Ram1500 EcoDiesel V6 revealed!

[fordmantpw]

ANYWAYS.... Ram sells out initial production run of the ecodiesel in 3 days.

www.autoweek.com

Those are dealer orders, not customer sales.

 

[wmonroe]

There's a lot of "unique" posters on this site. It's kind of amusing to see some people here post their own specific tweaky personal preference for what's important in a truck, and to post it in such a tone as if 300 million people across the country share the same views and wants.

This post just effectively summed up the last 3-4 or more pages.

 

[tcartwri]

Those are dealer orders, not customer sales.

There's a fellow on another board who has access to the chrysler order system, and he is saying 1000 trucks are dealer allocated, 7000 sold on pre-order. However that is not a confirmable number.

 

[Diamondpilot]

There's a fellow on another board who has access to the chrysler order system, and he is saying 1000 trucks are dealer allocated, 7000 sold on pre-order. However that is not a confirmable number.

Thats 8000 people who bought not enough truck. Great grocery hauler if you leave the family at home.

Chris

 

[fordmantpw]

There's a fellow on another board who has access to the chrysler order system, and he is saying 1000 trucks are dealer allocated, 7000 sold on pre-order. However that is not a confirmable number.

The numbers that I saw (reported by Chrysler) were 8000 dealer orders, of which 400 were customer orders.

 

[Midniteoyl]

ANYWAYS.... Ram sells out initial production run of the ecodiesel in 3 days.

www.autoweek.com

Hahahahahahahaaaa.. Numbers shumbers... Nobody cares and they sell anyways

 

[jejeosborne]

The truck could be rated for a load of 200 lbs or 2000 lbs, people don't care. They will use the thing how ever they feel like it. Look at the thread about people towing or hauling something wrong.

Most of the people on this board are more informed, they are more likely to actually tow something or haul something. Most of America just uses it like a car with a big bed in back.

True, people on this forum are more informed when shopping for a truck. Unfortunately, there are still a lot of people who don't do their homework when buying a truck to do truck duties like towing and hauling. While camping with friends last fall, payload became a campfire discussion and two of the guys who just towed in large trailers with the beds full of firewood, didn't know that there was a payload sticker on their door. Come to find out, both were exceeding the capacity of the truck and they didn't know it. Still haven't figured out why I have to have an endorsement on my liscense for my motorcycle but not to tow a trailer.

There's a lot of "unique" posters on this site. It's kind of amusing to see some people here post their own specific tweaky personal preference for what's important in a truck, and to post it in such a tone as if 300 million people across the country share the same views and wants.

I may have been guilty of this myself but find this forum to be tailored towards people who use a truck as a truck. Those who don't can disregard my posts. One exception: on the particular truck with a 490 lb payload which shouldn't be used to haul multiple people.

 

[Alan L.]

Unfortunately with gas at $3.25 and diesel at $3.80 per gallon 28mpg for the deisel and 24mpg for the gas are virtually identical in terms of cost. However I suspect the deisel costs ALOT more to purchase.

 

[fordmantpw]

Unfortunately with gas at $3.25 and diesel at $3.80 per gallon 28mpg for the deisel and 24mpg for the gas are virtually identical in terms of cost. However I suspect the deisel costs ALOT more to purchase.

Bingo!

 

[DeereMann]

2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Orders Top More Than 8,000 Units in Three Days, Filling Initial Allocation (Feb 19)
Between the afternoon of February 7th and the morning of February 10th, Ram Truck received more than 8,000 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel orders, which quickly filled the initial allocation for the exclusive powertrain First round of Ram 1500 EcoDiesel orders account for more than 50 percent of the total order mix Special order rate nearly twice the corporate average an all-time high Overwhelming response attributed to best-in-class 28 MPG with 9,200 lbs. of towing capacity and strong consumer demand for exclusive light-duty diesel Actual customer orders for the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel take priority over dealer stocking orders On the heels of EPA's certification of 28 MPG, Ram Truck opened the initial order allocation for the 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel to receive a flood of orders from dealers across the nation. More than 8,000 trucks equipped with the fuel-sipping engine that packs 420 lb.-ft. of torque have been placed曜ust over 50 percent of the total mix. Even more surprising is the amount of orders already paid for by customers twice the corporate average of sold customer orders on a truck that customers have yet to test drive.
2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Orders Top More Than 8,000 Units in Three Days, Filling Initial Allocation - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee