Well......I bought a Ford last night. Went to "auto row", drove 'em all.....and the new f150 really outshines the others, IMHO. The interior on this truck is awesome......feels like an expensive euro sedan....and really sealed the deal for me. The Dodge has got a monster motor, for sure, but the ride and handling was the most "trucklike" of the three. The Chevy was nice, too, but I have to agre with Rev.....it's ugly. Ford and Chev both had 0% financing, but the new company is basically gonna make the payment, so that didn't matter much to me. I got a supercrew lariat, every option, with the 5.4 liter 3 valve engine, 300 hp. The only thing I don't like is the "drive by wire" throttle, throttle response seems kinda vague, and the tranny takes a second to find the right gear on a full throttle kickdown at about 45 or 50 mph. But the guy at the Truck performance store next to one of my boat stores says a Power Commander/superchips programmer will solve all that and pick up an extra 20 hp or so. I'll install that asap. She's rated to tow 9500 lbs, which is pretty respectable compared to 1/2 ton trucks of just a couple years back. After driving f350 crewcab longbed dually 4x's the last 5 years, this thing feels like sports car! I'll get some pics up asap.
Thanks for the input!
TBone