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When talking about Ram pickups, the elephant in the room is always Ford, with their aluminum bodies — an issue that would likely never have appeared had Daimler not swallowed up Chrysler, pushingmuch of the aluminum-body Prowler team over to Ford. Ram director of engineering Mike Cairns told Allpar that aluminum was just one piece of the puzzle (as diesel engines are just one part of Ram’s solution). Each company, including GM, has been going after fuel economy in different ways. Ram retains thefuel-economy crown for the moment, with its diesel engine and eight-speed automatic, but Ford will eventually add... more (full story/sharing links)
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