Upcoming half-ton truck challenge
Looks like pickuptrucks.com is going to release the findings of their new half ton truck challenge recently done.
"Not long ago we promised to get all the half-ton pickup trucks together for a max-tow competition, and it's almost here."
"For this contest we gathered model-year 2016 4x2 crew-cab half-ton pickups, each equipped with their best maximum towing package, and put them in a towing-biased head-to-head competition just outside of Houston. We pulled trailers, we ran at and above full payload, we did fuel-economy testing with 10,000-pound trailers, and we let our truck-loving judges dig through each pickup with a magnifying glass and micrometer."
"We collected as much data as possible and will deliver all the numbers and our impressions on Monday. As you might expect, quite a few unexpected things happened. Here are our Texas Truck Showdown 2016: MaxTowing players:
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ (5.3-liter V-8, eight-speed transmission)
2016 Ford F-150 Lariat (3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost, six-speed transmission)
2016 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT (6.2-liter V-8, eight-speed transmission)
2016 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn (5.7-liter V-8, eight-speed transmission)
2016 Toyota Tundra 1794 Edition (5.7-liter V-8, six-speed transmission)"
Here's the link:
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2016/01/texas-truck-showdown-2016-our-half-ton-max-towing-contest.html
I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Its interesting the new Titan was not included but they may have had a hard time trying to find one for the test.
"Not long ago we promised to get all the half-ton pickup trucks together for a max-tow competition, and it's almost here."
"For this contest we gathered model-year 2016 4x2 crew-cab half-ton pickups, each equipped with their best maximum towing package, and put them in a towing-biased head-to-head competition just outside of Houston. We pulled trailers, we ran at and above full payload, we did fuel-economy testing with 10,000-pound trailers, and we let our truck-loving judges dig through each pickup with a magnifying glass and micrometer."
"We collected as much data as possible and will deliver all the numbers and our impressions on Monday. As you might expect, quite a few unexpected things happened. Here are our Texas Truck Showdown 2016: MaxTowing players:
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ (5.3-liter V-8, eight-speed transmission)
2016 Ford F-150 Lariat (3.5-liter V-6 EcoBoost, six-speed transmission)
2016 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT (6.2-liter V-8, eight-speed transmission)
2016 Ram 1500 Laramie Longhorn (5.7-liter V-8, eight-speed transmission)
2016 Toyota Tundra 1794 Edition (5.7-liter V-8, six-speed transmission)"
Here's the link:
http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2016/01/texas-truck-showdown-2016-our-half-ton-max-towing-contest.html
I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Its interesting the new Titan was not included but they may have had a hard time trying to find one for the test.
