a few months or so ago i hurd of a rumor about ford putting a diesel motor in teh f-150... anyone else hurd this or if its even true and when its coming out?

 

God I guess the only state with education worse than Louisiana really is Mississippi.

 

LOL but no I haven't heard anything

 

They'll be in the 2009 line up

 

after hearing about it for years from Ford... no offense to them but I will believe it when I see the engine.

 

what made you think ya'll were stupider then us... cant get no stupider then mississip and if i'm not misstakin we might be the highest on teen pregnancy and poorest state? i onow for sure though

 

They said on the radio a few days ago that Mississippi is the fattest state in America. Glad to see you're a good sport, you can hang around

 

haha... ya i forgot about that... we are... its funny... we got some nice pretty southern girls then the next 5 will be 800lbs... oh well... atleast we aint from the north... girls up there... um... lets get back on subject... diesel engine... F-150... should be pretty intresting.. lol

 

mmmm Southern girls

 

I agree, you can't beat southern girls (No, So-Cal does not count).

 

An article I found - but it's dated , about a year old.


10/12/06, 09:01am, EDT

Ford will launch the next-generation F-150 pickup with a diesel powerplant when the new truck goes on sale in 2008 or 2009, a former executive told Automotive News. Dave Szczupak, who retired from Ford last week, said the engine would be derived from the 3.6-liter V-8 diesel used in the Land Rover Range Rover in Europe.

If it arrives on schedule, th enew F-150 might end up being the first light-duty pickup with a diesel engine in North America. Toyota and Nissan are seeking diesels for their Tundra and Titan pickups, but neither company has secured a powerplant.

In mid-September, Ford confirmed plans to launch a new F-150 in 2008 with "powertrain, design and feature upgrades."

 

3.8 v8? o.O

wonder what kind of power that thing could make...

id seriously consider getting a new f150 if they come out with a diesel engine

but i have to see it first lol

 

Yea - I hope a 6.6 will be an option.

 

I thought I remember reading of a 4.2L or 4.4L V6 in Fourwheeler...

 

supposed to be the 4.4 or maybe a 3.8. Anywho Navistar is suing ford because they have a contract to supply ford with the diesel engine and the engine ford has planned is a Ford.
If Ford doesn't put one out in 09, they will loose market share because GM announced it would introduce a new 4.5L V-8 Duramax turbodiesel available for all light-duty trucks and the Hummer H2 produced after 2009.