First Test: 2011 Ford F-150 Full Line - MotorTrend Magazine
When this generation of of Ford's F-150 was introduced for the 2009 model year, it was impressive enough to win Motor Trend's Truck of the Year honors. That was despite its one big downside: an aging lineup of engines, all three of which were V-8s. They included a two-valve, 248-horsepower, 294-pound-foot, 4. 6-liter V-8. another 4. 6-liter V-8 with three valves per cylinder that put out 292... 4-liter V-8 offering 310 horsepower and 365 pound-feet. Making things worse, the two-valve was backed by a four-speed automatic, and fuel economy wasn't good enough. Fast forward two model years, and all three V-8s have been swept aside for two V-6s and two V-8s, all with variable valve timing. Fuel economy has improved across the board, except for the 6. 2. And in what seems a major contradiction, power has increased as well: Even the base V-6 has more horsepower than the three-valve 4. 6-liter, falling only 8 shy of the 5. 4. We wanted... We took the quartet to the track in El Toro, California, on the road, and to the dyno at K&N Engineering to see how the F-150 fares with the new engines. Source: www.motortrend.com
