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07Softail Senior Enthusiast

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If the 6.2 was offered in a LT in 2015, I would have one as well. However, with what I have done, I have to be pretty close to 6.2 numbers.

 

RT, you have the Maggie installed, right?

 

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Yep and debating on installing the 6.2 I bought awhile back out of a wrecked High Country. But my tuner said to wait and lets up boost first to see if it's going to be enough power....I doubt it will for me!

 

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redwngr Senior Enthusiast

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I will tell you if the 6.2 was offered in a RCSB I would buy it in a New York second!

 

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I'd expect it would sell a bunch!

Colossus Senior Enthusiast

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No it would not sell a bunch. That is exactly why they don't offer it that way. The regular cab is the least popular of the trucks now. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the manufacturers do away with the regular cab altogether as a way of saving money in production.

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

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Sure they would, a cheep two door truck with the 6.2 for around 25K. Throw on some stripes, sport truck. Cheaper than any V8 sports car. A couple TV ads to make them known. Or you just buy a Ram.

pickmeup Enthusiast

pickmeup

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Ford offers the 5.0 and eco boost in any configuration truck. Same for Ram . GM be like you want that engine pony up another 15,000 or so for higher end truck. Is it great marketing strategy or will it prove to be ill fated strategy?.....only time will tell.

StillOffshore Enthusiast

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From a money standpoint, GM is doing it right. Look through the threads comparing 5.3 and 6.2....seems like most people here say buy the bigger engine. If I were GM, I'd only offer it in the most expensive trim level. Why give it away when people will pay an arm and leg for it?

Silverado Steve Senior Enthusiast

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If they did sell a bunch, wouldn't the manufacturers be pumping them out in mass then? I mean every manufacturer wants to sell cars right? Last article i read, crew cabs outsell their RC and Extea Cab counterpaets by a large margin, something like 40% more. I dont recall the Ford lightnining blowing doors iff sales figures.

 

 

Sure they would, a cheep two door truck with the 6.2 for around 25K. Throw on some stripes, sport truck. Cheaper than any V8 sports car. A couple TV ads to make them known. Or you just buy a Ram.

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

KARNUT

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Naaaa, for people on a budget that want the HP GM will lose them to the trucks that do. Not smart GM.

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

KARNUT

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The lightning wasn't cheap, the hemi ram express 2 door is cheap. They don't want to pull sales away from the camaros. That have been having a sales decline of late. I prefer the extended cab but I guess I'm in the minority there too.

If they did sell a bunch, wouldn't the manufacturers be pumping them out in mass then? I mean every manufacturer wants to sell cars right? Last article i read, crew cabs outsell their RC and Extea Cab counterpaets by a large margin, something like 40% more. I dont recall the Ford lightnining blowing doors iff sales figures.

 

 

Silverado Steve Senior Enthusiast

Silverado Steve

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And even then you don't see a bunch of RAM express 2 doors either. Point being what people say they will buy if they make it on an internet forum and what they will really buy are 2 vastly different things. I remember a ton of people saying if they made a diesel half ton or diesel midsize they would buy it regardless of who made it...well i dont see Ram's with the ecodiesel or the GM twin diesels flying off the shelf either.

 

 

The lightning wasn't cheap, the hemi ram express 2 door is cheap. They don't want to pull sales away from the camaros. That have been having a sales decline of late. I prefer the extended cab but I guess I'm in the minority there too.

If they did sell a bunch, wouldn't the manufacturers be pumping them out in mass then? I mean every manufacturer wants to sell cars right? Last article i read, crew cabs outsell their RC and Extea Cab counterpaets by a large margin, something like 40% more. I dont recall the Ford lightnining blowing doors iff sales figures.

 

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

KARNUT

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There are a few in Texas as well as 1/2 ton deisels. The problem with the 1/2 ton diesels is gas took a dive when they came out, same thing with passenger cars, cheap gas. People are migrating to mid sized SUVs and four door P/Us.

And even then you don't see a bunch of RAM express 2 doors either. Point being what people say they will buy if they make it on an internet forum and what they will really buy are 2 vastly different things. I remember a ton of people saying if they made a diesel half ton or diesel midsize they would buy it regardless of who made it...well i dont see Ram's with the ecodiesel or the GM twin diesels flying off the shelf either.

 

 

Silverado Steve Senior Enthusiast

Silverado Steve

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Yes true low gas prices have tanked the need for diesels. I havent paid close attention to the cost difference between the 2, im guessing diesel is something like 30 cents more a gallon than regular unleaded. However i digress, the overall sales number is vastly different between RCs and CC trucks and i highly doubt whether Ford, GM, Ram, Toyota thows the biggest motor in the cheapest trim will make a dent in the difference between the two wheelbases. You dont see a ton of RC Tundra's with the 5.7 either. A few in Texas is still pebbles to the million trucks sold every year across the US.

 

 

 

There are a few in Texas as well as 1/2 ton deisels. The problem with the 1/2 ton diesels is gas took a dive when they came out, same thing with passenger cars, cheap gas. People are migrating to mid sized SUVs and four door P/Us.

And even then you don't see a bunch of RAM express 2 doors either. Point being what people say they will buy if they make it on an internet forum and what they will really buy are 2 vastly different things. I remember a ton of people saying if they made a diesel half ton or diesel midsize they would buy it regardless of who made it...well i dont see Ram's with the ecodiesel or the GM twin diesels flying off the shelf either.

KARNUT Senior Enthusiast

KARNUT

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Yes true low gas prices have tanked the need for diesels. I havent paid close attention to the cost difference between the 2, im guessing diesel is something like 30 cents more a gallon than regular unleaded. However i digress, the overall sales number is vastly different between RCs and CC trucks and i highly doubt whether Ford, GM, Ram, Toyota thows the biggest motor in the cheapest trim will make a dent in the difference between the two wheelbases. You dont see a ton of RC Tundra's with the 5.7 either. A few in Texas is still pebbles to the million trucks sold every year across the US.

 

 

Well I led a shelter life I guess. I spent 40 years in a family business. We build and sell tree clearing machines. 99 percent of the people we deal with want the most HP in the smallest package. Their p/u reflects that attitude. They go from top of the line trucks with the big engines or striped trucks with the biggest engines. The top of the line includes all brands, the striped are mostly Rams and Hemis because there offered in striped models.

 

 

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