With all of the changes coming in 2020 to the 3/4 tons...
What are you most excited about? What are you most interested in? What do you think will have the biggest impact on the market? That sort of thing.
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I hear all this love for the future 7.3 and 6.6 gassers and even the existing 6.4.
But we have been down this road before.
Back when we had big block gassers 454, 460 or even the Chevy 8.1. These big block gassers were not that popular. Trying to find a used 8.1 Suburban was nearly impossible. Even finding a 8.1 pick up was tough. That's because they were fairly rare to start with. Once diesels were turbo'd and became a fixture in the pick up truck big blocks lost their edge. Fuel prices also climbed and made it harder to bankroll a big block.
Now maybe CAFE standards, and MPG regulation led to their premature demise, but I don't think they would have faded away if they were truly popular.
Now that they are back, how many are going to actually spend an additional 4K to own one? Will fuel efficiency have an impact?
Yes in the RV0/towing world there maybe interest, but will big blocks be able to carve out a niche in the overall market place?
Is there room for small block,large block,baby diesel,full diesel, hybrid, electric and ego boost variants?
How quickly we forget gas spiking above $4.00 a gallon. It won't take much of gas increase to impact the big block market.
I like the idea of all these engine options, however I'm not sure the market can support all the choices.
But we have been down this road before.
Back when we had big block gassers 454, 460 or even the Chevy 8.1. These big block gassers were not that popular. Trying to find a used 8.1 Suburban was nearly impossible. Even finding a 8.1 pick up was tough. That's because they were fairly rare to start with. Once diesels were turbo'd and became a fixture in the pick up truck big blocks lost their edge. Fuel prices also climbed and made it harder to bankroll a big block.
Now maybe CAFE standards, and MPG regulation led to their premature demise, but I don't think they would have faded away if they were truly popular.
Now that they are back, how many are going to actually spend an additional 4K to own one? Will fuel efficiency have an impact?
Yes in the RV0/towing world there maybe interest, but will big blocks be able to carve out a niche in the overall market place?
Is there room for small block,large block,baby diesel,full diesel, hybrid, electric and ego boost variants?
How quickly we forget gas spiking above $4.00 a gallon. It won't take much of gas increase to impact the big block market.
I like the idea of all these engine options, however I'm not sure the market can support all the choices.
