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Originally Posted by Scrappy Doo
So the same torque as the ecoboost, but 125 less hp. Wonder what the cost will be?
And why bother with the diesel for those power numbers?
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...but without the ignition/coil problems of the Ecoboost.
Diesel is not about horsepower, it is about a seemingly bottomless well of low RPM torque. If you've spent any amount of time driving a diesel, you'd understand. My mother and father both have VW TDI's, one of which we all drove on a vacation out West last summer. That little 2-liter diesel will chug along in high gear up hills that would force an LS3, 5.0, or Hemi to drop a gear or even two.
I'd take the torque/power delivery characteristics of those "only" 140hp diesels over the closer to 300hp, but high revving V6s any day. They never get bogged down. Only having to stop to fill a smallish 14 gallon tank 8 times in 11 full days of driving is just the icing on the cake.