bella46

A brand new "anything" normally sells at an introductory(discount) price except for cars they are sometimes priced above MSRP. Ford will have a battle on their hand with their current prices because Chevy and RAM are discounting very aggressively. Nissan Diesel should also be available soon and followed by Toyota diesel. All and all that's good for the consumer especially knowing that manufacturers make $8000 on average per truck. More room for discounting.

WTF150

GM is notorious for extremely severe torque management on their trucks. Probably to save on trans and rear end warranty repairs would be my guess. Thats why the GM guys can net so much from a good tune. There is a lot of potential to be unleashed by getting rid of the torque management.

Gerrard155

Thats about it. I really like the new F150 but I am going to have a hard time justifying paying 5-8k more over a comparable Ram. I am gonna shop hard over the next few months.

Persi

I ran into this problem as well. I only considered the ram or tundra though. I couldn't deal with the crap fuel mileage of the tundra, and the f150 was just better than the ram for me.


I found a fair price through truecar, but I went to 3 dealerships before I found one that would even sell me a truck under MSRP let alone order one at a good price.

Suzuki14258

http://youtu.be/-n2uEx8CojE

Gerrard155

Yeah, the Tundra (and Titan) are just not competitive products right now. My boss bought one of the new tundras, and he drives 60 miles (at least) every day. I am not sure what he was thinking .

I am an xplan member and I have a good relationship with my local dealer-I am confident that i could buy/order a truck at xplan (basically invoice) price. But with higher starting prices and small incentives I am still looking at 45-50k depending upon whether or not I go with an XLT or a Lariat.

Persi

I ordered a Lariat SCREW, 2.7, 5.5 bed, 4x4, leather/nav/moonroof for 44K (without taxes/fees). After deliver/fees/taxes it was just over $51k.

screamineagle

Who cares how fast it is? My biggest concern is which one will last the longest and with the least repair costs. Only time will tell...

Persi

Coming from a Mustang 5.0 I agree. The right tool for the job is what I know. I need a truck for hauling my family to Disneyland, not a job trailer. I will also commute. I need something comfortable with good gas mileage.

News in

Nice post. I will be in the same spot soon, and will be looking at the F150 and Ram. I'm not really interested in the GM's. Two things that surprise me are the Hemi easily getting 20 mpg/getting better mileage than the 5.0. I will definitely have to check out the Ram. The other thing, someone mentioned Toyota was putting a Diesel in the Tundra? Any more info on that?