Another first for Mopar......

[RustyRatRod]

The Ram 1500 to get turbodiesel engine.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2013...nly-light-duty-diesel-pickup/?intcmp=features

 

[pabster]

Oh man. I want that. Only in a stick, though- which I'm betting they won't offer.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Oh man. I want that. Only in a stick, though- which I'm betting they won't offer.

You never know.

 

[satman72]

Nice! It's about time.

 

[Budnicks]

that will be a great medium duty truck for sure...

 

[moparsteve636]

The bad thing with that will be the price! It'll probably add another 2-3 grand to the price! And the increased fuel price.With diesel approaching $4.00 a gallon it might be hard to justify it! JMO! Another thing to consider is the DEF you have to add to the fuel additional cost! I have a 2011 Ram with the 5.7 hemi,it works fine pulling a small trl! When I pull my big trls.I use my 2012 3500 w cummins! So another diesel p/u wouldn't make sense for me.

 

[306Doba]

A Ram with a benz engine eh? interesting. The 3.0 diesel motors in the older (2010) Jeeps are actually worth more than the Jeep so if you blow your motor the car is a write off ha ha

 

[Photon440]

A Ram with a benz engine eh? interesting. The 3.0 diesel motors in the older (2010) Jeeps are actually worth more than the Jeep so if you blow your motor the car is a write off ha ha

Benz engine? The 3.0 diesel in this case is a VM Motor, made by Fiat.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Yeah, Mopar has zilch to do with Diamler anymore.

 

[Cranky]

Would love to have a 4bt Cummins in my 2000 Durango....good engines and they get great mileage unlike these new diesels that are full of power robbing fuel wasting emission controls....

 

[Sonny Black]

The bad thing with that will be the price! It'll probably add another 2-3 grand to the price! And the increased fuel price.With diesel approaching $4.00 a gallon it might be hard to justify it! JMO! Another thing to consider is the DEF you have to add to the fuel additional cost! I have a 2011 Ram with the 5.7 hemi,it works fine pulling a small trl! When I pull my big trls.I use my 2012 3500 w cummins! So another diesel p/u wouldn't make sense for me.

steve. I'm not trying to be a wise-a$$ but what is a "large or small TRL?"


...could it be a Trailer?

 

[306Doba]

Benz engine? The 3.0 diesel in this case is a VM Motor, made by Fiat.

ha ha I guess it wouldn't hurt to do some research quick, eh? I just assumed they were using the old 3.0 my bad.

I think the truck will do pretty good if the engine doesn't add thousands of dollars to the price tag, should be good competition for fords ecoboost also.

 

[Mark B]

Hey Cranky I put in a 3.9 Cummins my 03 Durango been enjoyin 25-28 mpg on the highway ever since. Not too hard mechanically but with all the electronics it was a chore to get all the gauges to work properly.

 

[ws27]

Hey Cranky I put in a 3.9 Cummins my 03 Durango been enjoyin 25-28 mpg on the highway ever since. Not too hard mechanically but with all the electronics it was a chore to get all the gauges to work properly.

I stuffed a 5.9 Cummins into a Ford van 14 years ago, never regretted that. Now it needs a new body, the engine has outlasted two so far. Will be building it's third body soon.


Mark, do you have an pics of that Durango?

 

[Mark B]

Sorry not at this time. Took pics while doing the build but they were lost in a computer crash a couple years ago. Taught me to do a better job backing things up. I will try and get a pic or two when the weather gets a little better.