Ram Diesel

Payouts to owners of affected diesel engines could be $2,800

The 3.0L turbodiesel V6 in the 2014 Jonathon Ramsey

Well, what we've learned from Ram's new video with chief engineer Mike Cairns showing off the upcoming Ram 1500 EcoDiesel pickup is that... it looks good in silver. Cairns more or less espoused the virtues of the truck in the two-minute video, commenting on its toughness and saying it'll have the all-important "best-in-class" fuel economy. He added that the 2014 model-year truck would start being sold by the end of the year.

2009 Dodge Ram - Click above for high-res image gallery

Construction crews and people towing fifth wheel trailers have long admired the Cummins diesel engines in the Dodge Ram pickups. They offered enormous quantities of torque and relatively decent fuel economy considering the performance they offered. Now Chrysler has announced that they'll have an all-new Cummins diesel available in their light duty trucks starting 2009. The engines will use clean diesel technology and be fifty state legal. Compared to gas engines they get thirty percent better fu