2015 Ford F-350 Super Duty V-8 Diesel 4x4 - Car and Driver (blog)
The only Ford pickup with a choice of single or dual rear wheels, the F-350 is available in a multitude of permutations. A regular-cab dualie has a maximum payload of 7260 pounds. You can pair the six-speed automatic with a 385-hp gas V-8 with 405 lb-ft of torque or the 440-hp turbo-diesel with 860 lb-ft. Instrumented Test – 2015 Ford F-350 Super Duty V-8 Diesel 4x4 Dualie Dragster. For reference, that’s quicker than every diesel-powered Volkswagen non-SUV we’ve tested in recent years, with the exception of a 2015 Golf TDI , which merely matched the giant Ford’s 60-mph sprint and came up a tenth short in the quarter. But heavy-duty pickups don’t compete against small, imported hatchbacks—in fact, this Ford could carry the weight of more than two of those Golfs in its bed. The last one-ton truck we strapped our test equipment to was a 2013 Ram 3500 Mega Cab diesel dualie. it reached 60 mph in 8. 9 seconds and completed the quarter-mile in 16. 8—1. 1 and 0. 8 behind our Ford. It’s much more common that we test three-quarter-ton pickups—a 2015 GMC Sierra 2500HD bested the Ford with times of 7. 4 and 15. 9 seconds, but it was 860 pounds lighter in weight and had towing and payload ratings 4500 and 2364 pounds shy of this... Source: www.caranddriver.com
