Ford F-150 First Drive, Cadillac ATS And Lincoln MKC Crash Test Scores: The ... - The Car Connection
At the small end: the Fiesta ST. With nearly 200 hp for just 2,700 pounds of city-savvy hatchback goodness, and a base price of $22,195, the Ford Fiesta ST has to be one of the best-value driver's cars available today. Pickup trucks have been locked in a utility battle for decades, but the new front is fuel economy--and nothing shoots for the moon like the new aluminum-bodied Ford F-150. We went for a first drive of the new F-150 in Texas, testing its... it's a small-displacement V-8 at just a $795 upcharge over the base V-6. The heavy-duty users will need the 5. 0-liter V-8 or the twin-turbo V-6 to get the job done, but Ford has put enough hard work into the F-150 to deliver 3,300 pounds of... With fuel economy promised at 5 to 20 percent better than last year's truck, the F-150 is the most consequential new vehicle in the past 25 years--the Chevy Volt included. Of all the vehicles stolen in a 30-month period, some 88 percent of the newer vehicles were recovered--but older vehicles didn't fare so well, as the overall. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
