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Old 09-06-2017, 08:15 PM
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Default 2018 F150 V6 on dealers lot - not V8

Does anyone know why there are no V8's on the lot yet. Any one else see them , maybe my dealer just did not get any.
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I have seen some on lots on cars.com.

It seems in my area the Ecoboost engine is harder to find in 2017 models still on the lots. This leads me to believe that they are more popular on the higher end trucks in this area.
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The 2.7 is the volume engine on the F150 nowadays folks-there will always be more of those than anything else.
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Originally Posted by a2wheelerte
Does anyone know why there are no V8's on the lot yet. Any one else see them , maybe my dealer just did not get any.
probably just what your dealer has ordered.
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Originally Posted by a2wheelerte
Does anyone know why there are no V8's on the lot yet. Any one else see them , maybe my dealer just did not get any.
In looking at 18's around me, I've seen a lot of V8's and mostly XLT and Lariat's.
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Originally Posted by a2wheelerte
Does anyone know why there are no V8's on the lot yet. Any one else see them , maybe my dealer just did not get any.
It's what your dealer ordered. I told my dealer I wouldn't be buying a truck from them until they offered XLT 4WD Screws with 5.0L and 3.73 gears. Lo and behold 6th months later, only about 5 or 6 XLT 4WD Screw 3.5L Ecoboosts and about 50 XLT 5.0L 4WD Screws and about 12 XLT 4WD Screw 5.0L 3.73 trucks. They obviously listened to me and a few others that did work with their trucks and I bought a truck from them.

The 2.7L Ecoboost trucks were all lower end XL models.

Now at the dealer I bought my wifes car, they are really small and only have 6500 lbs GVWR 2.7L Ecoboost 4WD Screws. I said you obviously cater to the grocery getter crowd. But they only have a total of maybe 20 or 30 trucks compared to about 300 trucks at my other dealer. My truck dealers inventory is all mixed, Reg cab, Scab, 2WD, XL, SXT, XLT, Lariat, King Ranch, Platinum, Limited. My choice was a 301a XLT w/o sport or chrome packages (not a fan of either), Screw 4WD 5.0L with 3.73 gears. I did not want what the upper models had, not a fan of leather or fake wood, moonroofs, or geewiz features.

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Mike Up what's your GVWR?
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My 2 local dealers have 7 total in stock (3 & 4 respectively) and there are 4 Raptors (2 each), 1 - 3.3L V6 at one, and 2 -3.5L EB's at the other one.
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my local dealer got an xlt sport with the v8 in last week.
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They only make like a million trucks a year, I'm pretty sure you can get whatever you want if it's an allowable option combination.
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