volvodoc

drove thru the biggest dealers lot this am,no lot lizzards, lots of eco boost but only a very few 5.0s Sign of things to come?

torinalth

yes. Ford is putting a LOT of backing into the ecoboost. There will always be a V8, but eventually the ecoboost (of some sort) will be the new normal.

NASSTY

Around here we have mostly small dealerships and it is about 50/50%, Ecos vs. 5.0's. Very few 6.2s or 3.7's.

vitacura

Earlier in the week I upgraded my truck and my local dealer also had a good mix. About 50/50 as well.


My old truck was a 5.0 and I wanted my new one with the same engine. They did try their best to sway me to an ecoboost, I went as far a driving one around the block, but ended up with the 5.0 I wanted.

jedeckert1984

Around me you see the 5.0 more..

tanked_darren

The only trucks I would look at were FX4 with appearance package and I mostly found ecoboost or 6.2.

I was never going to buy a 5.0 anyways.

CreepinDeth

^ Samething I bought 1 year before you......
I was interested in either engine to be honest, but ended up with the Eco.

Not a chance in hell I'd own the 6.2L with the poor efficiency.

California......less EcoBoosts?? I find that VERY hard to believe....lol

sodacraft

I'll pull it up,(have to find that article), but expect production to be 20% 5.0. Not because it's a bad engine, just the 2.7 3.5 are pushed. Especially the 2.7. Believe it or not the 5.0 is a little more expensive to build, due to the mass of material and the high tolerances for cam lobes and other physical engine parts, 64 valves etc. I really believe it's seen its last model year. The plus: no more Eco boost 5.0 threads. The negative: no more Eco boost 5.0 threads. Every era ends....sigh.

Koolponycar

I know around hear it is more eco than anything, but still 5.0's available. As long as the mustang carries the 5.0 I think the truck version will be there until govt regulations make it impossible. I was just looking at a large dealers inventory in the FX4 trim its about 90% eco.

rrp0968

64 Valves????