Ram EcoDiesel’s record month by Bill Cawthon on



Ram 1500 EcoDiesel, with the best mileage of any full-size pickup — now boosted to a car-like 29 mpg, highway — had its best sales month ever in January.

The EcoDiesel now accounts for one in five of all Ram 1500 pickups built, and there are enough for dealers to be able to hold some inventory.

Bill Cawthon grew up in the auto industry in the 1950s. His Dad worked for Chrysler and Bill spent a number of Saturdays down on the plant floor at Dodge Main in Hamtramck. Bill is also the U.S. market correspondent for just-auto.com, a British auto industry publication, and a member of the Texas Auto Writers Association, which has named the Jeep Grand Cherokee the “SUV of Texas” several times and named the Ram 1500 as the “Truck of Texas” two years running.



Bill has owned five Plymouths (including the only 1962 “Texan”), one Dodge and one Chrysler and is still trying to figure out how to justify a Wrangler. He also has owned at least one of every 1:87 scale model of a Chrysler product. You can reach him directly at (206) 888-7324 or by using the form.