How We'd Spec It: The Coolest 2015 Ford F-150 You Didn't Know Existed - Car and Driver (blog)
Ford F-150 XL Regular Cab 2WD 5. 0L V-8 (base price: $28,210). The 2015 F-150 starts at $26,615, and in building our second 2015 F-150, we tried to stay as close to that magic number as possible while still creating a truck enthusiasts can get... Hiding in plain sight is the base XL trim level with the two-door regular cab and the standard 6. 5-foot pickup bed. The windows crank up manually, the doors lock manually, the seats adjust manually, and the mirrors—you guessed it—adjust manually. Power comes from a 3. 5-liter V-6 working through a six-speed automatic, and just two wheels are driven. There are shades of decadence in Ford’s inclusion of air conditioning, a 12-volt power outlet, four audio speakers, Earth Gray cloth upholstery, and an interior dome light, but make no mistake: This is a base F-150. We’re going to go ahead and... That said, we’re the odd sort that thinks the black-plastic grille, bumpers, and side mirrors look awesome, especially when set against a contrasting paint color, and the wheels are honest-to-goodness steel units. As the lightest F-150 available, the two-wheel-drive, regular-cab F-150 is a speed machine in search of the right motor. Source: blog.caranddriver.com
