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Old 17-06-2020, 12:11 PM   #25
Bossxr8
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Default Re: F150 and Bronco for Australia

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Originally Posted by Dr Smith View Post
I wonder why you would choose the diesel F-150 in the USA anyway, diesel fuel costs about 20-30% more than regular petrol and the diesel engine costs $2500-$3000 more to option. You would have to do a massive amount of driving to make any savings vs the cheaper sweet V8 or power of the V6 turbo ecoboost.
A petrol hybrid or pure EV, I'd assume will outsell the diesel from day one.
An alternative to Ram's eco-diesel V6?

Or a way to keep the V6 diesel production line going as a stop gap?
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