(quoted from post at 22:21:47 12/13/12) there will always be a need for diesel pickups, while it may fall out of favor with the soccer mommy set or the urban office worker who is just seeking a status symbol due to the high cost up front, and the high price of diesel fuel, it will still the the choice of those of us who need a truck to be a truck, haul heavy loads, and pull loads even heavier, up to the point of having use a bigger truck , the reason is torque, a gasser just cant maintain the pulling power up a long grade like a diesel can, although a gas pickup is cheaper all around to buy and operate if you dont need the pulling power, just depends on why a person needs a pickup truck i guess, i have a bunch of trucks,2 with 350's 2,454's and a 5.9 Cummings the Cummings pulls harder than any of them,and gets 3 times the fuel millage doing it, while i will not buy any computer controlled vehicle, [ constant problems, and large repair bills with a variety of company owned newer trucks makes me believe the best thing about new trucks is not owning one myself] i can say that i own enough of a variety of older trucks to do some testing between gas and diesels