Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150

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   / Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150 #111  
And Canada's diesel fuel costs are at par with gas (and other countries) ..........so it will gain foothold in Canada for sure.....and eventually I bet we will see the USA market of fuel be less biased towards gas and diesel will be more reasonable cost.

I see your argument but the fact is these trucks will be sold in North America to weekend warriors. Of them half live in the Eastern time zone where diesel is a buck more a gallon or the Pacific Coast where it's that much also. That accounts for about 70% if the potential buyers.

Chris
 
   / Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150 #112  
If one Googles "internet lore" this thread comes up.
OMG another truck thread gone to heck.

Fred
 
   / Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150 #113  
Hey Fred, I got a couple of catch cans for you, you buying?
 
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Ouch. That would hurt the pocketbook.

That's about par for the course now. Last weekend in Michigan, Diesel was $3.99 and Regular Gas was $2.79. It would take a lot of MPG from a diesel to justify that difference.
 
   / Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150 #116  
I see your argument but the fact is these trucks will be sold in North America to weekend warriors. Of them half live in the Eastern time zone where diesel is a buck more a gallon or the Pacific Coast where it's that much also. That accounts for about 70% if the potential buyers.

Chris

Well you may have decided to look down on the pickup truck drivers that don't haul 10,000 lbs and you decided they are "weekend warriors" ......but there are millions of truck owners that just want a truck to haul their fishing boat or popup camper trailer with a canoe on top...........or the guy that wants it to put his ATV or dirt bike in the back with their hunting or fishing gear. They all don't need to make their living from their truck. Yes there are the odd few guys and gals that just want the tall truck with shiny wheels........but they are more likely to buy the short box F150 with the 4 banger to drive back and forth to the mall that only keep their vehicles until the lease runs out.... they are not going to be the ones that researched the advantages of owning a diesel truck with reasonable capabilities and long term lifespan and efficiency including farmers and hunters/fishermen. We will see more of that market expand once GM Canyon and others jump on that bandwagon. I would of bought one if my Dodge dealer had more than one of them, (it was a crew cab that I didn't want and I needed new that month. Open your mind please, not everyone needs to be just like you...and what does it matter anyway they aren't forcing you to drive their truck, they made a sales market choice lets see how it plays out , Ford made a choice for certain 2.7 litre sales market too, each to his own the more choice the better.
 
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   / Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150 #117  
Well you may have decided to look down on the pickup truck drivers that don't haul 10,000 lbs and you decided they are "weekend warriors" ......but there are millions of truck owners that just want a truck to haul their fishing boat or popup camper trailer with a canoe on top...........or the guy that wants it to put his ATV or dirt bike in the back with their hunting or fishing gear. They all don't need to make their living from their truck. Yes there are the odd few guys and gals that just want the tall truck with shiny wheels........but they are more likely to buy the short box F150 with the 4 banger to drive back and forth to the mall that only keep their vehicles until the lease runs out.... they are not going to be the ones that researched the advantages of owning a diesel truck with reasonable capabilities and long term lifespan and efficiency including farmers and hunters/fishermen. We will see more of that market expand once GM Canyon and others jump on that bandwagon. I would of bought one if my Dodge dealer had more than one of them, (it was a crew cab that I didn't want and I needed new that month. Open your mind please, not everyone needs to be just like you...and what does it matter anyway they aren't forcing you to drive their truck, they made a sales market choice lets see how it plays out , Ford made a choice for certain 4 banger sales market too, each to his own the more choice the better.

What f150 comes with a 4 banger?
 
   / Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150 #118  
What f150 comes with a 4 banger?

He has no idea what he's talking about obviously.

The fact is over 70% of potential buyers live where diesel is $1.00 more per gallon. That's going to hurt sales.

Chris
 
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Actually at the moment you can't order a ram diesel because they ran out of power trains.
 
   / Ford releases fuel numbers for the new F-150 #120  
I still think Ford needs to bring the Ranger back and put the 2.7 EB in it. Use the 4cyl EB as the base engine. Thoughts? Maybe this is already in the works?
 
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