Hello Ram 1500 Diesel!

itguy08 wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:
They only sell RAMS in the US and Canada. The diesel will sell well.

Just curious how? Diesel takes more expensive fuel (more expensive than Premium). It needs DEF, needs more expensive oil (more of it), filter maintenance, etc. And it costs more than the V8...

Let's do some math:
RAM Ecodiesel

The half-ton diesel truck will carry a base price of $30,180 for a rear-drive, long-wheelbase truck with an eight-foot bed. The EcoDiesel’s price represents a $2850 premium over a similarly equipped 2014 Ram 1500 with the 5.7-liter V-8, Ram says.

And for 2014, the Ram 1500?s 5.7-liter V-8 produces 395 hp and 410 lb-ft of torque. Even though the V-8 will be offered with an eight-speed automatic, the truck’s fuel economy will be no match for the 1500 EcoDiesel. The new Ram model has a 3.0-liter turbodiesel six-cylinder under the hood with 240 hp and 420 lb-ft, and also

uses an eight-speed automatic.

So you have:

RAM 1500 Hemi: $27,330
RAM 1500 Ecodiesel: $30,180

Or:
F150 Ecoboost XL RWD: $27,345 (has more HP and the same torque with a good broad powerband).

$2800 buys an awful lot of gasoline, especially when regular hovers around $3.40 and Diesel is around $4.00...

That's why I'm not sure about the US. Canadian diesel prices are on par with regular gas, give or take. My guess is a Canadian would recoupe the cost of the diesel option io less than two years on a daily driver. Same goes for many other countries. It's your tax atructure that make diesel so much more expensive than gas