Ford Prepares 2015 for World Domination - PickupTrucks.com
Class leading towing and hauling capacity, class leading gas pickup fuel economy. Only want to be big riggers want a under powered vm diesel. They will sell tons and hold there spot as the best selling pickup. The magic words are "class leading" The question is is it "class leading" in enough catagories. Its got towing and payload (2 of the biggest titles of a truck class) but no MPG or HP (the other 2 real big titles). Price being the other big one but its unlikely that there will be enough of a price difference to matter. On paper this F150 is rated to tow what 3/4 tons were rated for 8 years ago. It seems like everyone is hating on the new ford. Motortrend had the ram beat the ford in their 2015 challenge even though the ram broke down, and than awarded the new Chevy mid size truck with the truck of the year award. I'm sorry but the Chevy mid size truck is almost as big as the Silverado, cost about the same, and doesn't get better gas mileage than the ford. I guess ford pissed in everybody's cheerios so it's hate on fords new truck. While I was looking at the truck the salesman kept telling me that Ford takes "unsurpassed quality control measures when it comes the the all-new f150 interior" and as I was looking I noticed these very noticeable imperfections in the wood on the... Source: news.pickuptrucks.com
