Filed under: Car Buying , Budget , Sedan , SUV , Truck , Chevrolet , Ford , Honda , Nissan , Toyota , Earnings/Financials The figures have been tallied for the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. in 2011, and not surprisingly, the Ford F-Series pickup truck is king of the heap once again. Dealers sold a total of 584,917 F-Series units in 2011, beating out the second-place Chevrolet Silverado by 169,787 units.
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Report: These are your top 10 best-selling vehicles for 2011
Filed under: Truck , Marketing/Advertising , Work , Chevrolet , GM GM CEO Dan Akerson being presented Motor Trend’s 2011 Truck of the Year award Motor Trend is following up its somewhat controversial decision to crown the Chevrolet Volt as its 2011 Car of the Year with a safer call for its 2011 Truck of the Year award. The 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD was announced as the magazine’s TOTY during a ceremony before the 111th Army-Navy Game at Philadelphia ‘s Lincoln Financial Field on Saturday, giving General Motors’ volume brand a pair of golden calipers to crow about all next year. Chevy’s heavy-duty version of its Silverado pickup truck was significantly upgraded this year, though it faced a tough pair of competitors in the equally improved 2011 GMC Sierra HD and the also-upgraded 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty .
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Motor Trend Truck of the Year? The 2011 Chevrolet Silverado HD
Filed under: Truck , Videos , Ford PickupTrucks.com drag races Ford’s newest V6 F-150s – Click above to watch video after the jump Ford has created an exciting lineup of engines for the 2011 F-150 . From the 6.2-liter V8 and Coyote 5.0 down to the 3.7-liter V6 and turbocharged 3.5-liter EcoBoost, it’s pretty much impossible to make a bad choice. Our friends at PickupTrucks.com currently have the keys to both of the V6 models, and they are putting them through the paces for their Work Truck Shootout. That story isn’t quite ready yet, but in the meantime, Editor Mike Levine decided to run them down the strip at Michigan’s Milan Dragway
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Video: Drag racing Ford’s V6-powered F-150s
Filed under: Truck , Ford 2011 Ford F-150 – Click above for high-res image gallery As we said shortly after driving Ford’s latest F-150 pickup trucks , we think the Dearborn automaker has the very best range of powertrain options in the segment for 2011. One of the engines we are most impressed with is the 3.7-liter V6 that now serves as the base powerplant in the F-150 , but until now, we didn’t have final EPA fuel economy figures. Well, that’s been rectified, as Ford has announced that the 302-horsepower 3.7 will serve up 16 miles per gallon in the city and 23 on the highway in rear-wheel drive models, the latter figure making it the most fuel-efficient full-size pickup on the market. Stepping up the next rung to the 5.0-liter V8 will get you 360 horses and a fine 15 city, 21 highway EPA fuel economy rating, another best-in-class figure
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2011 Ford F-150 to achieve up to 23 MPG
Filed under: Car Buying , Truck , Work , Dodge , Ford , GMC 2011 Ford Super Duty – Click above for high-res image gallery Wards Auto has crowned its king of the 2011 diesel pickup engine crowd. The editors pitted the mills in the 2011 Dodge Ram HD , Ford Super Duty and the GMC Sierra Denali HD against each other in one epic battle royale at the Robert Bosch LLC test track, and while each of the three oil-burners did a smart job of hauling payloads and the like, Wards clearly favored one above the rest. The publication said that the powerhouse 6.7-liter turbocharged V8 in the Super Duty was the clear winner, despite being the most expensive of the three engines.
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Ford Power Stroke wins Ward’s diesel shootout
Filed under: Truck , Ford , Diesel 2011 Ford F-Series Super Duty – Click above for high-res image gallery We don’t remember feeling at all disappointed when Ford released power figures for its new 6.7-liter Power Stroke diesel engine available in the 2011 Super Duty . After all, who’s going to argue with 390 horsepower and 735 pound-feet of torque? Then General Motors published power figures for its new 6.6-liter Duramax Diesel of 397 ponies and 765 stump-pulling lb-ft of twist. Oh snap! That left Ford on the shallow end of the power pool, but engineers were secretly working on a flash update for its in-house oil burner
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Super Duty’s Power Stroke diesel gets 800 lb-ft of torque reflash