Ford knows better than anyone else in this segment that their all - new Power
Stroke diesel offering needs to be a home run, especially with the previous engine's dubious turbocharger issues.
Not exact matches
The lone
diesel engine
offering for 2016 is Ford's own 6.7 - liter Power
Stroke Turbo -
diesel V - 8, which is already
offered in the 2015 Super Duty range.
A new five - speed automatic transmission, built specifically to handle all of the torque put out by the new Power
Stroke diesel, is a key part of this new drivetrain package that Ford will
offer in its F - 250 and F - 350 Super Duty pickups and the Excursion sport utility beginning early next year.
The 6.7 - liter Power
Stroke diesel V8 available in the all - new, 2017 Ford F - Series Super Duty is a heck of a powerplant,
offering a best - in - class torque rating of 925 lb - ft with 440 horsepower.
The 3.0 - liter Power
Stroke diesel engine is the first
diesel engine ever
offered in the F - 150.
The Super Duty chassis cab lineup
offers a choice of 6.7 - liter Power
Stroke V8
diesel, 6.8 - liter V10 gasoline or 6.2 - liter V8 gasoline engines.
The Power
Stroke V6 isn't the most lightweight engine on
offer, having a block made of compacted - graphite iron rather than aluminum — a necessary trade - off given the
diesel's higher peak cylinder pressures.
Unlike the now - defunct
diesel in the RAM 1500, which was designed for economy, Ford says the new Power
Stroke is designed for towing and hauling power,
offering 250 horsepower and 440 lb - ft of torque and, Ford hopes, a 30 - MPG EPA highway rating.
Then there's the 6.7 - liter Power
Stroke diesel V - 8, which will
offer three different power ratings, ranging from 270 horsepower and 675 pound - feet of torque up to 330 horsepower and 725 pound - feet of torque.
Three engines will be
offered: a standard 3.7 - liter gasoline V6, a 3.5 - liter EcoBoost V6 and a 3.2 - liter Power
Stroke five - cylinder
diesel.
F - 150s Ford
offers five gasoline engines for 2018 F - 150s, plus 3.0 L Power
Stroke diesel coming later in 2018 for truck owners with extra-serious towing needs that call for the
diesel engine's extra big helping of torque.
In essence, the 6.5 L Detroit
diesel was a leap above the 6.2 L, but it's generally accepted that the engine was outpaced by Ford's Power
Stroke and Dodge's Cummins turbodiesel
offerings.