Once we requested Ford why it made the F-150 Raptor entire once more with the return of an eight-cylinder engine, the dinosaur within the room was the Ram 1500 TRX. However Tony Greco, program supervisor for the Raptor R, stated the Auburn Hills rival did not information Ford’s choice, clients did, “in delicate methods and in then bluntly telling us, ‘Hey, a-holes, begin placing the engine that I need on this factor.'” A report from Ford Authority suggests the automaker will not cease there with the V8 push. FA writes that “sources aware of the matter” instructed the outlet the 2023 F-150 Tremor will add the 5.0-liter Coyote V8 as the bottom engine. The three.5-liter EcoBoost V6 with 400 horsepower and 500 pound-feet of torque, the one engine available within the present Tremor, would be the elective selection.
Elsewhere within the truck lineup, the Coyote V8 makes 400 hp and 410 lb-ft. The EcoBoost V6 maxes out at 14,000 kilos of towing, the V8 tops out at 13,000 kilos. The diminished output and functionality lead one to imagine the 2023 Tremor will provide a inexpensive entry level than the present truck’s $55,900 — earlier than factoring in provide points and inflation, by no means thoughts looking for an instance that hasn’t been optioned into the mid $70K vary.
Nonetheless, one other rumor from Ford Authority places that doubtful. Extra sources have instructed FA the Tremor’s inventory 400A tools will get reduce from subsequent yr’s menu, making the presently elective 401A Mid tools group the bottom selection. The Mid group provides frills like LED headlights, fog lamps, heated entrance seats, and an eight-inch display within the gauge cluster for $6,065. If Ford provides simply two-thirds of that price to the usual worth of a 2023 F-150 Tremor, the Tremor all of a sudden begins at greater than $60,000.
Bear in mind, the Tremor was launched two years in the past to fill the off-road functionality hole between the usual F-150’s FX4 bundle and the Raptor. It may very well be that with the approaching of the F-150 Rattler, Ford’s slicing the gaps thinner, sliding MSRPs as much as make room for the brand new entry-level off-road-focused trim and creating worthwhile overlap among the many vary. One more FA report says the 2023 Raptor is making the identical inside tools change because the Tremor, dropping the bottom 400A bundle to make the 401A bundle normal, which may increase that truck’s worth as properly. When speccing a regular F-150 as shut as attainable to the Rattler and Tremor within the configurator, we’re undecided the anticipated worth differentials take advantage of sense to a purchaser squeezing probably the most of each penny. The branding makes us suspect Ford is aware of there are many patrons who would slightly remove the effort and pay for a factory-fit bundle than fill within the blanks themselves on the aftermarket at higher costs — which, frankly, is nothing new. We’ll discover out extra when the 2023 lineup and MSRPs are introduced.
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