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jimh406
Explorer III
Jan 14, 2019

On the fence for a new TC hauler? ... new Ram looks awesome!

I’m not in the market as newly retired with a good truck, but if I was considering a new one, the 2019 Ram looks awesome. I was hoping they’d extend some of the improvements of the 1500 up and they d...
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Bedlam
Moderator
Jan 15, 2019
kohldad wrote:
And for those of us who are satisfied with the 6.4 Hemi, they upgraded to an 8 speed transmission moving direct drive to 6th. Which version of the ZF 8HP is yet to be seen, but I've read about it to know I like what I see so far.

On the diesel front, wish they would quit going for the torque king and start worrying about mpg. I would much rather have a 600 ft-lb of torque with 20-40% better fuel economy than the 1000 ft-lb.

I read somewhere it was 8HP75 from ZF...

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