Offering the high horsepower of a gasoline engine paired with near-diesel levels of low-end torque, the 3.5L EcoBoost V6 in the Ford F-150 is the best of both worlds. The engine is also quite thrifty with fuel, but if you really push it, it can get thirsty … 2.9-mpg thirsty. Some thirst is to be […] More »
From recent online surveys we’ve conducted regarding your yearning for an F-150 diesel, it would appear you are craving efficiency. Tesla Motors hopes to woo you about five years from now with the introduction of an electric half-ton pickup truck that would compete directly with the Ford F-150. “If you’re trying to replace the most […] More »
Full Disclosure: I am a car person. I realize that makes me look like a wimp to the F150online reader, but I feel obligated to be frank with you for the purposes of this post. Even though I am more of a car guy than a truck dude, trucks have a special place in my […] More »
Honeywell recently completed a survey that showed 70 percent of Americans had yet to drive a vehicle with a diesel engine. Because the Ford F-150 is the best-selling passenger vehicle in the United States, if Ford offered one with a diesel, many more Americans would experience diesel technology. In July we reported that Ford reaffirmed its […] More »
It’s burnout time, boys and girls … time for one of the simplest, yet thrilling forms of automotive entertainment on the planet. In this video, you’ll see that in the space between a Super Duty’s contact patches and the road, enough magic smoke can be produced to sufficiently fill vast expanses of Midwestern air. The […] More »
For this year’s 4-Wheel & Off-Road Ultimate Adventure week, the publication has built the ultimate off-road F-Series Super Duty pickup. The Blank Canvas: A Ford F-250 Super Duty Regular Cab Long Bed equipped with a TorqShift six-speed automatic transmission and a 6.7L Power Stroke diesel V8 producing 400 horsepower at 2,800 rpm and 800 lb-ft […] More »
According to PPG Industries Inc., white is the most popular paint color found on new automobiles in North America. Among vehicles sold in North America last year, 21 percent were white, 19 percent were black, and 17 percent were gray. Stepping off the top-three podium we find silver shining at 15-percent popularity, followed by red […] More »