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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shepstone wrote:
Trucks are about hauling and towing , if your using it just as a grocery getter or econo driver or pretty boy rainbow car, then you have the wrong vehicle. Without using them for thier intended purpose they are a terrible waste of fuel and a waste of our planets limited resources.
Sure but reality is the vast majority of 1/2 ton trucks could be replaced with a 4banger compact pickup getting close to 30mpg and would lose no functionality but people want the big truck.
The manufacturers are caught in the middle. No company survives if they don't provide what their customers want but they have to meet CAFE standards.
End result...small diesels that aren't heavy haulers but get pretty good MPG. Being a "diesel" satisfies the ego aspect for a lot of customers. If you really want to do heavy hauling you can always upgrade to a bigger truck with a bigger engine.
