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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost smokes its tires - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
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It's official: <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford's</a> 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, as seen in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150">2011 F-150</a> pickup truck, has been rated at 16 city and 22 highway by the EPA. And it's also officially the engine to get if you're shopping for a new Blue Oval workhorse.<br />
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To put it all into perspective, the 365-horsepower, 420-pound-foot EcoBoost-equipped F-150 offers 3,060 pounds of payload and 11,300 pounds worth of towing capability - both of which are best-in-class - and it gets better fuel mileage than any comparable engines offered by Ford's competitors (see the graph <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued">after the break</a>).<br />
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All this baked-in, twin-turbocharged goodness won't even cost the buyer all that much money, as the EcoBoost engine option adds just $750 to the cost of a truck that would otherwise be equipped with the perfectly acceptable 5.0-liter V8, or $1,750 over the cost of the base 3.7-liter V6.<br />
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Money well spent, we'd say, especially considering that the more powerful EcoBoost <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/14/2011-ford-f-150-to-achieve-up-to-23-mpg/">beats the 5.0</a> when it comes to fuel efficiency (15/21) and nearly matches the 3.7's 16/23 rating. Probably not when smoking its tires, though...<br />
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Want to know more? Feel free to check out the complete press release <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued">after the break</a>.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost">2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large005_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large006_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large008_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford via <a href="http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/01/ford-announces-fuel-economy-figures-for-2011-f-150-ecoboost-v-6.html">PickupTrucks.com</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost rated at 16 city, 22 highway</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/">2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost rated at 16 city, 22 highway</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19792141/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><em><strong><small>2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost smokes its tires - Click above for high-res image gallery</small></strong></em></div>
<br />
It's official: <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/ford">Ford's</a> 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 engine, as seen in the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/model/f-150">2011 F-150</a> pickup truck, has been rated at 16 city and 22 highway by the EPA. And it's also officially the engine to get if you're shopping for a new Blue Oval workhorse.<br />
<br />
To put it all into perspective, the 365-horsepower, 420-pound-foot EcoBoost-equipped F-150 offers 3,060 pounds of payload and 11,300 pounds worth of towing capability - both of which are best-in-class - and it gets better fuel mileage than any comparable engines offered by Ford's competitors (see the graph <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued">after the break</a>).<br />
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All this baked-in, twin-turbocharged goodness won't even cost the buyer all that much money, as the EcoBoost engine option adds just $750 to the cost of a truck that would otherwise be equipped with the perfectly acceptable 5.0-liter V8, or $1,750 over the cost of the base 3.7-liter V6.<br />
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Money well spent, we'd say, especially considering that the more powerful EcoBoost <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2010/10/14/2011-ford-f-150-to-achieve-up-to-23-mpg/">beats the 5.0</a> when it comes to fuel efficiency (15/21) and nearly matches the 3.7's 16/23 rating. Probably not when smoking its tires, though...<br />
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Want to know more? Feel free to check out the complete press release <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#continued">after the break</a>.<br />
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<div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost">2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large003_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large004_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large005_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large006_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost/"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2010/09/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-large008_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><br />
[Source: Ford via <a href="http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2011/01/ford-announces-fuel-economy-figures-for-2011-f-150-ecoboost-v-6.html">PickupTrucks.com</a>]<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost rated at 16 city, 22 highway</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/">2011 Ford F-150 EcoBoost rated at 16 city, 22 highway</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19792141/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/07/2011-ford-f-150-ecoboost-rated-at-16-city-22-highway/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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