2015 Ford F-150 First Drive - Motor Trend
After a day spent in the Texas Hill Country driving and riding in the full range of 2015 F-150 trucks, the most striking thing about the world's first aluminum-bodied mainstream pickup is how unremarkable its aluminumness is. It doesn't crumple... Studying those figures, you notice that power and torque ratings may not lead the class, and the gross-vehicle-weight ratings are similar, but the payload and towing stats favor the Fords by roughly the difference in curb weights. Also, when you look at pound-feet-per-pound of curb weight, the new 2. 7-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost V-6 edges out the Silverado 5. 3-liter V-8, both Ram's 3. 0-liter EcoDiesel and 5. 7-liter Hemi by a few percentage points and the 3. 5-liter... To demonstrate all of this, Ford set up a little 400-foot drag race where we could sample said competitors back-to-back (all four-door cabs with rear- or four-wheel drive matched across like competitors), and indeed the top result for the 3.... Source: www.motortrend.com
