New 2025 Ram 1500 with hurricane engine.

[Snobdds]

What does this post have to do with 2025 Ram 1500 just curious?

Nobody wants to buy a truck with a company that won't be here in 5 years.

 

[coobie]

Nobody wants to buy a truck with a company that won't be here in 5 years.

Funny they said the same thing about ford,GM and Chrysler before the government bail out.Funny how that works

 

[Snobdds]

Funny they said the same thing about ford and Gm before the government bail out.Funny how that works

I wouldn't be acting too cocky...

There is no appetite in this country right now to bail out any poorly ran business...which stalentis is experiencing right now.

Just because something happened in the past, does not guarantee that same result in the future...

 

[WinterDeere]

Funny they said the same thing about ford,GM and Chrysler before the government bail out.Funny how that works

I'm not sure I would count on a bail-out, this time around. Times and attitudes change. Our government has done a lot of things over the years, which were accepted in their time, but would not be today.

I think snobdds makes a good point about confidence in a continued parts and support chain driving sales. We have seen it happen before, a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I really hope it's not the case, as I have grown to prefer Dodge and Ram over any other USA brand in the last 20 years. But if they do manage to stay in business, and if product quality has already dropped from their relative high of the 20-teens, then it may not be the same company it recently was, anyway.

 

[coobie]

I Could care less who gets bailed out or who got bailed out in 1979/80.Get tired of ram this chevy this ford this crying truck comparisons ..Makes for great entertainment tough.

 

[Snobdds]

I Could care less who gets bailed out or who got bailed out in 1979/80.Get tired of ram this chevy this ford this crying truck comparisons ..Makes for great entertainment tough.

Are you new at this?

Every truck thread in the history of the internet has devolved into Chevy v Ford v whatever the third one is called today.

This should surprise nobody.

 

[coobie]

Are you new at this?

Every truck thread in the history of the internet has devolved into Chevy v Ford v whatever the third one is called today.

This should surprise nobody.

Nope not new at all to this dumb comparison crap show.I find it amusing .. My truck is better than your truck.Meet you down by the monkey bars so we can settle this dispute..

 

[paulsharvey]

Nope not new at all to this dumb comparison crap show.I find it amusing .. My truck is better than your truck.Meet you down by the monkey bars so we can settle this dispute..

You want to get people riled up.
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[Hay Dude]

But adding a turbo requires more fuel (at higher output). Isn’t your statement skewed.

No, Ozerok, it isn’t “skewed”.
It’s pretty simple. A 4 barrel carb of yesterday simply added fuel. Lot’s of fuel.
If you didn’t notice, fuel has gotten expensive.

A turbocharger compresses air into the engine, and of course more fuel is added, but not the amount of fuel a 4 barrel carb does. It’s much more efficient than just flooding fuel into the engine was my point.

If you still don’t get it, ask yourself this: How many 4bbl cars/trucks you see in production? How many turbocharged cars/trucks you see in production?

 

[Hay Dude]

Nobody wants to buy a truck with a company that won't be here in 5 years.

It’ll still be here. Just owned by someone else.
I have somehow survived the change from FCA to Stellantis without a hiccup.

Best truck I’ve ever owned and if the new version with a ZF-8 behind a Cummins is what I think it’ll be, I’ll be driving one.