2011 Ford F-150 to Get Four New Engines - Car and Driver
Following numerous hints over the past few months, Ford has revealed that it is completely revamping the powertrain lineup for the 2011 F-150 pickup with not one, two, or even three new gasoline engines, instead offering a choice of four new... Hot on the heels of the Blue Oval’s recent fake-out of General Motors to grab the title of most powerful heavy-duty pickup with the 2011 F-series Super Duty, the improvements to the 2011 F-150 update the light-duty lineup with sorely-needed... First up is the all-aluminum 3. 7-liter Duratec V-6 that reinvigorated the base Mustang for 2011. The engine makes 305 hp and 280 lb-ft of torque in its pony-car application, but Ford hasn’t finalized the output for the trucks. The EPA has yet to rate any of Ford’s new mills for city/highway mileage, but the company is confident that at least one of its new powertrains—this one—will best the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra two-mode hybrids, which are rated at up to 21... Replacing the tried-and-tired 5. 4-liter V-8 as the F-150’s volume engine will be the gutsy, all-aluminum, DOHC 5. 0-liter V-8 that we’ve fallen in love with in the 2011 Mustang GT. It, too, receives truck-specific tweaks that diminish its overall... Source: www.caranddriver.com
