The F-150 SuperCrew XLT we weighed during ’s Light-Duty V-8 Challenge tipped the scales at 5,120 pounds, undercutting the Chevrolet Silverado’s 5,620 pounds, the 2015 GMC Sierra’s 5,640 pounds, the Ram 1500’s 5,780 pounds and the Toyota Tundra’s 5,840 pounds.
Entry-level Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500s are both 4,521 pounds, a base Ram 1500 is 4,705 pounds, a Toyota Tundra is 5,095 pounds and the Nissan Titan weighs in at 5,049 pounds. The F-150 is also lighter than the competition. The biggest clue that you’re looking at a 2015 are the new headlight and taillight housings with optional LED lighting.Īll of that steel replaced with aluminum equates to a base model Ford F-150 (regular cab, 3.5-liter V-6, rear-wheel drive and 6.5-foot box) weighing a lick more than 4,000 pounds (4,050 pounds), or roughly the same weight as a midsize Ford Edge SUV. It’s impossible to mistake the F-150 for anything else but a Ford, but the new pickup is fit, trim and more toned than before. The F-150 hides its significant structural reworking with many design similarities to the outgoing F-150.
Compare the F-150 with those trucks, here. The Ford F-150 has previously dominated ’s light-duty multitruck comparisons, taking the cake in 20, but the segment has changed considerably since then with new engines, transmissions and suspensions from the Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra and Ram 1500.
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In the Physical, we tested the new and intriguing turbocharged 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 plus the lineup’s rock-star engine, the 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine. This review covers a mix of engines and body configurations augmented by exhaustive testing from ’s sibling site,, in our 2015 Light-Duty V-8 Challenge featuring the 2015 F-150 with the 5.0-liter V-8, as well as V-6 engine testing in the 2015 Annual Physical. The whole truck also includes new features previously unheard of in the pickup segment, from top to bottom. Why do this? Shedding weight is one way to kill two, three or four of those birds with one stone because payload and towing capacities, and acceleration and braking performance all improve by purging pounds. The 2015 Ford F-150 is a dramatic departure from typical pickup truck construction, relying on the heavy use of lightweight aluminum in the cab and body to decrease weight up to 700 pounds compared with the 2014 F-150. The switch to aluminum sheet metal is most apparent in how the redesigned 2015 Ford F-150 rides and drives like a much smaller, more agile truck than its competitors.