Ford highlights F-150 with "unsurpassed fuel economy"
Greenwashing or no, at least Ford is moving to green up its lineup. The company recently highlighted some of the reasons to buy a new F-150, including great residual value, powerful towing capacity, lots of award from all sorts of people and, right at the end, the detail that the whole range gets an eight percent fuel mileage increase. Models with the 5.4-liter V-8 engine get 12 percent. The new SFE package helps the F-150 get fuel economy numbers of 15 mpg city and 21 mpg highway. It's an improvement, sure, but these trucks still use a lot of fuel. We're waiting for the upcoming introductions of a new 4.4L diesel V8 and a 3.5L EcoBoost V6 for even better numbers.
[Source: Ford]
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Rob 9:43AM (11/25/2008)
I thought the 4.4L diesel was shelved.
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Joe 9:48AM (11/25/2008)
I'd like to see a 4 cyl turbo diesel with stop-start.
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paulwesterberg 9:55AM (11/25/2008)
They will probably just add a bigger gas tank so they can talk about how much farther you can drive between fill ups.
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Cellien 10:54AM (11/25/2008)
Um, but they already made a new engine and release MPG specs...
paulwesterberg 12:55PM (11/25/2008)
A 5.4L engine that gets 18mpg combined, looks like they tried real hard.
Cellien 5:23PM (11/25/2008)
It's best in class and 21 mpg on todays standards can easily translate to higher MPGs for most people. Besides, it is a fullsize, extremely capable truck. Not a whimpy Honda Pilot which gets only 2 mpg better.