Ive pulled extensively with
Ive pulled extensively with the Ford EcoBoost F150 and it pulls every bit as well as any of the mid range V8 half ton trucks Ive tested including the new GM trucks. Ive pulled a uniform 7,000lb trailer with the Ram 5.7L Hemi, the Silverado 5.3L and the EcoBoost F150...and I can say without any question that the Ford pulled better than any of the other trucks with the exact same trailer and the exact same course. The other people involved with that same head to head testing session all found the same - that the Ford pulled the best with the closest competition coming from the Ram. Some of the big media driven by ad dollars might disagree but its a joke to claim that the 5.3L will outpull the EcoBoost.
As for the class action suits...Those 300 lawsuits aren't having any impact on EcoBoost sales from what I have seen and that is because the suits are all nonsensical...especially relative to the total number of trucks sold with that engine. Smart consumers aren't going to care about foolish owners who expect their trucks to pull 10,000lbs and get 22mpg at the same time. Many of those suits might as well have been explained as "people suing Ford for not understanding the marketing campaign". It is still Ford's bestselling half ton engine by a comfortable margin.