Keith Browning Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 And Ford Makes Three: Diesel F-150 Delayed, May Get Cancelled From Motor Trend Magazine Posted Yesterday 11:00 AM by Scott_Evans Category: Auto News, Ford First it was GM, now Ford is following suit. Ford revealed today that a planned diesel option for the F-150 has been put on hold while Ford determines the best time to launch it. Ford cited cheap gas prices as a primary factor in the decision. "We're still looking at the appropriate time to do that," Ford's President of the Americas Mark Fields told Automotive News. "We've put it on the back burner for right now." Ford had originally planned to offer a 4.4-liter V-8 diesel engine in the F-150 starting next year, which reportedly offered more power and torque and 20% fuel savings over the gasoline-powered 5.4-liter V-8 currently offered. Now that the price of gas has slid to the $2-per-gallon range, Ford has delayed the launch of the diesel F-150 until the company determines that market conditions are right for it. An anonymous source told Automotives News that the diesel has been officially pushed back to 2013 and could be cancelled outright if gas prices don't rise above diesel prices for a substantial amount of time. With diesel versions of the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and Dodge Ram 1500 also on hold, Ford had a chance to beat the other two to the market, but has apparently decided not to take advantage of the opportunity. For now, truck buyers looking for oil burners will have to continue to pony up the extra scratch for 2500/250 versions of the trucks. Source: Automotive News (Subscription Required) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregKneupper Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 That is dissapointing news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LARRY BRUDZYNSKI Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 If it would be approx. 20% in fuel savings would that not be approx. $ .50 a gallon in savings? That seems like quite a bit to me. For 20 gallons of diesel that should be pretty close to $10.00 cheaper per fill up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mekanik Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 That is really disappointing news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robp823 Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 shitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbudge Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Is it really so bad? This gives Ford a chance to let everyone else (Volvo, MBE, Cummins, International, ETC) to sort out the SCR VS EGR debate and hopefully make the clean diesel work reasonably well before going to market. Can you imagine someone who buys a F150 diesel as a grocery getter to save money on fuel only to find out that since it never works hard it is constantly in regen and burning more fuel than the old 460 he just traded in. Not too happy, and as the technician working on the truck, it is your fault that you can't fix it. Be patient and let someone else do the dirty work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hempstead Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 very disappointing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Is it really so bad? This gives Ford a chance to let everyone else (Volvo, MBE, Cummins, International, ETC) to sort out the SCR VS EGR debate and hopefully make the clean diesel work reasonably well before going to market. Can you imagine someone who buys a F150 diesel as a grocery getter to save money on fuel only to find out that since it never works hard it is constantly in regen and burning more fuel than the old 460 he just traded in. Not too happy, and as the technician working on the truck, it is your fault that you can't fix it. Be patient and let someone else do the dirty work. thats my thoughts...let this EPA bs calm down on changing the deisel requirements and let manufactures figure this dpf,regen thing out. we dont need F150 customers being ticked that their mpg goes in the hole like the superduty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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