Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Max towing number released

CKNSLS wrote:

OK- What do you think of the new 1/2 ton RAM diesel coming out? Do you think it will sell? Do you think it will cannibalize sells of comparable half ton gas models since there is really no competition right now for this truck.
Please share your thoughts.

Sure - I think they got buried in the beginning...

Compared to, say an Ecoboost:
The Ecoboost, while probably getting worse fuel economy will:
Tow more
Have the same or better power characteristics.
Have less expensive maintenance
Have less expensive repairs
Have less expensive fuel (here Diesel is the same as or more expensive than premium)
Is proven now (that they have the intercoolers fixed)
Have larger payload

Compared to the GM twins, most of the same applies but they get better fuel economy than the Ecoboost so they have that going for them.

IMHO it's a swing and a miss. People want the power characteristics of Diesel (flat torque) and that's what Ecoboost gives them and to a similar extent the new GM trucks as they said they tuned them for flat torque curves.