Ford Says "No" to F-150 Diesel, but Chrysler Says Ram 1500 Diesel Makes Sense

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Ford Says "No" to F-150 Diesel, but Chrysler Says Ram 1500 Diesel Makes Sense

Ford officials say there's no business case for a diesel F-150, while Chrysler executives say the Ram 1500 diesel makes perfect sense.

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ne_blackshirts

Nissan will hopefully dominate the market for buyers looking for great MPGs with the Cummins diesel. I've never heard a lot of raves over the diesel in the jeeps so I found it odd that Ram with this setup for the 1500 Ram. But Cummins is a proven leader in building tough diesels and from what I've seen Nissan and Cummins have been working on this for a long time now should be a great addition to the truck market.

hotrodw

The math changes when resale values are considered. More importantly, Ford is making the assumption that operating costs are the only reason people buy diesels. A flawed argument, and a mistake on Ford's part.

wdrauch

ne_blackshirts, the diesel Jeeps are not out, yet, so there is no feedback to be heard. If you're talking about the previous model GC with a diesel, that was a different engine than this upcoming one.

ne_blackshirts

wdrauch, either way it's still not a Cummins built diesel. Mopar has been making diesel jeeps for years now in other Jeep models and there not that great. My point is I find it weird that Cummins chose to work with Nissan over Ram for developing a Diesel in that part of the truck market. Nissan and Cummins have been at the drawing board for a long time working with this and I think it's going to be great when or if it ever comes to production.

dslonr

My thinking is that having the failed 6.0 and short-lived 6.4, Ford will have to be pushed into the light truck diesel arena in order to compete. But this could be a few years out, since Ford is having strong sales of their Ecoboost. At over 400# of torque and 365 hp it has appeal. Still, it's a small gas engine, and I have to reserve judgment on it until there are millions of miles with it can pulling its rated loads.

But as a diesel owner going back to the pathetic '80 GM LF9, with those exceptions (I went through two in 98k miles) mine have all had long, trouble-free lives. Certainly worth the price if you put a lot of miles on them. Ford may have no choice but to soon drop one in its 150 to maintain its dominate position in the market.