I can't lie, the F150 is amazing, seen a few video's of it at Detroit and it really is once again the top dog of trucks. Once again it will kill sales. Ford can't be topped. Sadly ram will continue to fall right under.
http://www.autoextremist.com/curren...e-pretty-good-the-really-bad-and-the-jus.htmlThe Most Significant vehicle to the U.S. market and the Industry at Large: The Ford F-150. The hand-wringing over the new, aluminum-intensive F-150 by certain spineless weasels in the esteemed automotive media was ha-ha laughable. They spent all their time whining about whether the “700 pounds” of weight savings was a mirage and totally missed the point altogether. This truck is a flat-out a game changer and a grand slam home run, pure and simple. Yes, Ford is hanging their asses out in the breeze and it will affect their short-term profitability, but eighteen months from now they will be so far ahead of the rest of the industry it won’t even be close. Notice you didn’t hear the competition throwing darts or grousing about the F-150, because they know exactly what it means. It’s where the entire industry will be going – car and truck - and now they’re all of a sudden five years behind. A gutsy, brilliant play by Ford that will change this industry forever.
After seeing info about it when the Detroit show media day ended i serious considered getting one. I think i will wait for both the diesel ram and new F150 to come out before i decide. I'll want to test both before buying.Asked this in another thread, but is anyone planning on buying a next-gen F-150 instead of the Ram 1500 Ecodiesel? The fuel efficiency was a big pull for me towards the Ecodiesel but now I am rethinking.
The new 2015 F-150 is a lot of smoke & mirrors. Consumer Reports has already made loose predictions that an aluminum body will be astronomically expensive to repair (higher insurance costs). Those of us that live in hail storm country know not to touch that thing with a 10 ft pole until it's proven. I don't think Ford will have such a big jump as some may think...just saying.