Regular Cab

No Pat,your not blowing smoke! Consumer Reports is.

Old Smoky

I quit paying attention to Consumer Reports tests and recommendations years ago.

HunterSmitty

This article is pretty accurate for the most part. Their mileage results were similar to real world experiences, however the part where they say turbo vehicles "feel" more powerful due to holding gears isn't just a "feeling". The Ecoboost is in fact delivering that much low end torque.

rancherlee

Exactly, I think the Ecoboost is perfectly sized at 3.5L to save fuel on a fullsize truck. Its big enough to move the truck around OK without needing to get into boost and can really sip the fuel if you stay out of the boost. If the rumored 2.8L V6 ecoboost or a 2.3L I4 ecoboost make it into the truck I can see them actually being fuel SUCKERS since they will need to be in boost just to accelerate "normally" but will still get "GREAT EPA MPG" since they won't see much boost during the tests.

rdkev

Lol... Bottom line. I wanted more power and torque. Got the ecoboost. If you want less power and torque but to retain that "truck sound", get a 5.0 lol

hawaiilvr

I'm surprised they could say anything good about any vehicle not branded Honda or Toyota.

Truck owner

Consumer reports, car/driver,motortrend,etc. and all the other SO CALLED experts or independent rating agencies are not independent. There paid by advertisers. Have you ever read a real bad article by any of them about cars/trucks..NO. Every maker has had a few dogs with fleas and are terrible reliability,quality,performance but these guys never right that because they would lose there advertising dollars. They always right a good article about the latest greatest. I dont give any creedance to the magazines. You get better reviews from Forums where guys will post the good/bad/ugly about the vehicles.

PRNDL

Looking at these engines, gas milage aside, 420 ft tq at such a low rpm is massive. Insane! The only way to get those tq numbers and power band is pretty much a bug block v8 like the 6.2. Sane goes for the chevy 6.2. I don't own an eb, however thats a ton if power in general, and not just for a "small" v6. If it burns gas, then so be it. Im sure the 6.2's burn more gas. Im not saying any engine is better than other. I own a 5.4 and am neutral about the 2011 engines. I do believe the the eb and 5.0 should not be compared. Not with gas millage or power. They are different tools fir different jobs.

Harps

Best thing that could happen to these trucks is a Turbo Diesel, Torque, Power, fuel efficiency and even quiet. They have the technology, the majority of all the Fords and other manufacturers are diesels in Europe, we could then discuss 3.5 EB or ?? TD.

Centexguy

Pipe dream at best. With the new emissions standards, cost of maintenance, higher fuel prices, and higher initial cost, Americans won't buy it.