Anything new for '08?
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From: Illinois
Originally Posted by risupercrewman
To keep a leg up on the competition, Ford announced a High-Load version of the F-150. It carries more than 3000Lbs of payload & isd rated to tow an 11,000-pound trailer. The rating's available only on regular-Cab longbeds, so it beats every other half-ton max towing rating, with GM & Toyota winning on extended & crew cabs. Note the GCWR with this package is 15,800 Lbs, a bit under GM & Toyoya's top number.
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From: Area 51
Originally Posted by Hestpeis
Read somewhere that there is a new hybrid planned for '08 or '09 ?? Not sure what the status on that is, but I think they mentioned 60 mpg...
60mpg? bwahahahahahahahaha...................hahahahahaha
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From: Memphis
Originally Posted by Hestpeis
Read somewhere that there is a new hybrid planned for '08 or '09 ?? Not sure what the status on that is, but I think they mentioned 60 mpg...
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From: North Jersey
Originally Posted by BeyondLimitz
60mpg? bwahahahahahahahaha...................hahahahahaha
Hey Dr. Evil, I only report these things...
"Ford to build 60-mpg F150
F150 hybridThere is buzz emerging in the automotive world that Ford will launch a new hybrid version of the F150 in 2008 that will have a 400% improvement in fuel economy over the standard gasoline F150. Based on a joint research and technology development agreement between Ford and the EPA, dating back to 2001, the Hydraulic Hybrid Techology is poised to overtake the current gas-electric technology used in vehicles like Toyota’s Prius.
The system uses hydraulic pressure to recapture energy lost through braking, then releases the pressure during acceleration. The EPA estimates hydraulic hybrids could improve fuel economy up to 55 percent, versus 30 percent to 40 percent for a conventional gas-electric hybrid.
While he news is a little sketchy and definately under-wraps - no one at Ford has publically confirmed this - there are several online sources which point to this being more than wishful thinking. Detroit News also published a fairly comprehensive article on the efforts last year.
Considering that F150 sales are down nearly 2% in 2006 (Explorer and Expedition are down 30%), attributed to rising fuel prices, simply a 20% increase in fuel economy over the 16mpg average for the F150 would have been blockbuster. We can only suspect that a 60mpg F150 could be the ticket to turnaround for Ford, assuming they can pull it of in time."
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From: mobile, Al
Originally Posted by jmt0645
Who wants to take a guess at the numbers the 4.4L diesel and 6.2L V8 will put down. (new V8 is not confirmed yet, but diesel and 6speed have been)
4.4L diesel= 280HP/450LBFT
6.2L Boss= 400HP/475LBFT(wishful thinking)
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From: phoenix AZ
whatever the deisel has hp number wise i dont care because i know i can stack a couple chips on there and improve the turbo and damn near double the horsies in that bad boy. you cant do that with a unleaded engine
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From: Wyandotte, MI
Originally Posted by Smokewagun
You must have taken this out of the latest issue of Truck Trend - it looks like what they said. Anyway, it also says that Ford will be offering the 4.4L diesel in the F-150 in 2008. Now, if that means "model year" 2008, or just in the year 2008, your guess is as good as mine. I'm hoping in the 2008 model year, or by this fall. I'll be a gineau pig for sure.
I don't have an F-150. But have been looking for one. I heard about this Diesel, and I'm waiting till 09 to buy mine. So, I'll be a guinea pig also.