2018 Ford F-150 Review — Cars.com
2018 Ford F-150 Review — Cars.com
The Ford F-150 improves for 2018, with five things that stand out that’ll keep the F-150 relevant for a few more years.
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0.03 -> the Ford f-150 is the best-selling
vehicle period sells better than any
6 -> cars and a trucks
mini vans SUVs you name it and it's
11.219 -> pretty good but for 2018 it's even good
or with five things that stand out that
17.699 -> will keep the f-150 relevant for a few
more years you may not notice the front
22.289 -> styling changes at first but take a
second look and you'll notice much finer
26.939 -> details in the grille it has a classier
appearance than the old one and this
32.61 -> isn't even the top trim level we're here
with the platinum and then there's one
36.42 -> more more expensive limited on top of
that the grille is a lot cleaner and
41.969 -> then the headlight has a little extra
pizzazz in it there's a little more
46.14 -> Sparkle than the old one and the fog
light housing is also changed it now
51.09 -> goes like this instead of that
so from this to that this to that our
60.21 -> platinum f150 test truck has the 5.0
liter v8 and this were 2017 I'd probably
66.51 -> be a little disappointed that we weren't
testing the EcoBoost 3.5 liter because
71.64 -> well the 5.0 has just been a little
disappointing in the f-150 up until now
76.83 -> that is because there's more power and
there's something else up its sleeve
81.409 -> under the hood though there's 10 more
horsepower and 30 more pounds feet of
86.7 -> torque this new engine has the
traditional port style injection system
91.56 -> and then there's also direct injection
added for 2018
96.119 -> the real trick though comes when this
engine is paired with the all-new 10
101.07 -> speed automatic transmission 10 is a big
number of gears the transmission readout
107.52 -> on the instrument cluster looks more
like it belongs in an elevator than a
111 -> vehicle but that 10 speed does wonders
especially for the 5.0 liter with the
117.06 -> 6-speed automatic the 5.0 liter just
took way too long to get in its happy
121.469 -> place took a long time for those revs to
build and it was kind of pokey off the
125.969 -> line and now with the 10 speed the
overall experience with the
129.39 -> speed is this is a much snappier truck
it's more responsive it's more fun to
134.31 -> drive and you feel like there's a lot
more guts underneath the accelerator
138.66 -> pedal it feels quicker but also fuel
economy is bumped the comparable
144.33 -> Platinum 5.0 liter that we're testing
has two miles per gallon better for 2018
149.91 -> than it did in 2017 and when you're only
talking 1819 miles per gallon that's a
155.07 -> pretty substantial increase not a whole
lot has changed on the inside of 2018
160.17 -> but there are a few noticeable
enhancements one is this new color
164.85 -> that's unique to the Platinum model and
two is the new standard stereo on the
170.489 -> Platinum it's a Bang & Olufsen stereo
that replaces the former Sony premium
175.32 -> stereo now trucks aren't really known
for their thing and sound systems there
181.32 -> aren't a lot out there that stand out
but this one to my taste does two thumbs
186.54 -> up very nice another new feature for
2018 is forward collision warning with
191.37 -> automatic emergency braking this is an
advanced safety feature that you just
195.69 -> don't see on trucks yet it's prevalent
on cars SUVs but it's just not in the
201.87 -> truck space Ford says it's the first and
in class to have the feature and what
206.549 -> it's going to do is it uses camera and
radar to detect a vehicle or a
211.769 -> pedestrian and if it detects a collision
it's automatically going to brake for
216.959 -> you the sensitivity is adjustable in the
settings which is a nice addition that
222.54 -> not all systems give you part of this
system is adaptive cruise control a
228.269 -> separate feature that uses similar
hardware as the Ford collision but it's
233.13 -> going to give you the ability to set the
cruise control and it's going to follow
237.6 -> the car ahead of you again this is not
new technology but it is new to trucks
243.39 -> and something that makes the 2018 f-150
unique in the space
247.73 -> my biggest takeaway for the 2018 f150 is
just how much richer of an experience
253.22 -> that 5-litre is with the new power
torque and most importantly the 10 speed
258.169 -> automatic transmission fires are gonna
have a harder time deciding between
262.54 -> upgrading to the Eco booster sticking
with the five liter that's standard on
267.41 -> this platinum trim level and this
platinum trim level is $63,000 $63,000
274.52 -> is of course a lot of money to ask for a
truck but this platinum even with the 5
279.08 -> liter v8
feels like luxury truck and it's even
283.16 -> more justified with that price with
what's change for 2018
294.729 -> you
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