There’s been no shortage of debate surrounding Ford’s selection to adopt aluminum construction for the new 2015 F-150 pickup, and now we have some essential metrics that will feed the fire: EPA fuel-economy ratings.
The headline quantity that Ford is keen to hang its efficiency hat on is for trucks equipped with the 282-hp 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine and 2-wheel drive, so we’ll start there. That truck has earned an EPA city rating of 19 mpg and a highway rating of 26 mpg. Combined fuel economy is rated at 22 mpg. Those numbers go head-to-head with the EPA numbers for the mid-size 2016 Chevy Colorado with the V-6 and 2-wheel drive, the Ford bettering Chevy’s smaller sized truck in the city rating by 1 mpg. But if wringing each and every final mile out of a gallon is your leading priority, the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel nonetheless trumps them each with its 20/28/23 numbers. Checking the box for a 4×4 drivetrain with the exact same engine drops the Ford’s numbers slightly to 18/23/20.
The 2-wheel-drive F-150 with the naturally aspirated 3.5-liter V-6 base engine knocks the numbers down a smidge, to city/highway/combined EPA estimates of 18/25/20. Stepping up to 4×4 capability reduces these ratings to 17/23/19.
Selecting the 385-hp 5.-liter V-8 accelerates the downward trend, but not as drastically as you may expect. It comes in at 15/22/18 in rear-wheel-drive versions and 15/21/17 in 4×4 guise.
Lastly, the optional 350-hp 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 2-wheel-drive F-150 checks in at 17/24/20, and 17/23/19 in the 4×4 version. Of course, your mileage will vary with the turbocharged EcoBoost engines depending on how typically you take advantage of the enhance element of the equation. Either way, it is kind of fascinating that the truck globe has finally discovered a set of numbers to argue over as voraciously as it does tow ratings. Pull up a chair, this could get great.
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