup. Roush-massaged vehicles are ordered new and shipped to participating Ford dealers, so the Roush package of high-performance upgrades is almost a factory option, with the main difference being that the parts are not added on the Ford assembly line, and each vehicle can be custom-tailored with the owner's specific ensemble of improvements.