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Designed to offer the fierce power and torque of a V8 and the conservative fuel efficiency of a V6, the EcoBoost V6 is one of Ford's newest engines to wow consumers. It's been around only since January and already it's winning the favor of F-150 pickup truck drivers.

"We had a sales forecast but it has jumped up a little faster than we thought,"¹ said an elated Marc Lapine, Consumer Marketing…

USA Today and PickupTrucks.com recently performed a horsepower and hauling test, having several top of the line V6 pickup trucks pull cargo and shoot down the drag strip.

The result - to see who is the toughest. The winner was, not surprisingly, the 2011 Ford F-150. This new-for-2011 base V6 is more powerful and fuel-efficient than rivals. Its six-speed automatic adds to the new engine's strong points.

" 'V6' is no longer a dirty word…