GM's Next HD Duramax

Wonder what Ram and Ford will have in two years :W Can't wait for the new " hurt locker type tests".
We have a new " bringing up the rear" truck. Slow to lead be it interior or power train, or rounded fenders Mark :W Just kidding buddy.

FishOnOne,

Shouldn't be telling people and just let it be a surprise. The stunning thing is that the engine gets approx 4% better fuel economy than the 2014 LML while puting out those SAE certified numbers. That's BIG! TQ may go to 860 by news lease time as it's so close now. The Duramax has always been SAE certified for production engines since day one. Other 2 competitors diesels have never been and still aren't and they couldn't keep up with the Duramax's so it's obvious their HP/TQ claims were bogus.

DUH! Ram doesn't make a diesel engine! The diesel engine is purchased from Cummins, shipped to Mexico, and installed there in the trucks made in Mexico as that's where all Ram HD pickups are made, diesel engined or with the Hemi engine which is also only made in Mexico and then installed in Ram HD's there! Then the Mexican trucks are imported into the USA and Canada for selling.

Get it straight!

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

So, it's an Italian truck with a USA engine put together by Mexicans?

The hp & tq wars rage on. GM might go from last to first!

Now if they could only do something about their meager gasser hp numbers. I didn't even consider a GM because they are 50hp/49tq down when compared to the Hemi I bought. They are are also currently outgunned on the max tow and GCWR numbers in the gassers. I wonder what they have in mind to replace or improve the 6.0L gasser?

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.

GMs 6.0 is one of the most problem free, lowest cost of ownership engines out there. Plus when put up against the competition , they keep up real well. Many tests out there have proven it.

The GM engines certainly have proven reliable of late, and seem pretty darned good at eeking out every last erg of rated horse power. I imagine they are hard at work on some new gas engines too. Personally, I hope GM gains HP/TQ parity, and the big three find a different part of the drive train to start one upping each other with.

Who ever is first with some more gears in the transmission wins the next contest. After that, my money's on some kind of hybrid system.

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.

Why????


chevman