![]() ![]() But driven gently those EPA numbers are at least possible. Stay in the turbos and fuel economy drops off precipitously. This thing, after all, has a massive frontal area, is always running in all-wheel drive, has a 400-horsepower engine, and weighs about 5000 pounds. The EPA rating of 16 mpg in the city and 20 mpg on the highway, however, counts as impressive achievement. That’s too unwieldy for a lot of trail work.Īt a time when gas is approaching six bucks a gallon even at the cheap stations here in California, a truck like this one may have become harder to justify. A longer bed version would result in an even more massive truck, and likely require a move up from the 145.6-inch wheelbase to something like the 157.2-inch wheelbase used on SuperCrew F-150s with the 6.5-foot box. On a truck this massive, that can simply not be enough length for someone hauling, say, dirt bikes along with fuel tanks and camping gear. The other criticism is the 5.5-foot bed length. The big update that came with 2021 model includes a neat reworking of the grille, slick multi-part headlights and a better integrated front bumper. Ford has cleanly developed this F-150 body since it was introduced with all sorts of fanfare about its all-aluminum construction back in 2015. Yes, it works better than Ford’s available 400-horsepower, 5.0-liter, DOHC, 32-valve V8 and with a massive 90-pound foot advantage in torque production. But, at least in behavior if not in testable durability, the EcoBoost is beguiling. With competitors like the 3.5-liter twin turbo six now offered in the 2022 Toyota Tundra, it will take a back-to-back comparison to evaluate which is best. The torque is abundant from off-idle to redline, it’s perfectly paired to the 10-speed automatic transmission (itself a sweetly evolving thing) and now even makes a decent exhaust note. Those numbers, however, only hint at how sweet the 3.5 EcoBoost works. 2021 F-150 Tremor Is an Off-Road Workhorse.2021 Ford F-150 Raptor Makes the Same HP as Before. ![]()
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