The redesigned for the 2013 model year Ram 1500 pickup truck now claims to be the most fuel-efficient model in the full-size segment when fitted with the base 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine coupled to a new (and standard) 8-speed automatic transmission.
With this setup, the lighter and more aerodynamic 2013 Ram 1500 is said to return 18mpg (13.1 lt/100km) in the city and 25mpg (9.4lt/100km) in highway driving.
According to the automaker, the new 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine features 42 percent more horsepower at 305HP, 13 percent more torque at 269 lb.-ft. and at least 20 percent better fuel economy when compared to the previous 3.7-liter V6 engine paired to a four-speed auto.
The 2013 Ram 1500 with the Pentastar V6 not only beats the most fuel efficient versions of its main rivals, the Ford F-150 with a 302hp 3.7-liter V6 (17mpg city / 23mpg hwy) and the Chevy Silverado with the 195hp 4.3-liter V6 (15mpg City / 20 mpg hwy), but it also matches the fuel economy of the smaller Chevy Colorado mid-size pickup truck with a 185hp 2.9L inline-four (18mpg city / 25mpg hwy).
The new 1500 is slated to go on sale in the States later in the fall with prices to be announced.
6 Comments:
Thats fantastic...so now Americans need to invade on average one country less per decade to assure fuel supplies.
305 ponies. All those mpg's. Seriously, good looks. What's not to like.
I'm not sure, but it just might be time to retire the twenty-five year old Chevy 4.3.
When the kids stop understanding the significance of the introduction of the Vortec, then you can be sure it's time to get a Pentastar.
Maybe the fact that if it were a modern diesel with the same volume it could have had 360 hp and 500lbft, and at the same time return 40+ MPG but no. It has to be a naturally aspirated V6 because America will find it incapable of towing one of it's fake wooden houses on a trailer and will go for the V8 which is even more ridiculous in today's World where people outside America drive 60MPG 1.6 diesel premium cars and 800cc turbo petrol hatchbacks in an effort to conserve fuel.
And the sad thing is that a significant percentage of the the future owners of this abomination will never use it for work, they will use it as a daily driver, cause it 'looks good' and Chrysler offers leather interior, trick audio setup , etc - everything that a work vehicle does not need.
and you think the Denali GMC 3500 is used for a work truck..more like pavement pounder foreman..always on my cell phone kind of truck
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