Which full-size American pickup truck is worthy of your driveway, the 2024 Ford F-150 or the 2024 Chevy Silverado 1500? Our comparison guide is here to make sure you drive home in the light-duty truck that exceeds your expectations.
Key Takeaways
- Both the F-150 and Silverado 1500 are available as a wide range of trim models, plus your choice of luxury upgrades.
- When it comes to innovative, work-friendly features, the 2024 F-150 has a lot more to offer.
- The F-150 is the most powerful option overall, delivering up to 700 horses with its high-speed off-roading trim model, the Raptor R.
- For best-in-class towing and hauling capabilities, make the F-150 your first choice!
Options: It’s a Tie!
Both of these full-size, light-duty trucks provide a long list of body style configurations, trim models, and optional features to create not only a capable truck but a comfortable one. Each offers three cabins: regular, extended and crew. Depending on which cabin you select, three bed lengths are available: short, standard, and long.
The 2024 F-150 and Silverado 1500 are both available with comfort upgrades like leather seating and heated and ventilated front seats. And both come standard with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto connectivity. The new F-150 also comes standard with Ford’s SYNC 4 infotainment system and a 12-inch central touchscreen. The Silverado’s standard infotainment setup includes a 7-inch touchscreen, but a 13.4-inch touchscreen is optional.
The 14th-generation F-150 is especially innovative! You can add any number of job-friendly features, like the Pro-Power Onboard generator, Onboard Scales & Smart Hitch, or Pro Trailer Backup system. For 2024, the F-150 introduces the Pro Access Tailgate, whose 20/60/20-split hinges give you easy access to cargo items, even with a trailer attached.
Also new for 2024, Ford’s BlueCruise technology (now subscription-based) is more widely available throughout the F-150 lineup. Now optional for the F-150 XLT and standard on the F-150 Lariat and up, every F-150 with BlueCruise comes with a 90-day free trial to the system’s hands-free driving features.
Although the Silverado 1500 has yet to issue a power generator, payload estimator, or technology to help back a trailer in a specific direction, it does have a few options you’ll appreciate. The Silverado’s available Multi-Flex Tailgate lives up to its name, with fold-out load stops, a drop-down gate step, and a handy work surface. The Silverado 1500 also offers its own hands-free driving system, Super Cruise. However, this technology is still only available on the most expensive trim model, the High Country.
Powertrain Options: 2024 Ford F-150
The 2024 F-150 has no shortage of power! Its off-road-ready Raptor trim models provide the most speed, delivering up to 700 horsepower via an exclusive supercharged V8 engine. Outside of the Raptor engine options, the F-150’s most powerful engine option is also its thriftiest, giving you both 430 horsepower and 23 mpg combined. The 2024 F-150 is also big on options, with six available engines:
- Turbocharged 2.7L V6 (325 horsepower, 400 lb-ft)
- 5.0L V8 (400 hp, 410 lb-ft)
- Turbo 3.5L V6 (400 hp, 500 lb-ft)
- Raptor-specific turbo 3.5L V6 (450 hp, 510 lb-ft)
- Raptor R-specific supercharged 5.2L V8 (700 hp, 640 lb-ft)
- PowerBoost hybrid powertrain (430 hp, 570 lb-ft)
Although the Silverado 1500 isn’t as powerful as the F-150, it does have one big draw. Drivers love its available 6.2-liter V8 engine, which delivers 420 horses. The Silverado 1500 also offers a thrifty option, its turbodiesel engine, which earns up to 26 mpg combined.
The 2024 Silverado 1500 is available with four engine options:
- Turbocharged 2.7L four-cylinder engine (310 horsepower, 430 pound-feet of torque)
- 5.3L V8 (355 hp, 383 lb-ft)
- 6.2L V8 (420 hp, 460 lb-ft)
- Turbo 3.0L six-cylinder diesel engine (305 hp, 495 lb-ft)
Towing & Hauling Performance: 2024 Ford F-150
If you need the toughest light-duty truck available, then you need the 2024 Ford F-150. With the right body style, configuration, and equipment, this F-150 can tow a best-in-class figure of up to 13,500 pounds. And the F-150’s max payloads, which reach up to 2,445 pounds, also outclass competitors.
Although the 2024 Silverado 1500 comes in second place, it isn’t too far behind in terms of max payloads and towing capabilities. Properly equipped, these Chevy trucks can tow up to 13,300 pounds. Payloads reach all the way up to 2,260 pounds.
Choose the Best Truck for You
If you want the best full-size truck out there, that’s the 2024 Ford F-150. Not only does America’s bestselling pickup deliver best-in-class capabilities, but it also offers innovative features that aren’t available anywhere else!