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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