Ram 1500 EcoDeisel mpg figures released
27 mpg COMBINED rating. LINK "And after a stint on the long and lazy Pacific Coast Highway, we hit a mixture of 22.3 mpg. This was an average figure for us, though one member in our Ram 1500 mot...
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Well if this pickup releases averaging "real world" mid 20's mpg and pushing upper twenties on road trips. I don't think you will see Ram having a problem filling orders for it. However if you hit the magic 3...0.. mpg highway they wont be able to build enough of them.
It really doesn't matter what the mpg sticker says on the window. The internet and word of mouth both good and bad will move (or not)the majority of these especially after the first year of production.
If you own a diesel, ask yourself why you own one? Why did you pay a premium for that drivetrain? The vast majority on an RV site will say pulling power/capacity and MPG . Well in a half ton I don't think that plays (as strongly), if you want power you will own an HD. So now ask yourself why a diesel half ton over a gas version. Its simply MPG, with some towing capacity, but the MPG has to be significant enough to justify the diesel drivetrain premium, the fuel cost premium (in most areas)and the diesel ass tax issues such as letting the diesel warm up in the Winter, gelling, more costly servicing and more costly repairs once the vehicle is out of warranty (some of these are more perceived than reality). So mid 20's mpg doesn't, in my view, make this a smash hit. However if word spreads that you can pull 30 mpg or just over going to grandma's house, and still pull a decent sized RV with the same pickup. That will be a huge hit, but it doesn't appear to me that the Ram 1500 is capable of that kind of mileage from what is coming out.
It really doesn't matter what the mpg sticker says on the window. The internet and word of mouth both good and bad will move (or not)the majority of these especially after the first year of production.
If you own a diesel, ask yourself why you own one? Why did you pay a premium for that drivetrain? The vast majority on an RV site will say pulling power/capacity and MPG . Well in a half ton I don't think that plays (as strongly), if you want power you will own an HD. So now ask yourself why a diesel half ton over a gas version. Its simply MPG, with some towing capacity, but the MPG has to be significant enough to justify the diesel drivetrain premium, the fuel cost premium (in most areas)and the diesel ass tax issues such as letting the diesel warm up in the Winter, gelling, more costly servicing and more costly repairs once the vehicle is out of warranty (some of these are more perceived than reality). So mid 20's mpg doesn't, in my view, make this a smash hit. However if word spreads that you can pull 30 mpg or just over going to grandma's house, and still pull a decent sized RV with the same pickup. That will be a huge hit, but it doesn't appear to me that the Ram 1500 is capable of that kind of mileage from what is coming out.
