2017 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel HD
With Ford expected to add a diesel and ten-speed to their aluminum-bodied F-150s for 2017, Ram engineers are working hard — likely focusing on many different bottlenecks, rather than a single technolo...
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Well you are being deliberately misleading. Comparing the 2 Z71 trucks, gas vs diesel, the gasser was 7.4 and the diesel was corolla slow at 9.5 seconds to 60.
Yes there is a lighter faster diesel model, but comparing apples to apples its a 2 second difference! If you chose a lighter gasser, it would keep bout the same difference. Quarter mile 15.7, to 16.9.
Happy passing and merging lol. 181 horsepower to 305........
TFL towing up the Ike gauntlet took 8m55s vs 7m30s (iirc) for the V6. And that is with altitude putting the V^ at a huge disadvantage.
So no, they are not similar in performance or price. If choosing a lighter smaller stripped down model is what's necessary to get it into the 8's zero to sixty, well that's just kookie talk. In this case, the diesel is pay more get less. Now toss in the Fiat Ecodiesel in this thing, and that would be pretty cool, decent acceleration, good mileage. Still be overpriced and the Fiat diesel sucks in our climate, (ton's of issues locally). But I could at least wrap my head around that, and in a midsize truck, I think that Ecodiesel would rock.
Yes there is a lighter faster diesel model, but comparing apples to apples its a 2 second difference! If you chose a lighter gasser, it would keep bout the same difference. Quarter mile 15.7, to 16.9.
Happy passing and merging lol. 181 horsepower to 305........
TFL towing up the Ike gauntlet took 8m55s vs 7m30s (iirc) for the V6. And that is with altitude putting the V^ at a huge disadvantage.
So no, they are not similar in performance or price. If choosing a lighter smaller stripped down model is what's necessary to get it into the 8's zero to sixty, well that's just kookie talk. In this case, the diesel is pay more get less. Now toss in the Fiat Ecodiesel in this thing, and that would be pretty cool, decent acceleration, good mileage. Still be overpriced and the Fiat diesel sucks in our climate, (ton's of issues locally). But I could at least wrap my head around that, and in a midsize truck, I think that Ecodiesel would rock.
