Brilliant Or Bonehead? GM To Outfit Full-Sized Pickups With 310 HP Turbo 4 Cylinder

As long as it can tow a comparable load then shouldn't matter. Trucks are bought for there lap times.

Why would this be boneheaded? Another option for buyers and seems well engineered. Was Agent009 fired by GM? That would explain the headline.

Many truck buyers and businesses are old school in thought.

Will the turbo 4 keep up?

Many had a hard time moving from the V8 to the V6, now you have a turbo 4 that can drop down to two cylinders?

310 horsepower is not 310 horsepower. The turbo 4 is likely to put out much more heat and likely to be on full boil more than a V6 or a V8.

torque ratings?

Ford basically sold A LOT of skeptical consumers on overall ratings for their EcoBoost I4 & V6 engines for the Escape/Focus/F-150/Explorer. For example - 2.7L V6 EB, 325 hp & 380 lb.ft. of torque (from 1000-4000 RPM). And the ultimate answer was torque ratings/range & what they mean for overall performance. Reaching the 300hp mark is cute, but having high torque gets things moving fast or allows you to haul/pull heavier stuff with the smaller engine.

Go and ask Mercedes 2.0L Turbo that makes 375HP on the CLA/GLA AMG and see how long that engine last. You can only ask so much for a small engine to do the heavy work. I assume truck buyers want their truck to last beyond warranty?

ilovecar2015, those buyers can still buy the V6s and V8s. GM is not only offering one engine. You can get 4cyl in many SUVs (Volvo, Mazda, LR).
This site takes every opportunity to bash GM. Why is that?

Truthy, I didn't bash GM, I bashed 2.0L engines the produce 300+ HP, which this case was GM and MB.

All the 2.0 turbos CUV you mentioned are for compact cross-overs. We're talking about a full-size pick up here with towing capacity that GM is trying to do with 2.0 turbo.

They love Lexus too. I have a German car and it will be my first and last. Although 4 years newer than my wife's Acura my MB's navigation seems 4 years older. And "routine" maintenance is expensive. The not so routine items are two replaced shocks, headlight, driving light, electrical issues, seat stuck, and on and on. My friend quipped that I have more miles on their loaners than on my car.

I know people with BMWs with the same issues.

This is an ALL NEW engine designed to be a truck engine.
My problem is that ALL NEW is something I would not buy in the first year of production.

However - the specs of the engine are clearly in the range needed for the Trucks.

This is "all new" in the sense that they likely changed something minor i.e. the displacement of the 2.5 4-cylinder in the Colorado.

Actually Matt - this is a part of completely new 4 cylinder engine family being introduced by Gm. It has already been announced to have been new FROM The Ground up.

Of course it's "new from the ground up" they changed the displacement. Phrases like "all new" and "new from the ground up" have been so overused that they seldom ring true. But let's assume your addlepated mind is speaking reality for once. A large 4 cylinder with attendant NVH issues that a large 4 WILL have would be an illogical engine to dream up from scratch. But, hey, keep on believing.

Ford's successful Ecoboost engine is making Chevy become challenged to provide a powerful small displacement, higher fuel efficient option. It appears that rather than designing a new purpose built engine, Chevy is raiding its parts bins to come up with a new engine variant.

I want to get one of these, put a travel trailer behind it and find a steep grade to kill the engine.

I own a 2017 Ford F150 with a V8 engine. I haul heavy loads. I factory ordered my truck with heavy duty suspension and that only came with 1 available engine ... The V8. No regrets on the purchase or engine but .... If you are using the truck for personal transportation, that engine might work.

It is the perfect commuter pickup option, that never carries more than 2 passengers and a dog.

For most owners of most vehicles used daily on today's roads and especially pickups it torque that counts and this motor exceeds the engine it replaces in that regard.

I have no doubt the motor will produce numbers as v6 or v8's will. But will the added stress of the motor working much harder will reduce it's longevity? A v8 doesn't have to work as hard nor the larger rev range range of the motor or the 10000 rpm of the turbo.