http://www.autoweek.com/article/2014...n=awdailydrive

"The entire initial allocation of the oil-burners sold out in just three days earlier this month. That works out to more than 8,000 trucks sold between the afternoon of Feb. 7 and the morning of Feb. 10. Not too shabby."

Time to re-activate that 1500 Diesel sub-forum on here?

 

Wow . . . . . . . . .

I think "Yes".

 

'Holy Cow'!!

 

Without sitting down to do the math I wonder if it would be worth parking the Cummins except for the heavy work since I commute about 320 miles a week.... I'm thinking 10-14mpg better than what I am currently getting may justify it.

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320 miles at 15 mpg is 22 gallons (rounded up). 320 miles at 25 mpg is 13 gallons. That's what, $36/wk with $4 fuel?
Now 320 miles a day would add up quickly, but you'd still have to put half down and still wouldn't save enough to make the payment and insurance on it.

 

Yeah not worth it at this point unless I downsize, but with 4 kids I couldn't imagine being without a Mega Cab. At an average of $156/month or almost $1900/yr, it is enticing though. Thanks for the math. Maybe after paying the truck off.

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That's alot of trucks in 3 days. I assume this is the Italian Diesel talked about earlier. I saw the 5.0 Cummins V-8 Diesel destined for the Nissan larger truck at the Tampa RV Show in the Cummins Tent. Its a tall engine.

Just to let you know, all the motor homes are running a Cummins Plants.

A few Mercedes were seen in some of the Freightlinners.

Dave

 

Cool, let's see how they do after the initial demand has dropped.

 

In my scenario it makes sense,,,or so I've led myself to believe
I have been thinking of a half ton,,,I need 8' bed and regular cab is good for me,
so I need room to haul but not haul heavy.
When I do the "BUILD & PRICE" on a 1500 diesel compared to a F150 gas, it's fairly close in price.

 

I'm driving a 2002 diesel Toyota tacoma/hilux/pathfinder stick 4x4 here in Ireland.
As a matter of reference, I'm getting 23 mpg. This is a calculated average driving on 2 lane roads. It's a 2.5, the same one they could not destroy on top gear.
My buddies 3.0 hilux gets 20 mpg, less when towing.

My 2003 2WD dodge 2500 was managing 18-20 and my 2007 4x4 got 16-18 mpg.

To be honest, the 2500 dodge with the cummins was more efficient per lb of metal.
The small diesels are fine but lack the punch of the gassers and are not that more efficient than the big cummins, which BTW everybody here raves about in their tractors.

 

Here is a post on the local rag advertising the diesel Nissan which has been here for years.
You guys will have it very soon.
These are super efficient, way better than my Toyota.

http://www.donedeal.ie/commercials-f...a-2006/6483444

 

Wheatwacker, when I was in Afghanistan, everything was diesel. We had a little four cylinder Toyota 4wd 4 door pickup, turbo... it was a beast, probably filled it up 3x in 7 months... It was awesome. I wanted to bring it back... I'd drive that crap out out of that thing...

 

I'm thinking Toyota will engineer a reliable platform for their Cummins application.
Looking at the 6.7's being serviced and repaired at a garage I use though,I imagine under the Toyota hood it'll be more of a disaster.
Hopefully,Toyota will thoroughly test and you won't have to get under there aside from service.

 

I would sit back and let new 1500 RAM V6 engine "prove" itself in actual use.

Keep in mind that this engine is built by a company now owned by Fiat and GM, and neither of those firms have ever managed a corporate diesel design that will last longer than maybe a 100,000 miles of light duty.

Farmers that rushed to VM Motori diesels in the AgriFiat owned New Holland tractors are rushing everywhere else as those engines get some time on them.

Ask any Jeep diesel owner about their experience in other than basic grocery hauling. Same engine, same spaghetti, short life, no resale, and lots of time in the dealer!

I am with the posts that say sit it out and wait for Nissan and Toyota to put the Cummins V8 (that was originally developed for Dodge) in their trucks if you want a light duty diesel. Or, better yet wait until Nissan and Toyota bring the little trucks with the diesels they use in Australia and the rest of the world. They run forever!

 

FYI: Fiat bought the rest of VM Motori from GM.

http://www.autonews.com/article/2013...motori-from-gm''