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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 500588" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>The new Nissan full sized truck will be built by Dodge for them. Rumor in the industry is that Mitsubishi may enter the market, and they already have a one ton that is as good as I've ever seen (extremely ugly though). It has everything going for it! Uses a Mitsubishi Deisel and a couple U.S. made deisels as well. Transmission is an Allison series 2000 (one size heavier than the one G.M. uses). Has a bed that dumps and tilts to the side! But is somewhat shallower than what we normally think of. Pay load is probably 25% greater than an American one ton. They've been building it for about four years now, but don't sell them over here.</p><p> </p><p>There is a new power pack comming out right now that will add roughly three to five mpg to any truck out there. The problem is that a pick up truck is number four or five on the list. The first ones will be in town delivery vans. Later another series of light duty deisels will hit the markets with about 25mpg and a standard automatic transmission. With the new generation hybrid automatic you may see 27mpg or even 28.5mpg. The torque rating on these engines is around 470 ft. lb., and should be able to pull anybody's boat with ease. Dodge is tinkering around with a 1240 ft. lb. one ton truck right now! Uses a 600 series medium duty Allison gearbox (very similar to the powerpack in a Stryker). The engine is similar to the current 800 ft. lb. engine they already offer. What for? Ford is having issues with their new deisel already, and fuel milage is zilch on a good day! 12mpg is common on the highway, and a good one will get about 14.5mpg. That's a lot of money to spend to reduce gas milage by 8mpg! 35K is about all their transmission is good for, but transmission shops love them Look for G.M. and Dodge to widen their frames four to five inches for something new behind the engines (hint: it has only four moving parts). Lots of new stuff comming down the pipe line these days!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 500588, member: 25383"] The new Nissan full sized truck will be built by Dodge for them. Rumor in the industry is that Mitsubishi may enter the market, and they already have a one ton that is as good as I've ever seen (extremely ugly though). It has everything going for it! Uses a Mitsubishi Deisel and a couple U.S. made deisels as well. Transmission is an Allison series 2000 (one size heavier than the one G.M. uses). Has a bed that dumps and tilts to the side! But is somewhat shallower than what we normally think of. Pay load is probably 25% greater than an American one ton. They've been building it for about four years now, but don't sell them over here. There is a new power pack comming out right now that will add roughly three to five mpg to any truck out there. The problem is that a pick up truck is number four or five on the list. The first ones will be in town delivery vans. Later another series of light duty deisels will hit the markets with about 25mpg and a standard automatic transmission. With the new generation hybrid automatic you may see 27mpg or even 28.5mpg. The torque rating on these engines is around 470 ft. lb., and should be able to pull anybody's boat with ease. Dodge is tinkering around with a 1240 ft. lb. one ton truck right now! Uses a 600 series medium duty Allison gearbox (very similar to the powerpack in a Stryker). The engine is similar to the current 800 ft. lb. engine they already offer. What for? Ford is having issues with their new deisel already, and fuel milage is zilch on a good day! 12mpg is common on the highway, and a good one will get about 14.5mpg. That's a lot of money to spend to reduce gas milage by 8mpg! 35K is about all their transmission is good for, but transmission shops love them Look for G.M. and Dodge to widen their frames four to five inches for something new behind the engines (hint: it has only four moving parts). Lots of new stuff comming down the pipe line these days! gary [/QUOTE]
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