In-Depth Photos of the 2019 Ford F-150 Limited

This top-trim F-150, a luxurious transporter of up to five that just happens to have a cargo bed, comes mostly one way: a four-door, feature-rich crew cab with stretch-out space for all; a short bed; 22-inch wheels; and in one of just four available colors (red, white, black, or silver).

The revised-for-2019 Limited model represents the ongoing quest by Ford's marketing department to find just how high they can stretch the high end of the world-beating F-150 pickup truck.

Last year's $62,855 Limited gets a number of changes and a price hike to $68,630.

We're suckers for performance, certainly, but the Limited is more than a quarter-mile rocket.

This truck is genuinely, legitimately nice inside. Not just pickup-truck nice but luxury-grade nice, with gorgeous wood trim, a stitched leather dash, a soft microsuede headliner, and comfortable high-grade-leather front seats that have heating, ventilating, and massaging features.

Plus, the back seat is decadently large.

The twin-turbo V-6 continues to impress in its off-the-line responsiveness in day-to-day driving, where it never feels laggy or off boost.

At 5.1 seconds to 60 mph and 13.7 seconds in the quarter-mile at 102 mph, it's also more acceleratively endowed than the 420-hp 6.2-liter V-8 in the top-of-the-line Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra, far quicker than the fleetest Ram, and more than a half-second quicker than the last F-150 we tested with the standard-strength twin-turbo 3.5-liter.

Impressive is how the brakes and 22-inch Pirelli Scorpion Zero Asimmetrico tires—yes, these are all-seasons—haul this 5594-pound luxury liner down from 70 mph in a mere 168 feet.

Although still an excellent-driving truck, slight quivers from its underpinnings that manifest though the steering wheel make it feel not as structurally stout as the latest competitors, particularly the Ram.

We could do without the oversize chrome placard on the center console bearing the name of the trim level, which is in addition to the various other badging reminders that you went all the way in the F-150 lineup.

The Ram is also quieter at highway speeds, where the Limited displayed noticeably more wind noise and tire thrum.

Where we wish the Limited was louder is in the engine department, as the EcoBoost emits a rather monotone low rumble that doesn't match its stirring accelerative performance.

This is a lot of money to spend on a pickup, more than two times the F-150's starting price.

The 8.0-inch infotainment screen is looking a little undersized these days, too, especially in light of the Ram's 12.0-inch monster.

The 36-gallon tank means that even at the 14 mpg we averaged with the truck, it can travel more than 500 miles on a tank.