I'm mark williams for pickup trucks . com and we're out west with the 2014 ram
laramie longhorn
this is the premium top-of-the-line trim package for rim but they now offer a new
3-liter Ecodiesel engine that's what we've been waiting for
let's take a closer look eco diesel is relatively small fits very nice under
the hood of a half-ton pickup truck 3-liter cast-iron block dual overhead
cams and offers 240 horsepower but 420 foot-pounds of torque
this is the top level engine choice for the ram 1500
it's about four thousand dollars over the 3.6 liter Pentastar and about two
thousand eight hundred and fifty dollars more than the Hemi option one of the
nice things the ram truck does with the ecodiesel is offered across the full
lineup and we're here on a 56 thousand dollar laramie longhorn package where
the vehicle feels great because it has the air suspension and a whole bunch of
other options but for anybody who's going to choose this ecodiesel make sure
unless you have a lot of experience with diesels that you modify and adjust your
expectations
you're not going to get that instantaneous throttle response like you
do with a gas engine especially a big v8
one of the features we like inside is that it's got a de f which is a fluid
that must be added to your engine
if it isn't diesel engine in order to give cleaner emissions that's a federal
requirement but you have like no other vehicle that sold out there no other
pickup truck
you have a separate dedicated page that lets you know exactly when you have to
refill that de fluid which is done right next to the intake on the side of the
truck Ram is being very smart about how they're offering this new ecodiesel in
fact they're basically offering it on every trim package that they have in the
lineup which is a very good idea what we're driving here right now is a 56
thousand dollar Laramie
horn with the ecodiesel in the air suspension a lot of families are going
to love this especially if they do any camping or or just fun towing on the
weekends but even the fleet guys and some of the more work truck oriented
vehicles are going to love this as well -
theoretically this is going to save them money over the life of that vehicle
now we don't have the exact fuel economy numbers from the government yet
that's not going to come out until later but Ram has told us that they expect a
minimum of 27 or 28 miles to the gallon on the highway but that's not why people
are going to choose this engine 240 horsepower isn't going to make this a
rocket diesels drive very differently than gas engines but 420 foot-pounds of
torque
that's why people are going to choose this engine it's worth mentioning that
in this half-ton pickup truck segment a light duty diesel won't change payload
or towing capacity as much at all in fact when you compare it to the gas
counterparts
they're identical unlike the heavy-duty segment when you have a turbo diesel you
get much better towing and much better payload capacities
so clearly the big news for 2014 is the Ecodiesel engine we happen to love the
engine but we know it's not for everybody
you're going to have to figure out whether it makes sense based on fuel
prices in your area and whether or not you want to spend the extra money to get
the top of the line engine here especially when the competitive segment
has some great gas engines available for less money but if you want more
information about the 2014 ram half tons go to pick up trucks . com
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