GM 3.0L inline 6 diesel specs leaked

ib516 wrote:

parker.rowe wrote:
Look forward to seeing some towing tests on this one.

I look forward to seeing if this (and the Ford baby diesel) can prove themselves reliable and durable over the long run. I'm going to say the Ram EcoDiesel is......what I'd call so-so for those categories. Not a disaster by any stretch, but enough issues I don't think I'd buy one. Diesels aren't the bulletproof workhorses they once were IMHO. I think they are getting better than the choked up junk they passed onto consumers in 2008 - 2010 (no matter the brand), but I still think today's diesels, although very powerful, don't measure up to the durability and longevity of the 5.9L Cummins and 7.3L Powerstroke in their best iterations.

The Cummins 6B had 5 years of refinements in tractors before Dodge ever put it in a truck in 1989. I doubt any engine now or in the future will have the long term "testing" like that before being sold in a truck. Not saying other engies aren't like it but the 6B(T) was designed to run at full throttle under full load for hours on end usually only being shut down for a fuel and preventive maintenance.