Ram 3500 MPG test

4x4ord wrote:

ShinerBock wrote:


You have to remember that Ike times don't matter to Cummins. Their main goal is dependability and efficiency. So while you see being first up a mountain as a goal for competitiveness, they don't. They see being able to get up that mountain day in and day out out in cold or hot temps more efficiently. In my view, Ford is catering to a different kind of customer than Cummins and their is nothing wrong with that.

I think it's pretty tough to argue that any one of these new diesels is more dependable than the others and this thread is actually supposed to be about how Ram/Cummins is not even in the same league as Ford when it comes to efficiency. If Cummins isn't concerned about keeping up, Ram might have to try to negotiate a deal with Ford to supply them with engines.

It was a ~year ago that I reported here that my cousin mentioned to me that the Ram dealer had several owners complain that their 3500 Ram Cummins was making worse fuel economy than their previous trucks and I also asked a couple of hot shot drivers about fuel economy and they told me the same. I was attacked by the usual fan boy and here we are a year later and the Ram 3500 cummins had the worst fuel economy of the bunch.