Diesel option for 2018 F-150
Pickuptrucks.com Looks like Ford plans on doing a face lift for the F-150 in 2018 and maybe offering a diesel option to compete with Ram. It's a great time to be a customer with all this competiti...
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valhalla360 wrote:
Forget the exact engine but a buddy in Brazil had a new F250 with a small diesel. This was 4-5yrs ago. Not sure if they would take the same engine.
I suspect the main hold up was the emissions regulations.
Used to sell them in Australia, when Ford was selling F250/F350's at reasonable prices, in today's money about Aus$65,000. Engine was a 4.2 litre Cummins and better in some respects than the 7.3
Emissions were a problem with the Australian certified engines, they did not meet Euro IV regs.
At that stage demand was falling off a cliff and Ford was not bothered to try and tackle the emissions problem
