GM's Next HD Duramax

FishOnOne wrote:

45Ricochet wrote:

FishOnOne wrote:

ib516 wrote:

MARK VANDERBENT wrote:
Those duramax trucks seem to still match or beat the completion even with lower numbers. Sometimes numbers can be all hype.

Not if you check out any recent comparison tests. They are dead last.

The D/A combo is still a good one, but the power numbers need an upgrade.

Perhaps you should read this article.

That's the same company who handed GM "North American Truck of the year" last year, which GM uses in there ad's I might add :B
Nice and credible information from a a one horse publication. Clearly last year GM was last in power, last in interior and couldn't even participate in a real test like PUT.com did because of lack of payload for the big boy trucks :W
Looking forward to their new Colorado write up though.
OBTW that year of Ram 2500 didn't have the new Aisin tranny either thus less HP/TQ numbers.
Can't wait for a "real" test of the big three 350/3500's DRW's though.
Hope they can all make spec's this year, or do I need to wait till 2016-2017 :H

Rick,
Your getting caught up in the marketing campaign again. Who's to say RAM's 3500 DRW is really a 4500 DRW truck! Maybe I should put a F150 badge on my Super Duty and go give the half ton truck boys some hell.

Don't pizz in my boot and tell me it's raining! :E

Don't know why anyone would urinate in your boot, and you not be able to tell the difference between water and urine.:h

I had the same experience as you did, with the Dodge and Ram trucks that I've owned most recently, all towing the same 5er though the same mountains. This 2013 Ram builds speed faster and tows better than the 2010 Dodge 3500 Dually I had AND the 2012 Ram 3500 also, (all three with 4:10), though this one does have the Aisin tranny, where as the other two had the 68RFE. In comparison, it tows my 16,000# 5er effortlessly, and it's a 3500 dually, not a 4500...unless YOU just want to say it is....your privilege to do so.

I'll go with it being a 3500..it's officially badged that way by Ram, just as Ford badged your truck an F350, just as GM has officially badged their 1ton as a 3500..Ram, like Ford, does have an actual 4500 Series truck just like Ford has their F450.

don't know if it's raining in your neck of the woods or not, but it's sunny and clear here:)