Ram EcoDiesel
Industry News Notes
While we seem to be on a diesel theme, lets roll right into the latest official numbers released by Ram on the EcoDiesel. When we test-drove a pre-production version of the EcoDiesel late last year, our short time behind the wheel yielded a combined fuel efficiency of 9.0L/100km despite some spirited driving and even some 4-Low work. We figured the big 1500 would be capable of low sevens and maybe even high sixes for the hypermilers out there. Well, it looks like we weren’t far off, as Ram just recently published its fuel efficiency numbers for the EcoDiesel. The new benchmark has been set with the EcoDiesel 1500 achieving an impressive 7.1L/100km on the highway, 10.2L/100km in the city and a combined rating of 8.8L/100km. So, what does this mean in the real world? Well, we hope to get our hands on the EcoDiesel 1500 before the next issue and bring you the real world numbers.