Ford boasts that millions of F-150s can be configured from its palette of powertrains, cab styles, bed lengths, and trim levels. It’s no joke: a trip through the online configurator can take hours, if you’re persnickety with details.

The trim lineup includes XL, XLT, Lariat, King Ranch, Platinum, Limited, and Raptor editions.

The features found on F-150s break down broadly, though, into three kinds of trucks: one for work, one for play, one for show. Basic work trucks are no-frills affairs but can be customized in hundreds of ways, for example. All F-150s have that built into their hardware, and they also have a plethora of infotainment and luxury touches.

We give the 2019 F-150 a 7 for features, for its build-it-yourself range of options and for its value. (Read more about how we rate cars.)

Work trucks

The Ford F-150 XL and XLT have the basics handled. They can be configured with any cab style (Regular Cab, SuperCab, and SuperCrew) and every bed length (5-foot-6, 6-foot-6, and 8-foot). Nearly every drivetrain can be specified in them, as well.

On all XL trucks, Ford stocks manual windows, an AM/FM radio, manual door locks, vinyl floors, a tilt/telescoping wheel, air conditioning, and on four-door models, flip-up rear seats. Equipment packages add on trailer hitches, cruise control, and power accessories.

On the XLT, Ford antes up with power locks and windows, cloth front seats, chrome bumpers, and a CD player. The XLT’s more of a blank canvas for retail buyers: it can be equipped with 18-inch wheels, a sport-appearance package, an off-road package with skid plates and special shocks and four-wheel drive, and a trailer-assist feature that makes hitching as easy as the turn of a knob. The XLT also can be fitted with navigation, power seats and power-adjustable pedals, and blind-spot monitors. It’s our pick for the truck driver that doesn’t need a lot, but requires more than the utility trucks bought for municipalities.

Luxury trucks

The F-150 becomes a more lavishly equipped family vehicle in its middle trim grades.

Lariat F-150s only come with turbo V-6 engines or V-8s, and only with four doors. They get an 8.0-inch touchscreen with Ford’s Sync3 infotainment system and keyless ignition standard, along with XLT goods. Options include premium Sony audio, adaptive cruise control, automatic parking assistance, heated front and rear seats, and two-tone paint.

On the F-150 King Ranch, Ford ventures into dude-ranch territory with saddle-colored leather, heated front and rear seats, lots of chrome trim, and multi-contour power front seats. Options run the gamut of luxury, from a surround-view camera system, to active lane control, blind-spot monitors, power running boards, a bed extended, a moonroof, a trailer-tow package, and 20-inch wheels.

For the Platinum F-150, Ford loads on blind-spot monitors, remote start, ambient lighting, inflatable rear seatbelts, navigation, wood trim, and heated and cooled front seats, as well as LED headlights.

On the top of the luxury range, the Limited gets 22-inch wheels, a standard turbo V-6 engine, a dual-pane sunroof, standard surround-view camera system, and LED headlights.

Muscle truck

At the top of the F-150 performance lineup, the F-150 Raptor tightens the screws on Ford’s twin-turbo V-6. Raptors make 450 hp from the powerplant (available this year in the F-150 Limited, too) and bundles it with six drive modes, exceptional ground clearance, and special knobby off-road tires. It’s essentially a desert muscle car with a pickup bed on the bad, and it’s dearly expensive.

F-150s in general are pricey trucks these days. Base vehicles begin in the high $20,000 range, and it’s easy to get a mid-range F-150 above $50,000–never mind the $80,000 or more possible on the top-end pickups.

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