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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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
They didn't have much choice, the bigger EB makes a good tow engine but just can't compete in the MPG ring. They tried a smaller displacement but still came up sort in the fuel economy game. Bottom line most people want fuel economy over speed. That's were the diesels shine over gas engines, even twin turbos.
I said two years ago Ford would be putting a diesel in the F-150 and looks like I was right. So I wonder what all the Blue Oval boys, who were saying the Ecodiesel was a flash in the pan will have to say about Ford jumping on the band wagon!
Hope they do it right and don't fallow Nissan's path. My bet is they fallow FCA and go with a small displacement V6 3.2 or 3.5.
Don
while the ED might not be a flash in the pan, it's had more than its share of issues up to date with ton's of engine replacements.
