Ford F150 V6 Engines Continue to Dominate the Truck Market - Torque News
When Ford announced a few years back that the premium engine for the F150 would be the new 3. 5L EcoBoost V6, a great many critics around the American auto industry were quick to declare the move to be a very bad one. These critics were sure that the traditional American pickup buyer would demand a V8 as the premium F150 engine. These critics were absolutely sure that it would only be a short time before Ford was forced to bring back a proper V8 to range above the 5. 0L V8 and the EcoBoost V6. The critics were all terribly wrong, as not only has the EcoBoost V6 proven to... During the first two months of 2014, Ford has sold 102,418 examples of the bestselling F Series pickup. While we don’t know what percentage of those trucks were F150s and not Super Duty pickups, we do know that 57% of the new F150s sold in January and February were powered by one of the two available V6 engines. 46% of the new F150 pickups sold this year so far have been powered by the 3. 5L EcoBoost V6 while another 11% opted for the base 3. 7L V6. With only 43% of new F150s remaining, these figures indicate that the EcoBoost V6 outsold both V8 engines... Source: www.torquenews.com
