2024 Ford F-150 Tremor First Test

If you’re looking for an off-road-capable truck but don’t need the Raptor or its compromises, the 2024 Ford F-150 Tremor could be your go-to pickup.

The 2024 Ford F-150 Raptor remains one of the top factory off-road trucks you can buy today. You can even go extreme and get the Raptor R with its 5.2-liter supercharged V-8 chucking out 720 hp and flying over whoops like it’s no big deal. But either version of the Raptor is a lot of truck that some buyers just don’t want or simply can’t afford. What’s the next best (and more affordable) thing if you’re looking for something with a V-8 under the hood? It’s the 2024 Ford F-150 Tremor.

While it won’t take on the desert at high speeds, the 2024 F-150 Tremor is still an impressive off-road truck. It conquers small to medium bumps like they aren’t there, and it can clamber off all but the burliest terrain. That said, although its softer suspension is great for off-roading, it does lead to some extra movement; under hard braking, for example, there’s occasional side-to-side motion and a lot more dive than in more road-oriented F-150s. And the off-road tires contribute to a long 60–0-mph stopping distance of 149 feet.

MotorTrend achieved their best acceleration runs with the Tremor in 2WD and “Sport” mode with all the electronic safety nets turned off. The sound of the V-8 and the squat will make you think you’re in a rocket ship, but the time slip isn’t quite as impressive as hammering the go pedal sounds and feels. From a dead stop, the Tremor’s 5.0-liter V-8 put its 400 hp and 410 lb-ft of torque toward a best 0–60-mph run of 6.4 seconds. It was able to cover the quarter mile in 14.8 seconds at 96 mph …

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-ford-f-150-tremor-first-test-review/

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