Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Max towing number released

popupcamping wrote:

ib516 wrote:

N-Trouble wrote:
THe lack of any real payload is why a 1/2 ton diesel just doesn't make sense to me. The current top of the line gas offerings can all easily handle whatever you can "safely" tow with these trucks. You buy a diesel because you need/want the pulling power but when the severly lacking 1/2 ton chassis becomes the weak link I can see why not everybody is jumping onboard with offering 1/2 ton diesels. Maybe Dodge knows something we dont, but I doubt it. Still trying to understand the logic behind a 1/2 ton diesel...

You're looking at it from an RVer's perspective, but most 1500 series truck buyers are not RVers. It also depends on where you live. With diesel being about 10% cheaper than regular unleaded here (Canada), and most people using their 1500 series trucks as the family car here, I think it'll sell like hot cakes.

Diesel cheaper than reg gas?


Where?

not any wheres in Atlantic Canada.

It is the same problem with most diesels. The cost of initial ownership will never be returned with fuel savings with normal driving. Hybrids are under the same umbrella. it takes a really long time to recoup the costs of the technology and that is thrown out the window if there are mechanical failures as they tend to be 3-4 times more expensive than gas.

The biggest problem I see with this "baby" diesel is exactly that, it is a "baby" diesel. it may become a big joke sitting beside the Cummins. Guys generally don't like being snickered at. The Hemi will have as much power and sound a lot better doing it at a lower price. And don't you dare say you dont care about the sound.

Doug

Western Canada - where the majority of diesels are sold in Canada. Right now where I live, diesel is $1.169/L, reg unleaded (87 octane) is $1.239/L.