Gregsfc

I've got a 2015 F150 just about as basic a full size truck as one can get in as small of a configuration as one can get except that it's a V6 twin turbo with only cruise and power door locks/windows as added options. I'm a different kind of pickup truck enthusiast. I like trucks that don't have lots of gadgetry tech unless we're talking about automotive tech with power train advancement kinds of tech. I also like trucks being sized closer to the way they used to be but with all the driving and ride advancements of today. So even though I've got one of the smallest newer trucks sold in our market today, I wish that it was lower to the ground so that I didn't need to stand on top of the front tires to clean the windshield. But I absolutely love all the power train and aero advancements that now have us up to 33 mpg highway with a diesel engine and up to 26 with a gas engine. I've been averaging 24 lifetime with a low of 21.7 low and a high of 26.7, measuring only tank to tank for 46,000 miles and 90 tanks measured via hand calculating. So as is usually the case with new and advanced GM power train products, when it was announced that GM would offer a base 4 cylinder turbo gas engine for Silverado and Sierra, even though most enthusiast hate that idea, I was excited, because I think a rather large turbo 4 makes a far better base engine than a weasly V6s for refinement and performance and possibly even mpg in a full size truck. I'm really a much bigger advocate for an inline 4 turbo than a V6 twin turbo, at least for a base engine, especially since it's the lighter duty applications in a truck where a gas turbo makes more sense, but I really much prefer turbo charging due to the fact I hate the need for high revs to accelerate or to maintain speed on hills, and diesels, though great, have become far too expensive and complex due to an anti diesel bias in our country with regards to emissions regulations. But as always is the case with GM, they'll come out with a fantastic new power train that was designed to be, not only efficient and reliable, but also in a manner that should have costs in check more than the competition, but even though a simple turbo 4 represents a substantial cost saver as compared to Ford's twin turbos, this doesn't mean they'll offer it to the masses with any sort of value. So just like was the case with their 2.8L Duramax with cast iron construction and solenoid injectors to keep costs low, and the new 3.0 Duramax straight six with exhaust treatment compacted and stuck along side the engine and solenoid injectors, and American manufacture, this turbo, just like those diesels, although they save on costs versus the competitons' products, they are not offered in lower trims or in all configurations and start at an even higher price than the competitors' products. So yeah, I'd live to have purchased a Silverado RCSB with a large turbo 4 for less than $30K and 24 mpg and simpler/cheaper maintenance than a V6, but not only does GM not offer a RCSB truck any longer, but they also won't put a simple turbo 4 in anything close to ia basic pickup truck.