Oakville

The half ton truck segment has changed a great deal since the 1976 Ford F-100 in this week’s Throwback video hit the market, but even back then, fuel economy. We get to watch a 1976 F-100 pickup (that appears to be four wheel drive) storming up a dirt hill and driving through a small water crossing, both of which have little relevance to the topic of fuel economy, but it is good to see a fuel friendly pickup still doing ‘truck stuff’.

One of the most interesting aspects of this 1976 Ford truck commercial is the fact that the new (1976) F-100 with a 5.0L V8 and a manual transmission was expected to return 16 mpg around town and 24 on the highway. The 2014 Ford F-150 rear wheel drive model with the 6-speed automatic transmission and the 5.0L V8 offers 15 around town and 21 on the highway. It is pretty crazy to see that the 1976 Ford F-100 was more fuel efficient than the 2014 Ford F-150, considering how much attention is paid to mpg numbers in today’s market.

AricsFX

iTrader: (3)

Lol. Ecoboys always need a pat on the back. My family owns both engines, both my 2011 5.0 and my dads 2014 fx4 Eco. I've also been driving a raptor over the last week that kicks the **** out of both of those engines so there you have it.

MadocHandyman

Get over it!
It's no different than the thousands of posts about how good your 5.0 sounds.
We just like to elaborate on how well the Eco tows!

NASSTY

conger

Oh no..... Look what I started 😉

Oldsmuggler

6 banger......not

AricsFX

iTrader: (3)

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03king

You are high, and have obviously never driven a tuned Eco.

5.0GN tow

Yep the reason for not offering max tow with 5.0 is no one would waste the money on an eco. Ford is getting the picture too now foe 2015 the eco tows only about 1k more than 5.0 and the 5.0 does not need max tow to get there.

Now all kidding aside they are both great engines and the other makers would kill for them both.

AricsFX

iTrader: (3)

I don't give two shts if it's tuned or not.

You must not have driven a 5.0 with a blower