Ford F-150 Diesel Sets The Bar For 2019 Silverado To Surpass With 30 MPG Highway Rating
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On Thursday, Ford announced best-in-class fuel economy figures for the F-150 Diesel. The full-size pickup will return 30 mpg highway, 22 mpg city and 25 mpg combined. The figures outdo the entire segment, and the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, according to Ford Authority.
Ford’s turbocharged, 3.0-liter Power Stroke V6 also produces 250 horsepower 440 pound-feet of torque. Said figures will allow the F-150 Diesel to tow up to 11,400 pounds and haul 2,020 pounds of payload.
The Blue Oval has set the bar, but it’s one that General Motors is confident it will surpass with its 3.0-liter inline-six Duramax diesel engine. At the reveal of the 2019 Chevrolet Silverado, GM product chief Mark Reuss poked at Ford’s previously announced figures.
“Now I’m not going to go into the numbers today, but some of our competition has already given their numbers on their new diesel, and I am really confident that we’ll have the best-performing diesel in this segment”, Reuss said during his presentation.
At the time, Ford had delivered news on the F-150 Diesel’s horsepower, torque and highway fuel economy figures. For GM and Chevrolet to top them, the 2019 Silverado Diesel will need to produce over 250 hp, 440 lb-ft of torque and manage better than 22/25/30 mpg.
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Piece of cake.
RAM uses an inline 6 to move an 8,000 lb truck with 30,000 lbs in tow, granted it has a much larger displacement, but the concept is still there.
Thats all well and good economy number for the 2wd variant. But the 4×4 trucks drop 5mpg!! Off the highway rsting because of different tirrs and final drive ratio. 25mpg hwy
The way people think, when they see the photo of the Ford Crewcab pulling the boat ,I bet they say that truck get 30 mpg ,Won ! Little do they know, that the truck that gets does figures ,is a single cab two wheel drive truck ! On one of the other forum ,they mention that the Ford trucks were fleet models !
Fleet models because they dont have the “Ford Torque on Demand” which is, i believe, their 4Auto 4wd system. But the 4Auto in my Silverado has no noticeable MPG difference
Dodge originally said it’s eco-Ram 1500 would get 30mpg hwy, just like all the Ecoboost claims that fall short lest you drive like aunt Nancy.
Same old song and dance, every car and truck get “best mpg in it’s class” and let’s not forget the Hyundai mpg scandal either!
Makes you wonder how Chevy is going to out perform Ford when their 2.8 diesel can only make 181 HP. They ar going to have to do some serious upgrades to ge an extra 70 plus HP from an additional .2 lithers. To make that kind of extra HP from .2 lithers will probly significently degrade MPG.
The 2.8 in the twins is not a new motor, the 3.0 is. I would bet it will even fit in the twins whether or not GM decides to go that route.
The twins are about the same size as a 70s full-size pickup after all.
Well the 2.8 is actually designed by VM Motori and has been around since 2010 in overseas Jeeps, while the new 3.0 I6 is a cleansheet engine (I’m assuming), with 2 extra cylinders. So with the newer tech and 10 speed transmission it should be able to outperform the Ford and Ram diesels, which have both been around for a few years now, while also being more efficient than the current 2.8 duramax.
The 2.8 is 4 cylinder and the 3.0 is a 6 cylinder so you could be right about it not fitting. If the final HPfigure on the 3.0 comes out around 85 HP pEr lither for a figure of 255 HP then perhaps they should consider doing a 4 cylinder version for the Colorado say around 2.3 lithers for a HP rating of caround 195 HP.
Chevrolet’s response to Ford will be Delphi’s dynamic skip fire, developed by Silicon Valley startup Tula Technologies as it should curb carbon emissions by 7 to 15 percent and drivers should see fuel economy improvements by up to 20 percent.