John Shiels

Monday, August 31, 2009
Ford to supply own Super Duty diesel engines
Bryce G. Hoffman / The Detroit News
Ford Motor Co. today announced plans to produce its own diesel engine for Ford Super Duty pickups.

The 6.7-liter turbocharged V-8 will debut on the next-generation 2011 F-Series Super Duty and is expected to offer "significant improvements in torque, horsepower and fuel economy while adding more fueling flexibility and easily meeting stringent new emissions requirements," the company said.

"This all-new diesel engine has been so extensively tested both in the lab and in the real world that we're confident we're giving our customers the most reliable and productive powertrain available today," said Derrick Kuzak, head of global product development at Ford. "Our Super Duty customers demand reliability and durability in their trucks so they can deliver the best results for their business and their customers. That's exactly what this engine delivers."

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Ford's diesel engines will replace the current ones being supplied by Navistar International Corp.

mgarfias

Interesting. Seems like a low enough volume market that they'd be better off buying from a 3rd party.

StealthLT4

Might be for the same reason that GM Racing dropped Katech; in this car economy, better to pay your own people than someone else.

Tom03Z06

Lets just hope thats the trend with everything else.....