F-150 did it again...

"It's the combination of advancement in design, engineering excellence, efficiency, safety, value, and the performance of intended function that has earned the Ford F-150 the title of Motor Trend's Truck of the Year."

Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/...#ixzz1gLpBaoAL

 

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That stripe is just awful......

 

I'm liking the new FX Appearance Package in red. If I bought it, the stripe is staying. It ties it all together.





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The article kind of disses the 5.0. Interesting how they rave over the eco....

 

Yeah, they even said it gets the same mileage, so why the big favor. Slightly more pulling capacity doesn't seem worthy of praise for the extra $850 and worse pulling MPG (from what i read on these forums)

 

In their test flogging both engines = same mpg. Real world a slight edge to eco.

In their test they said the towing power of the eco is far better than the 5.0. Not the capacity. I just didnt realize it was THAT big of a difference, but apparently it is, or at least to them...

 

 

Congradulations Ford on a job well done! All of the new engines are winners in my book!

 

Okay, I have never seen why people do the black wheel thing. To me, it has always been uuuuuuugly. I just saw a guy buy a new Superduty in white with the tan two-tone, who ripped off the wheels to add blackwalls and black rims. Huh?

Now, that said, I love those 20" FX4 black rims. They look sweet... But ONLY on a black truck. I may have to consider an upgrade on my next truck.

 

I agree, black wheels are very hard to pull off. However when done right they look fantastic, it doesn't have to be a black truck for me but it has to have the correct amount of black accents to look right.

 

They said they got about the same mileage; however, it should be noted that:

1) EcoBoost was 4x2 and 5.0 was 4x4. Advantage EcoBoost; until you see that the EcoBoost was a loaded up Platinum SuperCrew and the 5.0 was an XLT SuperCab. The EcoBoost SuperCrew was slightly heavier and less aerodynamic.

2) What's more, EcoBoost towed a 8,250 lb trailer and hauled a 1,275 lbs.
The 5.0 towed a 6,900 lb trailer and hauled 1,185.

The heavier less aerodynamic SuperCrew EcoBoost towing and hauling more weight, still got about the same mileage as the SuperCab 5.0 towing significantly less weight.

If they want to make a valid comparison on mileage, use the same cabs and use the same trailers.

link: http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/...#ixzz1gLpBaoAL

 

Tell me if I am wrong but I dont beleive you can get the 5.o to tow 11,300 like the ecoboost, thats why I bought the ecoboost, I tow about 10k and wanted the extra room to play with. Thought the 5.0 can do like 10,300. So that extra 700lbs is worth the 700 bucks.

 

What people have to start understanding is not the MPG, but the fact the truck can tow what it can tow. I am getting 16 in the city or so, 21 HWY, which is awesome coming from a diesel. Towing my 10k boat I get 10, my diesel only got 11. Hook up that 10k boat to that 5.0 and check it out once.

I too am kind of disapointed in towing MPG, but look until this configuration nothing could tow 11,300 and I was stuck with my F250 paying out the ace for fuel and Maint.

Flat out there is nothing on the market in this class that has the peformance that this has with the MPG's. So I say to spend money on a V8 just because of the sound is not worth it.

Like it or not MPG's is going to dominate car building, not only because of CAFE but because of peopls wallets, we will not see $2 a gallon ever again, I doubt we see $3 a gallon either. Rumor is chevy will have an ecoboost out next year with its totally new line up and dodge is working on something. As much as I love the American V8 I think its going to go by the way side, these turboed engines are only going to get better.

 

Doesn't matter which engine you have and what the "tow rating" is - towing 10k with a 1/2 ton truck will almost always put you over one of the other limits - such as GVWR, GAWR, and/or payload. The max tow rating is under artificial ideal conditions - 150# driver, 1/4 tank of gas, NO cargo or passengers whatsoever, and minimum tongue weight.

 

Amen, Brother! Can I hear an Amen?