Griffin:
I felt like I needed to do a piece on this thing because my current daily driver is a 2000 Expedition. The old truck is a gutless waterbed, but it did have great torque and the modular V8 is reliable as hell. Call me old school, but I like a V8 in my truck. As far as the chassis is concerned, this truck has a body shell and frame dating back to 1996. Both mine and Connor’s girlfriends are one year older than this thing! Ford, design a new Expedition please. A full-size six cylinder SUV is going to be a really hard sell with the Tahoe and Durango offering V8’s. I’m not saying they shouldn’t put the 3.5 in it at all. I just think they should make the 5.0 and option like they have with the F150. This will probably happen after the first year of this when they realize no one is buying these. They claim that the six will give improved fuel economy. In the F150 the 3.5 gives 16-22 mpg. The only problem is that it’s having to work it’s ass off and as a result gets barely better fuel economy over what the outgoing V8 made which was 14-20 mpg. In my opinion, ever since Ford introduced the European Mondeo as the new Fusion, things have been going downhill at Ford as far as styling and mechanical ideas. Ford, at this point, is playing the tech game. If you want a car with a sync system (which is terrible) or want to be able to hook every electronic device you own to your car, get a Ford. If you want something fun to drive get a GM, Mopar, or import. I used to like the big three in this order: Mopar, Ford, Chevy. Now I’m way more of a Chevy guy than a Ford guy.
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