Ford Loads The Scales With Apples And Oranges
From Jalopnik‘s Andrew Collins comes the discovery that Ford’s “weight savings” between the 2014 F-150 Lariat and the 2015 Lariat isn’t entirely a fair comparison.
As Collins reports, Ford confirmed that the two trucks were not quite the same. The 2014 had a 5.0L V8, while the 2015 had the all-new 2.7L Ecoboost V6.
Collins writes
Their defense; the new 2.7 is meant to be comparable to a “mid-range V8,” which the 5.0 is (the 2.7 is just 5 lb-ft of torque shy of the 5.0’s output, but the V8 makes 35 more horsepower). They’ve also been suggesting that the 2015 V8 (and 3.5 EcoBoost) may get a power bump, for what it’s worth.
But the fact remains; a 2015 F-150 5.0 Lariat SuperCrew V8 exists, and that would have been a more direct comparison against the outgoing truck.
As I maintained earlier this week, a lot of this stuff isn’t worth much, until we see a full table of engine specs, curb weights, towing and payload capacities and fuel economy figures. For now, we’re getting carefully packaged tidbits of info from Ford PR.
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Unless you have a particulaly bad driveway, I can't imagine that anyone cares how much their truck, or any personal vehicle for that matter, weighs. All we care about is mpgs, acceleration, load capacity, durability and cost. Would I buy a truck that was 2,000 lbs lighter if it got 10% worse mileage? Marketing any magnitude of weight reduction is a red herring.
Typical Ford deception. They love lying to people. And there is no doubt in my money that the 2014 truck had extra weight in it. Ford probably didn't complete the '15 truck either making it lighter. This 2015 beer can F150 is going to do untold damage to the F-Series. This will be far worse than the 6.0 disaster.
So, this article is about how this article doesn't mean anything until we get more information?
I will still maintain that the weight numbers they're stating now, will not be the numbers when we see the production models. GM was touting a 500 lbs weight savings right up until a few months before the dealers got them. Turned out to be a 250-300 weight savings. A crew-cab Lariat that's under 5,000 lbs? I'm not sure I believe that one.