Heads up on 6.7 Cummins

[Choupique]

The 8 speed doesnt scare me at all. That was long needed and its going to be the best transmission in the market segment.

The engine on the other hand - thats what you get when you pander to the mall crawlers who unfortunately buy the top trim trucks and trade them in for a new one way before anything breaks. The 2016-2018 cummins was the best diesel engine ever put in a pickup truck.

 

[StuckInTheEast]

The 8 speed doesnt scare me at all. That was long needed and its going to be the best transmission in the market segment.

The engine on the other hand - thats what you get when you pander to the mall crawlers who unfortunately buy the top trim trucks and trade them in for a new one way before anything breaks. The 2016-2018 cummins was the best diesel engine ever put in a pickup truck.

I wish I had your confidence in anything new...but experience has taught me otherwise thus far
Ford and GM had virtually bullet proof 6spd transmissions in the Allison and 6r140...then the next great thing came along in the form of the 10L1000 and 10r140...won't take much searching to see how that's playing out.
I hope RAM got it right on the new engine/trans combo, but for me, none of them are worth the price of admission presently.

 

[Choupique]

The transmission will be fine. Its a good medium duty industrial transmission.

The motor is a mistake. Ram screwed up by insisting cummins build them a quieter and lighter engine. Let Ford and GM have that and the troubles that come with it. Give me a solid lifter garbage truck engine like we could still get in 2018.