Ford F150 is going Powerstroke Diesel
It's going to be a V6, like the one in the 1500 Ram. Link
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patperry2766 wrote:Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:
If Ford gets it right they will sell a ton of them. No mater what some of you say, a gas verses diesel engine in the same vehicle will always have the diesel out in front in the MPG benchmark. My little 3.0 can make 32 mpg all day long and at 77 mph it makes 27.8 mpg. The Ecoboost can't come anywhere close to that at the same speeds. Now if diesel jumps to a buck or more then gas than your savings are equal but the towing still goes to the diesel.
My guess is Ford will end up over pricing it and that would be the only thing that would keep them from selling a ton of them.
Don
The upgrade price is $3000/$4000 depending on the trim level of the truck. It's not the upgrade price that will kill sales, it will be the fact that the engine has a TIMING BELT, not a timing chain. Personally, that's a deal killer for me.
150,000 mile service time on the timing belt. Most owners never keep their trucks that long. Thats over 10 years for the average driver.
