COMBUSTIGNITION Driving experience. Try driving an underpowered gas engine on cruise control, which in my opinion should be mandatory so I don't have to pass the same idiot over and over again when traveling, and listen to the tranny shift up searching for power. Do it in a diesel and it stays exactly where you set it. Increased towing capability. Put a few people in your gas powered car, which is the same effect of towing and watch the mpg diference. The diesel doesn't suffer from this near as much. If you ever owned and drove modern turbo diesel vs. gas, you would quickly find out how poor the EPA rates their mpg. Diesels outdo EPA estimates by far in city and highway. Safer in accident aftermath when fuel tank rupture is involved. Don't understand the whole maintenance argument. Haven't seen anyone saying maintenance is cheap on any new vehicle these days. Almost no carbon monoxide emissions which is what we should be worried about instead of NOX. I don't think there were many diesels on the road in L.A. when smog first started appearing way back when.
4 months(s) ago via Ford Social

Ryan Tokar The thing is that in Europe, diesel is roughly the same price as gasoline. Same goes for Australia. There's a large discrepancy in fuel costs in North America that makes diesels not the greatest choice. There were a few times this winter where I've seen diesel for 25 cents more per litre than gas, that's about an extra dollar per gallon. Even on something like a Focus, where the 2.0 DuraTorq averages 56 MPG and the best gasoline engine averages 38 MPG, with a difference in price of 11 cents per litre (about 41 cents/gallon) the diesel engine would only save you 3000 dollars over a lifespan of 120 thousand miles. Just look at the VW Jetta, the diesel is a 5000 dollar option. So financially for the consumer it probably just doesn't make sense, and that's before you even consider the increased maintenance costs of running a diesel.
1 year(s) ago via Ford Social

John Fennell I am an American living as an EXPAT in Malaysia and we also have the same truck here. This is and Excellent Idea FORD should at least give the American consumers the option to have a diesel engine in a small truck.
1 year(s) ago via Ford Social