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Ford hasn’t said anything officially, but a leaked order guide shows some key engine changes for the 2027 F-150. The dealer document was posted to the F150Gen14 forum late last week, revealing a new base engine as well as the reintroduction of a familiar powerplant for the top-shelf King Ranch and Platinum. Is this a response to Ram bringing back the Hemi and General Motors doubling down on V8s? Maybe, but rest assured that the Blue Oval’s boosted V6s aren’t going anywhere.
The first proof of that is the 3.0-liter EcoBoost engine now available in place of the old 2.7-liter. This won’t appease the folks who want to see small-displacement, forced-induction engines eradicated from half-ton trucks, but all signs point to this being a legitimate upgrade. Ford didn’t specify the 3.0-liter’s output in the order guide, but elsewhere in the automaker’s lineup, it makes anywhere between 400 and 418 horsepower with as much as 440 lb-ft of torque. For reference, the 2.7-liter made 325 hp and 400 lb-ft of torque.
You’ll find the 3.0-liter EcoBoost as the standard option in some F-150 XL, STX, XLT, and Lariat models.
The other noteworthy switchup for 2027 Ford F-150s is the 5.0-liter Coyote V8’s expanded availability. Previously, it wasn’t available in the King Ranch and Platinum models—only the 3.5-liter EcoBoost and its electrified PowerBoost variant. That’s no longer the case, as you can finally buy Ford’s fanciest trucks with a naturally aspirated V8 again. As far as I can tell, it’s still rated below the twin-turbo engine with 400 hp and 410 lb-ft of torque.
The big-picture takeaway here is that you can now get a V8 in every F-150 trim. Given the direction the full-size truck segment has been going in, it’s interesting to see more widespread availability of the traditional engine layout. Of course, these aren’t the simple pushrod lumps of yore, but it seemed like V8s were being phased out from half-tons completely—whether that be the customers’ doing or the automakers’. (Or the government’s.)
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