Hello Ram 1500 Diesel!

Mike Up wrote:
Really, what's the advantage of a small diesel over a turbo charged V6 as the Ecoboost.

The Ecoboost has a torque curve that is just as good as a turbo diesel so the diesel doesn't win there. The Ecoboost has much much more horsepower than the diesel so it doesn't win there. The Ecoboost can near what the Diesel does in fuel economy BUT with a much less expensive fuel. Diesel here can range from 50 to 80 cents more a gallon so the fuel cost comes out in the Ecoboost advantage.

Also diesel stinks and causes breathing difficulties to others. I drove contruction trucks for a living previously and they have their place but they are hard on many people that are sensitive to pollutants. I really wish a law would be made that upright stacks must be used so that the diesel fumes don't spill into cars behind them. I know so many who get pissed because it causes them difficulty getting a vehicle full of diesel fumes.

The large displacement diesels have their place but I really wish trucks would be required to have stacks to get fumes up and over vehicles. The small displacement diesel offer no advantage and many disadvantages compared to turbo gas engines.

Ford is going in the right direction even if they are having some problems with their Ecoboost engines, getting big displacement power with small displacement size. Of course diesels have tons of problems. I read so many threads of all the diesel issues, I really wounldn't buy one unless I had to and I'd get the longest extended warranty on one to cover the repair costs.

Wow!! Really hate diesel that much.

The same can be said for gas emissions, seems that many have tyaken there lives with gas exhaust fumes.

I see many advantages to a small diesel engine. First of all far better mileage, as diesel has more energy per gallon than gasoline. I see that little Ram getting in the neighborhood of 30 mpg empty, and likely around 15 mpg towing, the F150 can't come close towing.
I got the opportunity to drive a Mazda 3 Turbo Diesel in Ireland for a month, averaged over 40 mpg ripping around the country.
It is NOT a Ford 6.0, not all diesels require thousands of dollars in maintenance.
I currently drive a 2001 Ram Cummins, and pull 11,000#+ with no effort at all, it is only at 256,000 miles, and uses about 1 qt of oil between changes, 10,000 mile changes!
I think this Ram will give the Ford F150 EB a real run for the money.