2015 Ford F150 2.7L Ecoboost Review

2015 Ford F150 2.7L Ecoboost Review

2015 Ford F150 2.7L Ecoboost Review - Welcome to Autocar Tehncology, The fight for pickup-truck amazingness lashes out on, with the new F-150 utilizing aluminum as its mystery weapon. Passage asserts that its utilization of aluminum in the body and the bed diminishes weight by 700 pounds however the casing is still made of high-quality steel for quality and toughness. Motors incorporate a 3.5-liter V-6, a 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 or 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6, and a 5.0-liter V-8. Passage is taking a bet on aluminum, yet in the event that it succeeds, it could adjust the way trucks are planned and fabricated.

We were doubters of Ford's aluminum-truck-informal lodging gambit, yet in a February-issue correlation test, a $60,000-in addition to F-150 SuperCrew with a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 dispatched the basically steel four-entryway rivalry from Chevrolet, Ram, and Toyota. However, there's another, considerably littler motor on the Ford F-150 request sheet, a 2.7-liter V-6. How, we pondered, would it admission in the engine of the generally nonferrous Ford?

Situated in cost between the base 282-hp V-6 and the 385-hp 5.0-liter V-8, the iron-and-aluminum-obstruct 2.7 makes 325 torque with the assistance of two turbos. The $795 upcharge for it over the regularly suctioned base six expenses not exactly the F-150 2.7L discretionary sunroof ($995). A V-8 runs $1595, and the top-opening 3.5-liter turbo V-6 is $1995.

The Ford F150 2.7L hustles this truck to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 14.3. That is 0.1 second slower to 60 and 0.1 second faster in the quarter than the 365-hp 3.5-liter turbo V-6 that won the comparo. Think of it as cash well spent in case you're into holeshots, in the SuperCab in any event.

At 4874 pounds, this model is more than 700 pounds lighter than that team taxi we continue alluding to. We haven't tried an augmented taxi half-ton truck in a while, however we have tried the sub-half-ton Chevrolet Colorado. In team taxicab frame, the 305-hp Colorado is more than 300 pounds lighter and 1.2 seconds slower in the quarter-mile.

The absence of full back entryways reminded us why the bigger trucks have gotten to be so well known: We needed to move the traveler seat up to agreeably fit a grown-up in the rearward sitting arrangement. It's not as tight as we recall stretched out taxicabs to be, yet no examination to the limolike magnificence of having four genuine entryways.

Taking mass out of any truck while keeping up its payload limit represents a test for body engineers. This 2015 Ford F-150 conveys up to 1626 pounds of individuals and stuff, which speaks to a 36-percent increment in mass over its unladen self. The appraised payload limit is 1740 pounds, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 6500 pounds. With such a huge stacked to-emptied proportion, we anticipated that the ride would be traded off, yet it isn't. Potholes and velocity knocks instigate no head hurl, and the directing is uniquely precise for a truck. Actually, the majority of this F-150's on-street conduct is carlike by truck principles.

2015 Ford F150 2.7L Ecoboost Review

We were cynics of Ford's aluminum-truck-overnight boardinghouse gambit, yet in a February-issue correlation test, a $60,000-in addition to F-150 SuperCrew with a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 dispatched the basically steel four-entryway rivalry from Chevrolet, Ram, and Toyota. Be that as it may, there's another, significantly littler motor on the F-150's request sheet, a 2.7-liter V-6. How, we pondered, would it passage in the engine of the for the most part nonferrous Ford?

Situated in cost between the base 282-hp V-6 and the 385-hp 5.0-liter V-8, the iron-and-aluminum-obstruct 2.7 makes 325 strength with the assistance of two turbos. The $795 upcharge for it over the commonly suctioned base six expenses not exactly the F-150's discretionary sunroof ($995). A V-8 runs $1595, and the top-gap 3.5-liter turbo V-6 is $1995.

Top: An extremely truckish-looking truck driving in an agreeably carlike way however getting determinedly trucklike efficiency.

The 2.7 hustles this truck to 60 mph in 5.7 seconds and through the quarter-mile in 14.3. That is 0.1 second slower to 60 and 0.1 second faster in the quarter than the 365-hp 3.5-liter turbo V-6 that won the comparo. Think of it as cash well spent in case you're into holeshots, in the SuperCab at any rate.

At 4874 pounds, this model is more than 700 pounds lighter than that team taxicab we continue alluding to. We haven't tried an expanded taxi half-ton truck in a while, yet we have tried the sub-half-ton Chevrolet Colorado. In team taxicab shape, the 305-hp Colorado is more than 300 pounds lighter and 1.2 seconds slower in the quarter-mile.

The absence of full back entryways reminded us why the bigger trucks have gotten to be so prevalent: We needed to move the traveler seat up to agreeably fit a grown-up in the rearward sitting arrangement. It's not as tight as we recall stretched out taxis to be, yet no examination to the limolike magnificence of having four genuine entryways.

2015 Ford F150 2.7L Ecoboost Review

Taking mass out of any truck while keeping up its payload limit represents a test for undercarriage engineers. This F-150 conveys up to 1626 pounds of individuals and stuff, which speaks to a 36-percent expansion in mass over its unladen self. The evaluated payload limit is 1740 pounds, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 6500 pounds. With such a vast stacked to-emptied proportion, we anticipated that the ride would be traded off, yet it isn't. Potholes and pace knocks incite no head hurl, and the guiding is strangely exact for a truck. Actually, the greater part of this F-150's on-street conduct is carlike by truck norms.

Lamentably, the 2.7L EcoBoost EPA mileage evaluations of 18 mpg city and 23 mpg parkway don't mean this present reality. We found the middle value of 16 mpg over more than 1000 miles of blended winter driving, and we didn't stack the bed with auto parts, tow a trailer, or incapacitate the excessively forceful stop-begin motor capacity.

We adore this F-150's carlike air and execution. However, in spite of being fast off the line, the V-6s don't sound or feel like truck motors, and that is something we miss. For about $43,000, or the expense of this F-150, one could get a correspondingly prepared V-8 from Chevy or Ram. Reveal to us somebody who isn't a sucker for a V-8 and we'll demonstrate to you an exceptionally nontraditional truck purchaser. - 2015 Ford F150 2.7L Ecoboost Review