Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Wins Motor Trend Comparison Test
The test drivers at Motor Trend have curiously announced the winner of its 2015 half-ton comparison test right before its Truck of the Year announcement, and the Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is still the king of the roost. Motor Trend named the EcoDiesel the winner of its Truck of the Year last year (the second year in a row for the Ram 1500), beating a small group of all-new or significantly revised competitors.
The Ram 1500 EcoDiesel beat the all-new 2015 Ford F-150 Lariat with the 2.7-liter EcoBoost and 2015 Chevrolet Silverado LTZ with the 5.3-liter EcoTec3 V-8 in several scored exercises.
We can only assume Motor Trend had some of these trucks in-house for its annual Truck of the Year contest and decided to do a quick head-to-head comparison while it had the opportunity. Of course, in announcing the 2015 Ram the winner of this half-ton comparison, it stands to reason the 2015 Ford F-150 will not win Motor Trend's 2015 Truck of the Year contest, likely to be announced in a few weeks. Some have speculated the F-150 was the odds-on favorite but now wouldn't make sense to give the award to the F-150 when it couldn't beat a segment competitor in a head-to-head competition.
To its credit, Motor Trend did track test the trucks with a load and take the test trucks to Davis Dam, which straddles the Arizona/Nevada border, for some towing. Ford's new, smaller EcoBoost crushed all the others (loaded and unloaded), offered almost twice the payload and weighed about 1,000 pounds less doing it all, just missing out of the top spot when all the final opinions were hashed out.
This is an impressive victory for the Ram 1500 and the EcoDiesel engine, and officially puts the MT Truck of the Year award up for grabs. From what we've heard, some of the competitors for this year's Motor Trend Truck of the Year award include the Ford Super Duty, the Chevy Silverado Heavy Duty, the GMC Canyon, and the Chevy Colorado. We'll know more later.
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