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I don't know about cheby but I can tell you -- Ford isn't discounting the Sooper Duty's hardly at all.
Here's a couple links out of the blue from Brandon Ford
Note that the Diesel is actually cheaper than the Gasser 7.3
And on the lot, the diesel is $3,000 cheaper. Mostly because one is an XL and one's an XLT but a lot of it is because -- They're not discounting the 7.3L pushrod gasser.
Because they don't have to. People got all excited about a big-inch pushrod engine and I don't get it. Pushrod engines went out with Leisure Suits and are about as useful. But because they're new and haut, Ford can't make enough of them and they're not discounting them as much
The only reasons Ford did this is so they could fit a bigger engine in the Tens of THOUSANDS of Van Bodies they sell for Class C RV's and because pushrod motors are cheaper than dirt to build. And also -- Because it will fit in a Van Body engine compartment. OHC gasser Engines are wide.
I don't know about cheby but I doubt they're discounting a 1st year engine that much either. Especially since the one it's replacing was a boat anchor.
So there goes the economic reason out the door.
Especially when you consider that the diesel will be in high demand in ten years and the gasser will be sitting along the Miami River waiting to be shipped to Bolivia on a tramp steamer
If there are reasons other than economics peeps don't wanna buy a diesel, I get it.
But a diesel is stronger, more reliable, more durable, is a better engineering design (CI vs SI isn't even a contest) and is economically more practical.
But they have their drawbacks. They're heavy, they don't like to be used as a grocery-getter, they're expensive when they break (which, thanks to EPA is more often these days), they cost more for routine maintenance ($200/$300 a year) they're noisy and the diesel fumes makes the lace-panty division wrinkle their noses.
Here's a couple links out of the blue from Brandon Ford
Note that the Diesel is actually cheaper than the Gasser 7.3
And on the lot, the diesel is $3,000 cheaper. Mostly because one is an XL and one's an XLT but a lot of it is because -- They're not discounting the 7.3L pushrod gasser.
Because they don't have to. People got all excited about a big-inch pushrod engine and I don't get it. Pushrod engines went out with Leisure Suits and are about as useful. But because they're new and haut, Ford can't make enough of them and they're not discounting them as much
The only reasons Ford did this is so they could fit a bigger engine in the Tens of THOUSANDS of Van Bodies they sell for Class C RV's and because pushrod motors are cheaper than dirt to build. And also -- Because it will fit in a Van Body engine compartment. OHC gasser Engines are wide.
I don't know about cheby but I doubt they're discounting a 1st year engine that much either. Especially since the one it's replacing was a boat anchor.
So there goes the economic reason out the door.
Especially when you consider that the diesel will be in high demand in ten years and the gasser will be sitting along the Miami River waiting to be shipped to Bolivia on a tramp steamer
If there are reasons other than economics peeps don't wanna buy a diesel, I get it.
But a diesel is stronger, more reliable, more durable, is a better engineering design (CI vs SI isn't even a contest) and is economically more practical.
But they have their drawbacks. They're heavy, they don't like to be used as a grocery-getter, they're expensive when they break (which, thanks to EPA is more often these days), they cost more for routine maintenance ($200/$300 a year) they're noisy and the diesel fumes makes the lace-panty division wrinkle their noses.
