Beach Ford part of the Beach Automotive family is proud to offer 2012 Motor Trend Truck of the Year to our friends in the Myrtle Beach, Conway, Murrells Inlet, Pawleys Island, Columbia, Florence, SC area!

Winning an impressive award? All in a day’s work.

Toughness and rugged durability now merge with prestige and accolades. The Ford F-150 is the proud recipient of the 2012 Motor Trend Truck of the Year®.

When it comes to capability, power and performance, Motor Trend must have realized the competition didn’t stand a chance. The F-150 offers best-in-class trailer-towing capacity (11,300 lbs.)¹ It can haul more than any other truck in its class—up to 3,120 lbs¹.

But there’s more to the story than just sheer power. F-150 also has its focus on what’s important to everyone these days: fuel efficiency. The F-150 3.7L TI-VCT V6 delivers not only best-in-class standard V6 power, but also class-leading² fuel economy with an EPA-estimated 17 city/23 highway/19 combined mpg (4×2).

Motor Trend also found the available EcoBoost® engine that’s designed with advanced technology and twin turbocharging to be beyond impressive. EcoBoost delivers a combination of efficiency and capability that’s unequaled in its class.³ What’s the experience like behind the wheel? Instantaneous low-end torque responsiveness with virtually no turbo lag.

The work may be tough, but inside F-150 it’s comfortable, quiet and user-friendly. The F-150 SuperCrew even boasts a fully flat load floor—the most usable cab space in its class⁴. And proving that you don’t have to work hard to be productive, F-150 offers an available class-exclusive² driver configurable LCD productivity screen. Want to know your fuel economy, towing or off-road information? It’s all at your fingertips. And to keep you connected with life on the road, F-150 features available Ford SYNC® and the available Navigation System. It all adds up to a full-size pickup that delivers power, efficiency and intelligence—just a few vital factors that must have influenced the truck lovers at Motor Trend.

“The Ford F-150’s considerable strengths stood out in sharp relief against the competition. By offering high tech features like SYNC and EcoBoost, Ford has clearly taken a leadership position in the market and demonstrated a commitment to making the F-150 not just the best selling truck in America, but perhaps the most versatile. From a fuel sipping EcoBoost to a desert racing Raptor, the F-150 covers all of the bases,” said Edward Loh, Editor-in-Chief of Motor Trend.

To read the entire article, visit Motor Trend . To find out more about the F-150, visit ford.com/trucks/f150.

DISCLAIMER:
1When properly equipped. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR, Non-Hybrid.
2Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR, Non-Hybrid.
3Based on max. towing and payload and EPA-estimated 16 city/22 hwy mpg, 4X2. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR, Non-Hybrid.
4SuperCrew model. Class is Full-Size Pickups under 8,500 lbs. GVWR, Non-Hybrid.

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