pitch wrote:
I just don't see the attraction of the ECO-Boost.
This is a "forest for the trees" moment. EPA now requires light duty pickups (all of them) to be part of the manufacturers' corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) calculation. Ford, with development of the Ecoboost engine and 6 speed transmission, is making a very serious and valid effort to keep the F-150 (their best selling vehicle I believe) in the product mix, and as a legitimate pickup truck, capable as a tow vehicle and hauler. Ford also knows that a good many of these trucks are the new "family sedan". It may be about marketing, but it's more about survival in an increasingly difficult regulatory environment.
