News today of Ford's rumored 7.3 L gas engine

“Don’t buy now...a new, big engine is coming!”

Who is going to say that?

I understand the hesitation to view the sales consultant as an unreliable source. Mine isn't the average sales advisor though. Mot saying he's right this time, but in the past he has been amazingly accurate with other info, especially Ford's level of "buy in" on aluminum for their products and their dedication to aluminum for the forseeable future. IOW, he has connections outside the norm. Time will tell, it always does.

An ordinary sales person will not have more access to sensitive info than you. If the sales department knows about a future product than odds are that info has been widely spread.

Auto manufacturers are secretive. I suggest they wouldn’t even tell a dealer.

I don't know if it's just a rumor or not. There is talk about it on different truck forums.


I would not take the word of a 'sales advisor', he wants to sell you a truck today, not in year or two. Then he can call you next year and try to sell you the new 7.3 gas engine. ;)

Salesman......not typically the best to be up on specs and news generally speaking.

I test drove a 2018 PowerWagon the other day. GVWR 8530#, payload as per the door sticker, 12xx#. Told the sales guy I'd have to keep looking as I need more payload than that. He got back to me - says he double checked all his facts and swears that PW has over 4000# payload and 15640 tow rating. He even "called RAM HQ" to double check. He was just quoting the theoretical max numbers, but unfortunately, he hasn't got a clue.

So, I'm not so confident when the "sales guy" tells me what he knows to be true.