apparently your not familar with the 6. 6/7. 8 engines. they were built in brazil in ford plants, and sold in ford mediums and tractors in the u. s. sort of like the 5. 9 cummins engines built in nuess germany , and sold in case ih tractors like my 5240. why didnt ford use the 6. 6 or 7. 8 in their pickup's? they will not fit under the hood of pickups because they are real medium duty engines. a little to tall,long and heavy. ford produced many good tractor engines as well. now considering this heritage, i would say they have a little more insight as to what it takes to produce a good pickup diesel, as to opposed to someone like chrysler who to my knowledge has never produced a diesel of any type. and for the record ford has turned out some fine gasser's as well. personally i will/do drive all three brands and have done so for at least the last 20 years, gas and diesel, they all have had some winners, some loosers and some so so engines and vehicles. anyone wants to be close minded about what they drive, thats their buisness and in my opinion some times their loss. having said this, the sarcastic spewing of mis information and close mindedness really does get old sometimes.