MotorTrend Tests the 1500's

Hybridhunter wrote:

NinerBikes wrote:


Is 0-60 in 6.9 seconds in my 5000# AWD touareg with a V 6 3.0 liter diesel and 240 HP with 406 ft lbs of torque too slow for you? Diesels don't have to be slow. Fact is, I never, in a million years will use that feature. What I do use, when without the trailer is the 60 to 80 mph passing feature. And I can assure you, a turbo diesel in that situation kicks butt without making a fanfare or ruckus in doing so.

So what does that have to do with the 1/2 ton comparison article?

Add the engine output being nearly identical, and add in some pounds for the heavier RAM truck, and you should be able to extrapolate times to do similar work from a turbo diesel engine.

Just saying "RAM" and "Ecodiesel" in the same sentence raises your anti RAM hackles to no end, clearly placing you in the "hater" category, or troll. You need to be called out on it. Just sayin...

Owning a turbo diesel is pretty much making a statement that you probably really don't care what your 0-60 or 1/4 mile time is, unlike a Hemi engine owner, where Hemi's ruled the drag strip in the past.