Re: 2003 Ram Diesel

From: Jon (jonsdak@midmaine.com)
Date: Tue Oct 08 2002 - 18:36:06 EDT


Ford owned less than 10% of Cummins through the early eighties. IN the late
eighties ('88, I believe) Cummins bought Ford out of house.
Dodge does not use Allison transmissions. That has been a rumor for close
to five years now, but presently, a 47RE Chrysler still transmits the HD's
power to the wheels, a 48RE will be mated with the HO Cummins later in the
2003 MY.

--
Later,
Jon
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1996 Dodge Dakota Sport 4X4, 3.9L V6, 42RE, 3.92:1 8.25 axle, "BackRack"
Headache Rack,  Mopar slide-in bedliner, Dodge Motorsports decals, steering
wheel cover, and front
license plate, diamond-plate bedrail covers, Lund VentVisors, Lund
BugShield, Jensen MP-3310 CD/MP3 Receiver, Pioneer TS-G1347's in front,
TS-A5713's in rear
""Jon N. Benignus"" <blkwidow1@primary.net> wrote in message
news:B9C7A78D.13476%blkwidow1@primary.net...
>
> > Cummins makes some of the most respected diesels
> > in the world,
>
> They are good, but does anyone find it odd that Dodge, which is owned by
> Daimler-Benz, uses Cummins engines, which is at least partly (AFAIK) owned
> by Ford, who uses International diesel engines in their trucks, and now
> Allison (GM) auto transmissions?
>
> It would make sense for Dodge to start using their own engines.
>
> Jon
> STL MO
>



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