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I can easily believe that they are sold as business vehicles, what I doubt is that they are mostly being used as such.

For example if the owner of a construction company and his son have a Super Duty truck each that is mostly used to commute I would not consider them to be used as business vehicles.

For example in my country the stereotipycal vehicle for construction workers and farmers looks like [0] and exists in dozens of variations with all kinds of specialized attachments like

https://photo.static-viamobilis.com/32/1/7945049-photo-camio...

https://www.ricciato.com/resources/product/10519/gallery/05_...

https://photo.via-mobilis.com/32/2/2312573-camion-benne.jpg

https://www.grupposcotti.it/media/8d879ce9c03e93b/gamma-ivec...

https://www.ricciato.com/resources/product/10519/gallery/IMG...

https://autoline24.it/img/s/veicolo-commerciale-furgone-auto...

[0] https://www.emacchinari.com/img/19/09/231031P_20190730_09522...




Yes, these are trucks mainly used for the North American market. They are ubiquitous as the default "company work truck" in the US. They're all over US roads with the names of utilities, construction, and light industrial businesses on them.

https://www.pahomepage.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/91/2022/...

https://www.comerconstruction.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08...

https://cdn.ironpla.net/i/3540/785/f6b151d7-c39c-4167-b128-4...

https://hendersonshauling.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/uha...

https://live.staticflickr.com/3872/15073330941_bab304b041_h....

> and exists in dozens of variations with all kinds of specialized attachments

As does the Super Duty.

https://www.fordpro.com/en-us/fleet-vehicles/chassis-cab/

While you can purchase a superduty in a non-fleet configuration through non-fleet retail channels, the article I posted above is speaking specifically about fleet sales.




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