Ram 1500 EcoDiesel is new light-duty diesel towing champ

Posted by Talbot Payne on August 20, 2019

The 2020 Ram 1500 Ecodiesel leads the class in towing with 12,560 - a major upgrade over the previous Ram diesel's 9,300 pounds. The diesel truck will start at $38,585.

The light-duty pickup wars have a new diesel towing champ.

Ram says its all-new 2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel will pull 12,560 pounds thanks to class-leading 480 foot-pounds of torque. That’s a big leap from the previous-generation truck’s 9,300 pounds and clears the Ford F-150 Power Stroke diesel’s previous best 11,400 pounds.

Introduced in 2014, Ram’s Ecodiesel was a pioneer in the light-duty truck segment but has since been joined by products from Ford and Chevy.

Ram also announced that pricing for its diesel truck will start at $38,585 – a $4,995 option, or $3,000 premium over the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8 eTorque engine in Ram’s lineup.

The EcoDiesel is available across all models of the Ram 1500, including for the first-time in its rambunctious, off-road Rebel.

The Chevy Silverado Duramax diesel pulls 9,300 pounds but is the class leader in fuel economy — another closely-watched diesel metric — with 27 mpg average. Ram says it will publish the Ecodiesel’s mpg numbers closer to its on sale date in the 4th quarter.

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