Ford F-150 Wins the V6 Work Truck Shootout
I realize that it might not be the majority, however a number of our readers probably are involved with or have someone in their family who’s involved with a job needing a pickup truck. When you think about a work truck, you want something that’s rugged yet provides you with decent gas mileage. If you’re in the market for a new truck, or know someone else who is, check out PickUpTrucks.com which is a leading resource for truck buying, researching and news.
It recently named the 2011 Ford F-150 3.7-liter V-6 its winner in the V-6 Work Truck Shootout. The Shootout pits the 2011 Ford F-150, 2011 GMC Sierra 1500 and 2011 Ram 1500 V-6s against each other in a head-to-head competition to determine which truck is the best in its class.
“V-6 trucks don’t always get as much attention as their V-8 counterparts, but these work trucks you pass every day are some of the hardest-working pickups available,” says PickupTrucks.com editor Mike Levine. “Since these trucks are so focused on the worker, our Shootout testing is even more important because we put the trucks through head-to-head tests that focus on the truck’s performance above all else.”
For the V-6 Work Truck Shootout, tests included fuel economy, long-distance ride quality, ride and comfort, quarter-mile drag testing with a 2,300-pound trailer, unloaded quarter-mile drag testing, 7-percent grade test with 1,200-pound payload testing, 60-mph-to-zero brake testing and a ride and handling test. To determine the best overall V-6 pickups in each category, PickupTrucks.com created a scoring system that measured the trucks competency in each test.
“In almost every performance test, Ford’s all-new V-6 dominated the competition by significant margins,” Levine said. “Ford has succeeded, once again, in creating another winning version of the F-150.”
For a more in-depth look at the Shootout, visit PickupTrucks.com.
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I am not surprised the the F-150 is best in its class. Ford is known for having great truck and they are great for both work and play. I am going to be buying a new truck soon and I have no doubt that it is going to be a Ford.
I have owned a V6 Ford F-150 for 6 years now, Previously I have owned V8 and I6 Ford trucks. I have to say my 2001 F-150 XLT standard cab short box truck really does it all, small enough to manuever the shopping mall parking lots, stout enough to drop a pallet of landscaping rock into, powerfull enough to haul an 18′ trailer with 2 tons of rock or my 1970 Ford Ranchero on it and comfortable enough to throw my suitcase into and drive across country. The fuel economy is decent, the overhead costs are minimal and the reliablity rate is phenominal…to date I have surpassed 180,000 miles on it. Creature comforts, reliability, and Ford tough…what more can you ask for?