Ram 1500 Diesel record sales

Great news for all of us looking for Diesel's in smaller pickups.

Dodge's new 1500 Ram is selling like crazy. 8,000 orders in the first 3 days you could order. More than half of all Ram sales in those days.

If this keeps up it will definately force more auto makers to look closer at diesels in North America.

After watching a few reviews, it looks like a great pickup. One tester even saw 31mpg on his daily commute. Not bad for a starting price of ~$30,000 in the low trim models.

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/19/ram-1500-diesel-pickup-8000-orders-3-days/

 

Toyota Tacoma will be the last ones to get a diesel, ford will be next then chevy, then nissan then the tundra. tacoma will be dead last i bet.

 

I would have bought a GC diesel but here in Canada they only come in the Overland for over $60,000. Way over my budget.

A mid trim diesel Ram is 43,000 canadian, quite a bit less in the USA.

 

Nissan will have a diesel Titan and Frontier out by 2015/2016 with a cummins. Likely Tundra will be the next one, also sporting a Cummins

 

Let them buy those cheap F#$%in Rams, the cummins is a great engine yes, But the truck itself is a piece of shit!! I drive a 2010 Ram cummins for work everyday, Ever been driving down the highway and have your instrument panel go dead? Or how about the cheap interior, F$%k you Big 4, Wheres my bail out

 

Not gonna thread jack, but the Tundra will get a Cummins in 2016 and the Titan will get a Cummins 2015

Source

http://www.autoloandaily.com/tundra-diesel-2016-toyota-tundra-cummins-turbodiesel--3446

 

The 28 MPG that everyone is getting excited about is ONLY for the 4x2 models during highway driving.

Source: http://youtu.be/LmsDbGBTVwg?t=55s

 

The Chevy/GMC Colorado and Canyon are getting the small Duramax in 2016

 

Read the forums, people are seeing 30-32 MPG highway on the 4x4.

 

Ram will also have record recalls from the new diesel. Anything that has fiat and gm building the engine I'd steer clear of.

 

What should be added is Towing MPG and Costs, thats where the diesel will overtake in costs of operation I would imagine.

 

All those costs are estimates. The Tacoma still gets better mileage than what the epa claims those full size trucks get in reality.

 

Fiat-owned VM Motori makes the eco Diesel

 

I personally would rather have a Cummins since Cummins build pretty good diesels but hey I'm just assuming it will be recalled for issues like most new engines.

 

I'll keep my eye on this http://www.nissanusa.com/future-and-concept-vehicles/frontier-diesel-runner

I have about 5 more years before I'll get a replacement for my Tacoma. I was hauling a full bed of apple wood this morning and wondered how much better it would be to have a high torque diesel going up Parley's Canyon to Park City. Diesels aren't for everyone but has it's need even in mid-sized trucks, IMO.