Automotive sales PROVE That Americans have an addiction to full size pickup trucks. Recent fuel prices have pushed some potential truck buyers into withdrawal as They Make more fuel efficient choices. Since full-size pickups still drive enormous sales numbers, even with gas above $ 4.00 a gallon (in the U.S.) the challenge is to keep sales high as gas prices continue to rise. This includes all of Ford's well-documented torture tests and also Their Relentless advertising seemly During televised auto races.
After some major housecleaning for 2011, there are four new engines: a 3.7-liter V-6, 5.0-liter V-8, 6.2-liter V-8, and a 3.5-liter, 365-horsepower, 420-pound-foot EcoBoost twin-turbo, and all four are backed by the same six-speed automatic. The twin-turbo is not the largest displacement engines available - Those honors go to the 6.2-liter V-8 that's standard in the Raptor, lariat Limited, and Harley-Davidson edition. Big deal, right? That, plus the 3.55:1 limited-slip, lariat and lariat Chrome Plus packages, heated and cooled leather seats, trailer brake controller, and tailgate step, Brought the as-tested price to $ 42.770. Associate editor Mike Febbo feels "This is the perfect truck engines.
