Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
It's going to be a V6, like the one in the 1500 Ram. Link
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fanrgs wrote:
Thought this post was interesting--a 1/2-ton 4x4 truck with an aluminum body and a 3.0L turbodiesel V-6 getting 25 MPG. The 6.7L Cummins in my all-steel, 3/4-ton 4x4 Ram got a calculated 23.4 MPG on a 1,000-mile all-Interstate highway trip from Denver to Chicago (not towing!). Not much difference considering my truck weighs a ton more and the engine is more than twice as large.
That's terrific mileage for sure. Most HD diesel pickups don't do quite that well. As far as the diesel F150 goes, an EPA rating is just a rating. In similar driving conditions many drivers of Ram Ecodiesels report 30+ mpg, and I imagine the Ford will do just as well. Mileage will be the main selling point in this class, since the little diesels don't offer the huge towing performance advantage that their counterparts in the HD trucks offer.
