I think being the new Ram in 2012 will be front wheel drive the Diesel was not going to be a viable engine choice. The new 3.6 Pentastar engine will be the heavy duty engine with the 3.0 Pentastar as the standard engine. It does get the gas mileage they want and still can tow 1,500 lbs. The performance will remain good with 0-60 times of 10.3 seconds.
bob1340
06-18-2009, 02:26 PM
Here is the new Chevy Crew Cab 4 door. Hopefully Dodge/Fiat will have a 4 door as well.
Y2BAD4U
06-18-2009, 03:09 PM
where did you get the new 2012 ram will be front wheel drive?
bob1340
06-18-2009, 03:14 PM
where did you get the new 2012 ram will be front wheel drive?
Sorry, it was a joke based on the picture above, but not far fetched with the new constraints the feds are putting on auto builders.
Y2BAD4U
06-18-2009, 03:15 PM
10-4. my bad
HDcowboy
06-18-2009, 04:24 PM
Actually its the diesel engines overseas that are getting the best gas milage......
I guess they arent as cleaner burning as to why we dont use some of that technology over here,
You realize that the WV isn't a towing rig right? yea it gets 60+MPG however it can't tow for its life.
GhettoTruck
06-18-2009, 10:32 PM
:bawl::bncry:
We need to get with it here in the US and realize that diesel is not bad, hell, Europe's had the right idea for years, clean diesel in efficient engines on lighter vehicles equals awesome MPG...as to why we can't get it right here, I will never understand.
wyat72
06-18-2009, 10:43 PM
The article I read stated that the contract the old Chrysler had didnt pass over to new Chrysler. Ill give it bit before they renew that contract.
pepsi71ocean
06-18-2009, 10:45 PM
:bawl::bncry:
We need to get with it here in the US and realize that diesel is not bad, hell, Europe's had the right idea for years, clean diesel in efficient engines on lighter vehicles equals awesome MPG...as to why we can't get it right here, I will never understand.
well then tell the EPA to remove the Nazi Emissions bans let Cummins bring back the old 12v configuration so the new Truck get the 20mpg like they should.
This Emissions crap is bringing the Cummins down to the Powershit and the duracrap levels on mpg.
qicvick
06-19-2009, 06:26 AM
I think being the new Ram in 2012 will be front wheel drive the Diesel was not going to be a viable engine choice. The new 3.6 Pentastar engine will be the heavy duty engine with the 3.0 Pentastar as the standard engine. It does get the gas mileage they want and still can tow 1,500 lbs. The performance will remain good with 0-60 times of 10.3 seconds.
It will be renamed also, the ram will be replaced by the all new Dodge Lamb! Aren't you glad that now Fiat/Chrysler can start building cars that people want, I thought I wanted a full size ram but what do I know!
06mega
06-19-2009, 08:41 AM
The article I read stated that the contract the old Chrysler had didnt pass over to new Chrysler. Ill give it bit before they renew that contract.
That is what I read also, Cummins has been expecting this and are renegotiating the contract.
BOFslime
06-23-2009, 05:03 PM
American's as a whole also need to get over how diesel engines are perceived. The popular thinking is that diesels are noisy, dirty, and expensive to maintain, none of which is true. I suppose noise is individual and subjective to ones point of view, but they're still not that loud.
I'm sure the engine meets all, or is close to meeting the EPA requirements and this is all just a cost cutting measure to not build out the plants, viewed from a number crunching position as to the return on investment in vehicles sales. Basically they don't they'll sell well enough to build, which leads me back to my first point, in that the buyer for some reason wants gas over diesel.
(I would have hands down bought a diesel if offered in the 1500)
Ram3500Dually
06-23-2009, 05:32 PM
Cummins is still building the plant and the NEW Chrysler will sign a NEW contract and the 1500 diesel will be a reality in the 2011 model
cmns2500
06-23-2009, 05:41 PM
Cummins is still building the plant and the NEW Chrysler will sign a NEW contract and the 1500 diesel will be a reality in the 2011 model
FINALLY, somethin comin from a guy i trust on this issue...:tup:
i'll have me one of them trucks at some point...:D
pepsi71ocean
06-23-2009, 05:43 PM
FINALLY, somethin comin from a guy i trust on this issue...:tup:
i'll have me one of them trucks at some point...:D
NOOOOOOOO
They use the V-8 design in that engine, its not an inliner.....
cmns2500
06-23-2009, 05:47 PM
NOOOOOOOO
They use the V-8 design in that engine, its not an inliner.....
i know, BUT, that truck is gonna be a DD only, i'm keepin the 24 valver...:D:D
a RC/SB 2wd six speed w/ the V6 diesel they're puttin in the 'rango would be my ideal truck though...
pepsi71ocean
06-23-2009, 06:11 PM
i know, BUT, that truck is gonna be a DD only, i'm keepin the 24 valver...:D:D
a RC/SB 2wd six speed w/ the V6 diesel they're puttin in the 'rango would be my ideal truck though...
V-6? I though they were goign to use a standard V-8 for all the low requirements diesel options on the Chrysler Car/light duty series.
Ram3500Dually
06-23-2009, 08:56 PM
V8 for the 1500's. V6 for the Jeep Grand Cherokee's
Z mann R2
07-07-2009, 01:22 PM
Cummins is still building the plant and the NEW Chrysler will sign a NEW contract and the 1500 diesel will be a reality in the 2011 model
source??
cmns2500
07-07-2009, 01:28 PM
V8 for the 1500's. V6 for the Jeep Grand Cherokee's
...and Durangos if they make new ones....
CTDreamin
07-07-2009, 01:39 PM
source??
The man worked for Chrysler for 30+ years
dmcelhannon
07-07-2009, 01:51 PM
The man worked for Chrysler for 30+ years
I thought 3500Dually still worked for Dodge; I didn't know he had retired.
:)
cmns2500
07-07-2009, 02:16 PM
I thought 3500Dually still worked for Dodge; I didn't know he had retired.
:)
yeah, like last year i think...:D
Ram3500Dually
07-07-2009, 08:10 PM
2 years ago last May 31st but the ear is still to the ground. It was also posted here from a news article from Cummins themselves :)
SmokinMirror
07-09-2009, 09:19 PM
You realize that the WV isn't a towing rig right? yea it gets 60+MPG however it can't tow for its life.
Not only that the Cummins is pushing 6000/7000lbs trucks. Lets see that VM Engine in a 7000lbs Truck and see how it does. The comparison is ignorant.
JonHemi
07-19-2009, 08:50 PM
I sure would love it if they built the 1500 diesel....who knows what they will do.
