03 Expy - 5.4
2v motor, 4 speed auto
07+ Expy - 5.4
3v motor, 6 speed auto
5.4 2v has 260 HP
5.4 3v has 300 HP (initially, now "rated" at 320 HP for later models)
late in 05 the 5.4 3v motor was put in the Expy...but they were rare IMO. So most people only have experience with the 5.4 2v variety. Decent motor, but whole different animal from the 3v motor. Especially when you couple it with a 6 speed transmission. For a 7-8,000 lbs vehicle, the 07+ Expy is pretty powerful and I could easily get 19-20 mpg on the highway. Rock steady 11.5-12 mpg city though.
YOU WILL NEVER SEE A DIESEL SUV OR LIGHT TRUCK in the USA. The EPA and CAFE has assured this. To meet regulations, manufacturers are having to increase displacement. And then crap like EGR, DEF, UREA, and all the other B.S. particulate things.
Originally Posted by
tseekins
Knowing that ford has a variety of new engines out right now would turn me off from an Expedition as well. I'm not really seeing any of the full size SUV's as a suitable replacement for the Expy.
Ditto. Before getting the Flex I priced out the 2012 model Expy. Besides getting a $20k price increase from my 2008, I didn't see anything different at all. The new ones had Sync...but otherwise it was exactly the same
Kinda hard to drop that kind of money on a rig/platform with "old" tech, when the 6.2 and 5.0 and 3.5 EB have been zooming down the road for quite a few years now. Hell, the 6.2 is already in the F-150 with the same (mostly) 6 speed trans. I'd gladly have bought a 6.2 Expy
