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01-07-2011, 02:22 PM
Filed under: Truck (http://www.autoblog.com/category/trucks/), Ford (http://www.autoblog.com/category/ford/)
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2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost smokes its tires - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's official: Ford's (http://autoblog.com/make/ford) 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, as seen in the 2011 F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150) pickup truck, has been rated at 16 city and 22 highway by the EPA. And it's also officially the engine to get if you're shopping for a new Blue Oval workhorse.
To put it all into perspective, the 365-horsepower, 420-pound-foot EcoBoost-equipped F-150 offers 3,060 pounds of payload and 11,300 pounds worth of towing capability - both of which are best-in-class - and it gets better fuel mileage than any comparable engines offered by Ford's competitors (see the graph after the break (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued)).
All this baked-in, twin-turbocharged goodness won't even cost the buyer all that much money, as the EcoBoost engine option adds just $750 to the cost of a truck that would otherwise be equipped with the perfectly acceptable 5.0-liter V8, or $1,750 over the cost of the base 3.7-liter V6.
Money well spent, we'd say, especially considering that the more powerful EcoBoost beats the 5.0 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/14/2011-ford-f-150-to-achieve-up-to-23-mpg/) when it comes to fuel efficiency (15/21) and nearly matches the 3.7's 16/23 rating. Probably not when smoking its tires, though...
Want to know more? Feel free to check out the complete press release after the break (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued).
Gallery: 2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/)
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2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost smokes its tires - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's official: Ford's (http://autoblog.com/make/ford) 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, as seen in the 2011 F-150 (http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150) pickup truck, has been rated at 16 city and 22 highway by the EPA. And it's also officially the engine to get if you're shopping for a new Blue Oval workhorse.
To put it all into perspective, the 365-horsepower, 420-pound-foot EcoBoost-equipped F-150 offers 3,060 pounds of payload and 11,300 pounds worth of towing capability - both of which are best-in-class - and it gets better fuel mileage than any comparable engines offered by Ford's competitors (see the graph after the break (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued)).
All this baked-in, twin-turbocharged goodness won't even cost the buyer all that much money, as the EcoBoost engine option adds just $750 to the cost of a truck that would otherwise be equipped with the perfectly acceptable 5.0-liter V8, or $1,750 over the cost of the base 3.7-liter V6.
Money well spent, we'd say, especially considering that the more powerful EcoBoost beats the 5.0 (http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/14/2011-ford-f-150-to-achieve-up-to-23-mpg/) when it comes to fuel efficiency (15/21) and nearly matches the 3.7's 16/23 rating. Probably not when smoking its tires, though...
Want to know more? Feel free to check out the complete press release after the break (http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued).
Gallery: 2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/)
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large003_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/#3392400)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large004_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/#3392401)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large005_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/#3392403)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large006_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/#3392404)http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large008_thumbnail.jpg (http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/#3392406)
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