Cummins New 5.0 V-8 Diesel?
I've been reading up on this new diesel engine from Cummins and have come to the conclusion, it would be a perfect motor for Class C & B+ motor homes based on either the Ford of Chevy/GMC Cutaway Chas...
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klutchdust wrote:
Add the cost of the diesel engine option verses the fuel savings first. The diesel engine in my pick up added 15K to the cost of the truck.
For my wife and me, that's the answer. We were discussing this weekend why you don't see more diesels in Class Cs, and my impression was cost.
Yes, the diesel will get better fuel mileage, but Big Redneck posted above that he has 61,000 miles on a diesel Class C that gets 14 mpg. My wife and I are getting around 8.5, so in 61,000 miles I'd expect to save under 3000 gallons of fuel.
If the additional cost of the unit had been $15K for diesel, for us and I suspect many Class C buyers, that would have been a deal breaker. We'd still be pulling a trailer.
