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Bionic_Man
Feb 02, 2014Explorer
Turtle n Peeps wrote:parkersdad wrote:
Why do we care about 0-60 times in a truck? I bought mine to tow. Just asking. Mine is a 2500 Hemi though.
0 to 60 times are directly related to power output and that is directly related to how well the truck will tow uphill with a trailer on the tail.
My 6.6 diesel can blaze off some pretty impressive 0 to 60 or 1/4 mile times. With my trailer on the back it does not slow down on any hill that I have found.
My 6.5 diesel is a different story. Slooooooow 0 to 60 and slow 1/4 mile times and 30 MPH or less on big long mountains with the same trailer that my Dmax tows.
So yes, 0-60 is another chunk of data to use on how well a truck will get up to speed with a load on it.
If grinding up a grade at 30 MPH or less is ok with you I can see where this data wouldn't mean much.
I've said it before, and I will say it again. Your argument here for the vast majority of 150/1500 buyers will not apply for 2 main reasons.
1st, we are talking about a 15 series truck. The vast majority of these trucks will never pull anything. The ones that do will tow a boat, utility trailer, atvs, etc, trailers that will rarely push 5000 pounds.
2nd, you continue to compare the power to your 6.5. Your 6.5 is in a MUCH heavier truck, with half as many gears. The 8 speed transmission in addition to the lighter weight make your towing comparisons largely invalid.
Take a look at what surveys of prospective buyers value in a new vehicle. HP and torque are rarely at the top, but MPG is. And the MPG number that they calculate out at each fill up will largely outweigh the premium that they pay upfront (which they will probably get back in resale anyway).
The market is certainly big enough to support both technologies - diesel & small displacement turbocharged engines. The ecoboost will likely out sell the ecodiesel. And it will likely win the inevitable races the magazines show pulling up the Eisenhower tunnel. But the ecoboost will not win the MPG competition.
The increasing CAFE standards are forcing the manufactures to change the way they do business. As good of a towing engine the ecoboost is, there is no arguing that it is not a step forward in the MPG race. Similar powered non-turbo charged gasoline engines meet or beat the ecoboost in MPG. The ecodiesel is the new standard in MPG in a 1500 series pickup. That may change when Ford brings the aluminum body F150 to market, but even if it does, they still could get better MPG (and CAFE ratings) by adding a small diesel.
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