First drive Ram 1500 diesel
1500 Ram diesel Nice review ,I think they like it and clears up some points on why Ram did not use the 5.0 Cummins
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NC Hauler wrote:
Good read and also noticed something that I thought was, "curious/funny" in a way..
"Surprisingly, Ram isn't using a Cummins powerplant; its new 3.0-liter "EcoDiesel" V6 is made by VM Motori. Fiat, owner of Ram's parent company Chrysler, also owns half of VM, and that no doubt factored into this decision. (Ironically, General Motors owns the other half.)
GM owns the other half of the VM Motori Italian made diesel....seems they got their choice of which diesel to put in their 1500 GM/Chevy truck....2 diesels to pick from:)
The new Chevy Cruze diesel's engine is Germany manufactured. But I believe it was conceived in Italy. Think I read that in Car & Driver.
If the engine design is Italian...have a feeling that VM maybe the company.
