Re: 401 vs 432 torque ratings???
The renewed interest in gasoline engines for medium trucks is due to the high purchase cost and maintenance/repair expenses of the new DPF/SCR diesels, The overall ownership costs for diesels are higher than gasoline engines in many situations, particularly low mileage/speed operations that utilities and municipalities experience. This trend has been a long time coming, in fact GM was trying to capitalize on it back in 2008 when they were the only manufacturer of gasoline powered medium trucks. When GM dropped their medium trucks in 2009 it left a hole in the market that Ford was able to exploit in 2011 when they began offering their 6.8L V-10 in the F-650.
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