Consumer Reports is a joke.

So are the new Ford's.
My vote is a GMC Sierra ,obviously not a popular one on this thread but if you have not driven a new one I would not rule them out. A big difference between the 2007-2013 model years and the new ones.

I guess some people just don't like the look of Ford tailgates.

Maybe so but my truck is built for work pulling my boats and hunting in the woods, no boat ramps were I launch during duck season sometimes. I guess I will just have to look at Ford tail gates, haha.

If I want to go fast I will just drive my wife's Audi.

I only tow 9500lbs with my Ford. Gee, I sure wish it was built for work.

Wow there sure is alot of bs on here about peoples opinion on what looks better or what they like best. Im a mechanic and see all of them everyday and to me that means something.

Take my advice for what its worth but when ya see em everyday you pretty much know what the better truck is

I do believe if i were looking for a new truck or any vehicle i would listining to the mechanics opinion on it.

Just my thoughts. Go ahead and bash me what do i know i just work on em everyday!

I have a friend that is a mechanic as well, and his thoughts were right in line with yours. That's why I was leaning towards the f-150 in the beginning

That things got pavement princess written all over it.

If I was buying new or nearly new today, I would get a Tundra. Best resale, best towing and best reliability.

Ram with a Hemi or Chevy 5.3L would be tied for 2nd choice (Chevy would get the nod if you're not towing anything too heavy - Hemi would get the nod if you might tow 7,000+ lbs). Ford with the ecoboost would be last on the list. Ford with the 5.0 would probably be a fine truck. But I think it trails the Toyota and Chevy in reliability (equal with Ram), the Toyota and Ram in towing (equal with the Chevy), and is probably on par with Chevy and Ram for gas mileage (ahead of the Toyota).

JMHO, it's worth what you paid for it.

Oh geez here we go

I think your making a good choice. The 5.0 is a good strong engine but if you want to take a step up the ecoboost is a highly noticeable one.

From what i hear the 2.7 will out perform the 3.5.

curious what data you used to formulate your opinion on the Ford trailing everyone else on reliability?

I will include some opinion and some fact in my response. The new Tundras look a lot better than the old Tundras but still seem to be expensive compared to the others (excluding GMC) and have worse gas mileage. Sure they can pull a friggin space shuttle, but who cares? We pull 20 foot bass boats. New Fords are ugly but I say that every time they change and then 2 years later I warm up to them. My dad has a 2014 F150 with the 5.0 and said he got 19mpg on his drive from Austin to Ray rob this past weekend, and regularly can touch 16mpg towing his 18 foot boat. I know very few people with the Ecoboost but when my dad was purchasing his new truck the salesperson dissuaded him from buying one, said it would not perform well for his intended use. I would imagine that your fuel efficiency would plummet if you regularly got that turbo spinning. If you tow on flat ground outside city limits primarily it would probably be fine for you.

Never have owned a Chevy or Dodge. They both seem to be ok trucks these days.

*edit* I have a 2005 F-150 with the 5.4l and get 9mpg towing my boat, just for full disclosure