When the 2015 F150 hits your local Ford Dealer showroom floor, it will come with over 100 new patents and 11 key innovations in the light-duty truck segment that it dominates in. Let’s talk about some of those innovations starting with the one that has caused the biggest news at the North American International Auto […] More »
By: Justin Banner | January 15, 2014
For many people, the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is easily the ultimate F-150 (Aside from aftermarket specials like the Shelby Raptor). With zero effort, you can argue the SVT Raptor is the most badass production-spec F-150. But there are other important questions to consider: Is it the best buy in the pantheon of F-150 configurations? […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | January 6, 2014
320hp? Sequential turbos? What? According to Ford Authority, Ford is planning to slot another engine into the F-150 lineup for the purposes of power and fuel efficiency. They’re saying it’s a V6 of about 2.7 liters of displacement. Unlike the current Ecoboost, it’ll have sequential turbos instead of twins. Diesel heads should be familiar with […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | December 30, 2013
If you drive a Ford F-150 with 22-inch wheels, chances are you bought your truck for street duty only; nevertheless, you’ve probably wondered how your boulevard cruiser would handle off-road duty, but didn’t want to slash your sidewalls on rocks to find out. Wonder no more because in the video below, Roman and Nathan from […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 26, 2013
Offering the high horsepower of a gasoline engine paired with near-diesel levels of low-end torque, the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 in the Ford F-150 is the best of both worlds. The engine is also quite thrifty with fuel, but if you really push it, it can get thirsty … 2.9-mpg thirsty. Some thirst is to be […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | November 18, 2013
The air is rare in Colorado. Where naturally aspirated engines would falter, the boosted Ford F-150s are on nearly equal footing. Nearly. There’s several years of engineering difference between these two, but I’d still anticipate the Lightning pulling the Ecoboost were it stock against stock. It weighs less and superchargers don’t have to build boost […] More »
By: Marcus Slater | November 1, 2013
The Ford’s got an EcoBoost, and the Ram’s got a Hemi with an exhaust note that will give you a semi. Which one will win the drag race? You’ll have to wait until the end of the video below to find out. Before the drag race, the Ram, F-150 and 2014 Toyota Tundra do some […] More »
By: Manuel Carrillo III | October 7, 2013
