2012 Ford F-150 Lariat 4x4 EcoBoost Build-up and Arrival - MotorTrend Magazine
We will admit that at the 2012 Truck of the Year event, some staffers were skeptical about the EcoBoost engine. and its breadth of offerings, including beds, cab sizes, wheelbases, axle ratios, and more, that we awarded the F-150 our Truck of the Year honors. As is tradition, we get to try out our Truck of the Year winner for a year. For our long-termer, we got a 2012 Lariat and chose to equip the truck with the lineup's most intriguing engine, the twin-turbo 3. 5-liter EcoBoost V-6. Ford is positioning this as the topline engine of the group. And, as we observed at Truck of the Year, the V-6 certainly offers the power -- and towing capacity -- of an eight-cylinder engine. We equipped our truck to be ready for anything most owners would throw its way, from the comfort of the city to the dirt and grime of a work site. The truck comes with plenty of goodies inside, too, like Sync, navigation, power heated and cooled leather seats, and a driver information center that will let us keep track of the truck's vitals, such as key temperatures, fuel economy, and... We want to see how the F-150 performs all these tasks, and whether the EcoBoost is as ready for day-to-day work as the V-8s are. Source: www.motortrend.com
