I have been working for a dealer that sells or sold all three Chevy, Ford and Dodge for the past 12 years. I started pulling wrenches then service manger, parts manger and now salesman. The old 7.3 was and is the king of diesels. As for whats out right now we see far fewer Duramax diesels in the service isle than the other two. I have pulled so many cabs on the Ford and Dodge I can just about do it in my sleep. Try to calm down a customer that sees his $60k truck cab off the frame up in the air on the lift and that his heads are shot at 12k miles. It's not a fun task. I will happily sell anyone which ever they want but if it's my dollar the Chevy is the only one I'm buying. GM did have a half ton diesel ready for the showroom before the gov. changed emission regulations again. All the new diesels will have urea(spell) injected that will have to be recharged at the dealership every few oil changes that will cost about $60 a pop. So it was scrapped for now.
Also Slip Knot I have a 2003 Expedition with 50k miles and have never gotten better than 15mpg and thats going down hill with the cruise set to 55 and 30mph wind to my back. If you are getting anywhere close to 20mpg thats about 5-6 mpg better than I have ever seen on any Expedition in 12 years run that thing till it dies.
I think I still have all the info on the Chevy half ton diesel in my desk. If I can find it I will post on Monday.
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