Ford running out of diesel engines

theoldwizard1 wrote:

Groover wrote:
Production of the Powerstroke is down 50% due to Covid in Mexico.

Mexico issues

This could help explain the news on the F600.

Personally, I think demand for the Powerstoke is going to drop off now that the new 7.3L gas and 10 speed are available, especially fleet buyers.

Diesels only make sense if you are carrying a very heavy load AND you are driving >50,000 miles/year. The initial cost and maintenance really hurt the "total cost of ownership". In my area diesel cost more than gasoline and you still have to buy DEF.

Haha, not, they're still apples and oranges.
Taking nothing away from the new 7.3 gasser, it's a nice setup, but totally not earth shattering. I've had production cars with the same or more power for over 10 years. It's just a little bump up from "last years" model, figuratively speaking.
Now, come up with a big forced induction gasser that can close the gap some more and that may steal diesel sales....but the mfgs would have to stuff dual 40 gal saddle tanks in them to make it from gas station to gas station!