Note: I'm a huge Dodge CTD (Cummins Turbo Diesel) fan and was eager to see this review.
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Original Site (MotorTrend) :Comparison: 2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty vs 2010 Ram 2500 HD
The battle
lines have been redrawn. Ford and Dodge (now Ram) have been duking it
out with each other in the heavy-duty (3/4- and one-ton) pickup market
for what seems like forever, but in recent times Ford has been winning
the biggest percentage of market share while the Ram HD has the highest
all-important diesel take rate in the segment, almost 85 percent. These
trucks are made for hard work and hard play. And even though sales for
full-size pickups have dropped as much as 40 percent in some segments,
OEs understand there will always be buyers for work trucks. And here
we've decided to pit two of the latest -- the all-new 2011 Ford Super
Duty and the Ram 2500 HD -- head to head, equipped with the
all-important oil-burner.
Diesel connoisseurs have been waiting for this confrontation for ages. The 2010.5 federal emissions regulations essentially forced all three of the 3/4- and one-ton work-truck makers to dig deep and come up with clever ways to provide the most pulling power possible with a much cleaner NOx and particulate emissions rating. The 350-horsepower, 650-pound-foot 6.7-liter Cummins I-6 was updated three years ago and was the first of the HD diesel engines to meet the stricter 2010.5 regulations. Unlike the Cummins, Ford's all-new 6.7-liter, 390-horse, 735-pound-foot V-8 Power Stroke (now built in-house) uses a urea-based aftertreatment emissions system.
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