The Ford guy at the Minneapolis Auto Show said 365HP. It was in the Rochester Post Bulletin Newspaper.

 

That would be a pretty good jump, hope it's true.

 

That sounds good but I still hope they offer the the new motor with 400+..

 

I hope you're right! That would really be awesome.

 

Even if so, I am still gonna wait for the 2010 for the new engine line up to see were the new F150 is really going to be at engine wise.
Good to here though, as it should help out first year sales.

 

Did he say that as part of his presentation, or just when speaking directly to you?

 

I did every kind of imaginable search on their site and can't confirm it.

http://www.postbulletin.com/

Until Ford (corporate) says it directly, I don't believe it.

 

interesting. I bet if i wore a polo shirt with a ford logo on the chest and went to an auto show and said that it would have 395 to people they would probably believe me..

 

Yeap... that'd be a winner.

 

IF that was true, the '09's should sell well (as well as any big vehicle with gas prices this high, anyways). That would be really good for Ford.

I was having a very hard time seeing how anyone -other than the totally uninformed- would buy an '09 when the '10's are supposed to have more powerful, and more importantly, better MPG engine lineup.

And even people like myself who hate driving around in the "older" style when the new ones are driving by me wouldn't be too aggravated because with gas prices so high few people are buying these big vehicles anyways, so waiting until 2010 wouldn't be too difficult to do. So this is good news for Ford; again, IF it is true. Of course, I'd still love to see some MPG more than power, but power is second on the list.

 

no. its 310hp. i have seen official papers from our sales manager.

 

How much torque does it say on your papers??????????

 

exactly the same 365. the engine itself is exactly the same. i doubt anything has changed except tuning.

 

Yeah....the official papers probably came from MT. I am not believing anything until Ford releases it publically.

 

I couldn't really care less about the horsepower ratings for the new truck. The 4-speed is what's holding the current truck back, not the engine. The 5.4 makes very good low end torque, and with 6 gears it will stay in that low end torque a lot more than it does with 4 gears.
I think the 6 speed is going to wake the truck up just fine.