Long-Term Pickup Test: 30 days with the 2015 Ford F-150 - Driving
Blake Shelton’s hit song “Granddaddy’s Gun” is all about heritage and family values, with lyrics steeped in typical country insight: “A gun’s like a woman, son, it’s all how you hold her. The 2015 Ford F-150 we got to drive over the past several weeks for a long-term test must therefore be a little like Shelton’s old double barrel 12, because however I held it, it responded admirably. But in the Ford, perhaps because it is the newest on the market or perhaps because it simply looks better than all the rest right now, the satisfaction runs deeper. The truck’s design, stamped into aluminum panels riveted and glued together much the same way as an aircraft to reduce weight, coupled with LED lighting, is especially fresh and appealing. Despite the redesign, it still looks unmistakably like an F-150. Read more: Week one with the 2015 Ford F-150 | Week two | Week three. We got to drive two different trucks over the past month, one with a 2. 7-litre turbo V6, one with a 5. 0L V8. Both trucks delivered strong and lasting impressions. The 325-hp V6 is especially quick off the line, able to hit 98/km in 6. 5 seconds thanks to two turbos providing up to 29 psi of peak boost. This little engine will easily light the rear tires and tow with relative ease, as long as the load stays below the 3,447-kilogram maximum. It can be shut off, but unfortunately defaults back on after restart, though it will shut off in 4×4 or tow mode. Source: driving.ca
