RAM passes FORD in HD sales.
Reading "Heavy Duty Trucking" Jan 2016 issue. HDT and other trade mags publish sales reports for various classes of trucks sorted by brand and class. For November 2015 in class 3,4,5, 10001-19500 lb...
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travelnutz wrote:
Me Again,
"GM 397 Horsepower & 765 lb-ft of torque
RAM 385 Horsepower & 900 lb-ft of torque
Ford 440 Horsepower & 850 lb-ft of torque"
And yet the Duramax with only 765 lb-ft of torque that runs circles in performance around the Ram with its so-claimed 900 lb-ft of torque and the D'max gets much better fuel economy doing so. Gee, I wonder who is exaggerating their actual torque numbers delivered to the drive wheels like they always have? It's only torque that turns the drive wheels and nothing else but maybe you'd forgotten that!
Torque is about drivability, HP is about performance. My early 11 Ram makes 650 Lb ft, later models make 800. They both make 350HP at about 3000 RPM. Pulling up a hill at peak power we will both get to the top at the same time but pulling down the highway at 1500 RPM, I will be shifting down earlier when I reach a hill because the 800 is making about 30 more HP at 1500 RPM than the 650.
