RAM 1500 EcoDiesel sets new record for MPG

ScottG wrote:

Terryallan wrote:

ScottG wrote:
What one generation wants is meaningless to the next generation. People used to always want a big block gas engine in tow vehicles. Now very few do.
Maybe people want more towing ability without having to buy a $60,000 truck or live with its harsher ride. It is definitely a price point.

I still want a big motor in my TV. Problem is. No body makes one. About the largest thing you can get is a little 6.2. 379CI. Not a big motor by any standards. I'd love to have a 460CI (7.5L) motor in my F150. If I had my choice.

Ah but check out the numbers of those little 6.2's. They blow the old big blocks (454, 460) out of the water with torque, HP and fuel efficiency.
You'd be taking a step backwards.

But compare their numbers at typical towing RPMs and the big block will always come out on top. These modern small blocks require 4K+ RPM to make good figures.