tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391255626232385293.post2200611565493605916..comments2024-01-25T17:14:18.395+00:00Comments on Auto Industry Newsletter: Ford bolsters Kentucky for 2017 Super Duty Whaddon Quarterlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15965874319054447170noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391255626232385293.post-84725293247722701782015-12-03T15:40:20.294+00:002015-12-03T15:40:20.294+00:00The double torque from the diesel is crucial when ...The double torque from the diesel is crucial when it comes to towing<br /><br />405 @ 4500 rpm (6.2L V8 gas engine)<br />860 @ 1600 rpm (6.7L Power Strokeā¢ Turbo Diesel)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954212111881126890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5391255626232385293.post-25625559768992620252015-12-02T15:14:42.144+00:002015-12-02T15:14:42.144+00:00Not sure how it could be measured, but it would be...Not sure how it could be measured, but it would be interesting to know the extent to which potential buyers of heavier-duty Ford pick-ups in North America have been influenced in their engine choice - ie gasoline or diesel - by the Volkswagen scandal. <br />American car buyers have always been, and still are, instinctively anti-diesel. And that (many would say perverted) view permeates the lighter pick-up market, though vehicles like the Ford F450 and F550 tend to be bought by more hard-headed tradespeople with an eye to running costs and durability, where diesel power is an incontrovertibly more logical choice. <br />A further reason for those US and Canadian pick-up customers to shun diesels today is the downswing in fuel prices, making miles-per-gallon less of a concern than it was say two years ago. <br />A quite different repercussion of the VW debacle is likely to be, for North American manufacturers of light-duty diesel vehicles, including pick-ups, a heightened sensitivity to EPA emission limit compliance. Where certification has been achieved by only a paper-thin margin, there could be some surreptitious tweaking<br />of engine management algorithms by the engine makers to widen the 'safety' margin needed to allow for in-service deterioration. Such 'rechipping', to reduce NOx anyway, would harm fuel economy and/or performance - another small factor tending to push buyers away from diesel towards gasoline power. Alan Buntingnoreply@blogger.com