Ford barely got the V8 out of the pricey F-150 King Ranch and Platinum before it started plotting to bring it right back. A leaked 2027 model year dealer order guide shows the 5.0-liter Coyote among the available engines on those trims again. That would put the V8 on seven F-150 configurations at once.
The 2026 model year tells the opposite story. Ford's own site currently offers King Ranch and Platinum with either the standard 3.5-liter EcoBoost or the PowerBoost hybrid. The V8 got pulled from those two premium trims, even though it stuck around on XLT, STX and Tremor.
The Coyote itself makes 400 hp and 556 Nm (410 lb-ft). That's why its return matters beyond eight-cylinder loyalists: premium F-150 buyers get a real three-way choice again — naturally aspirated V8, turbocharged torque, or hybrid — instead of essentially two takes on the same 3.5-liter architecture. But the bigger shake-up is happening lower in the lineup. The preliminary order guide shows Ford dropping the 2.7-liter EcoBoost V6 entirely, an engine currently rated at 325 hp and 542 Nm (400 lb-ft). Its spot on many XL, STX and XLT trims, plus part of the Lariat range, goes to a new 3.0-liter EcoBoost.
This is where caution is warranted. The new three-liter engine's output for the F-150 hasn't been announced: the preliminary paperwork lists it as TBD. So borrowing the 3.0 EcoBoost figures from the Bronco, Ranger or Explorer would be premature.
The 3.5-liter EcoBoost, the PowerBoost hybrid and the extreme 5.2-liter supercharged V8 for the Raptor R all stick around. Today's Raptor R makes 720 hp, but Ford still has to officially confirm the full 2027 lineup's final specs. So the headline change here isn't really the extra horsepower — the Coyote already had that.
Ford is effectively handing premium F-150 buyers back the choice it took away just one model year earlier. And the disappearance of the popular 2.7 EcoBoost makes the 2027 engine shuffle a lot bigger than a simple V8 comeback.
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