ShinerBock wrote:
I am not sure if this is a totally true. The Ecoboost came out in the F150 in 2011, and it matched and exceeded the 5.0L sales within the first year.
I was talking about the 3.5 EB exclusively. Can't do the link, don't know how, but this is the quote from the article and several others. "Twin-turbocharged EcoBoost V6s were surprisingly effective when, in early 2011, 35 percent of F-150 buyers made the leap from conventional naturally aspirated powerplants." They go on to show that it surpasses the 5.0, but not until 3-4 years later.
I believe the link you quoted was only referencing 1 month sales timepoint and not a whole year, as you stated the EB came out in 2011 and that article was written still within 2011.
CNN will get ya every time.
