Comparison: Ford F-150 XLT vs Chevy Silverado LT vs Ram 1500 SLT - MotorTrend Magazine
The Davis Dam grade in Nevada is where all of the major truck OEs come to make their trucks cry -- it's been where the majority of serious pickup truck trailer testing has been done for decades. For Ford , in desperate need of proving the strength and durability of its new EcoBoost engine, this is where it needs to be to challenge the competition. For those who haven't been following Ford's EcoBoost marketing plan, Ford pulled a random 3. 5L V-6 EcoBoost engine off the line (#448AA), did some dyno testing (for an equivalent of 150,000 miles), then mounted it into a SuperCrew XLT for some... But none of those tests pitted the new engine against any of its competitors, like in this Davis Dam grade test. The testing was conducting by a third-party test crew, running a Ford F-150 SuperCrew EcoBoost against a Chevy Crew Cab Silverado 5. 3L V-8 and a Ram 1500 Quad Cab 5. 7L V-8. All three pulled identically equipped and weighted trailers in two... At the same time, Ford pitchman Mike Rowe had some on-camera time with the lead F-150 engineer, Eric Keuhn, to talk about the F-150 and EcoBoost powertrains. Source: www.motortrend.com
