By chinohillsfordadmin on August 31, 2011
The 2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost®has survived a series of torture tests – racing in the Baja 1000 and towing a maximum 11,300 pounds at high speeds around a NASCAR track for 24 hours straight – and this month, eight truck …
By chinohillsfordadmin on August 04, 2011
“If you buy this truck, I’ll come deliver it,” Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally told his friend Rob Johnston. Proving that his pledge was more than just an empty sales tactic, Mulally stayed true to his word and dropped …
By chinohillsfordadmin on June 13, 2011
Ford hit a milestone with its F-150 pickup last month. According to PickupTrucks.com, the Blue Oval sold more trucks with V6 engines than V8 mills. Forty-one percent of F-150 sales left the lot with the company’s 3.5-liter Ecoboost six-pot under …
By chinohillsfordadmin on May 04, 2011
Ford sold 45,435 F-150s in April, up 11 percent versus the top-selling truck’s April 2010 totals. That’s a solid month for truck sales with soaring fuel prices, but the finer sales details show that truck buyers are very mindful of …
By chinohillsfordadmin on April 11, 2011
Ford F-150 EcoBoost Torture Test Episode 1- Dyno Torture for 150,000 miles- [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O7I4knkKEo&feature=relmfu] Ford F-150 EcoBoost Torture Test Episode 2- Logging Miles with 3.5L EcoBoost Engine [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d1DA7XdsPo&feature=related] Ford F-150 EcoBoost Torture Test Episode 3- 24hrs of Nascar Track Testing [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWm9cQyXPj0&feature=related] Ford …
By chinohillsfordadmin on April 08, 2011
The F-150 EcoBoost Torture Test, one of the most audacious projects ever undertaken here at Ford, gets the national spotlight this Sunday on NBC. In full public view, we threw everything we could at the new 3.5-liter EcoBoost F-150 engine …
By chinohillsfordadmin on February 01, 2011
The new Ferrari F150 is a single-seat Formula One racecar that will be the object of affection for millions of Tifosi around the globe. One Florida fan of the Italian automaker recently purchased a brand-new 2011 458 Italia. He wasn’t …
By chinohillsfordadmin on January 03, 2011
DEARBORN, Mich., Aug. 11, 2010 – For the 2011 model year, the Ford F-150 is getting the most extensive powertrain overhaul in the truck’s history. The 2011 F-150 has four new truck engines, all coupled to a revised six-speed automatic …
By chinohillsfordadmin on December 28, 2010
DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 27, 2010 – Ford powertrain engineers will tear down an engine that has gone a distance equal to six times around the earth and three quarters of the way to the moon. Or put another way: the …
By chinohillsfordadmin on December 17, 2010
Years of work developing the first twin-turbo direct-injection six-cylinder gas engine for a light-duty pickup truck paid off for Ford over the weekend. The company’s F-150 EcoBoost race truck completed the grueling Baja 1000 off-road race in Mexico in 38 …
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