First drive Ram 1500 diesel

tragusa3 wrote:
I'm not a 0-60 kinda guy either. Much less am I going to flog my own. It was really the payload alone that kept me from this Ram. I wish it was on a truck with 2000 payload.

I agree. It's going to be interesting to see how the market plays out. IMO, I think Ram would have a real winner if they would simply offer a mid-sized, 4.0 - 5.0 liter diesel in a 2500 chassis. Possibly use something similar to the Cummins 5.0 V8 diesel proposed for the new 2015-2016 1/2 ton Nissan. This would fill that huge void in payload/tow/MPG capability that currently exists between the light-duty, 3.0 Ecodiesel 1500 and the big-daddy, 6.7 Cummins 2500.