I guess some folks here may remember the development of the Cummins ISF2.8 engine project was partially funded by DARPA, using Nissan trucks as testbeds, despite being more successful in overseas markets such as China, and even Russia and Brazil.
Sure the ISF2.8 being fitted to this might've caused it to become somewhat underappreciated, while some models one or two classes below could'be been better served by such engine.
Maybe, instead of the F-4000 which was roughly a Brazilian equivalent to the DRW F-350, could be suitable for the F-150, even if it wouldn't match the performance of the V6 turbodiesel which in the F-150 is now AFAIK available only for a few overseas markets such as the Philippines.
And even though Ford and GM took different approaches regarding the 2.7L turbocharged gassers, with the F-150 being available with a V6 while the Silverado resorted to a 4-cyl, maybe it wouldn't be so pointless for US-spec trucks to eventually feature a 4-cyl turbodiesel. It did surprise me GM never even tried to fit the 2.8L 4-cyl Duramax into the current generation of the Silverado instead of the 3.0L straight-6 Duramax which ends up being more expensive to manufacture. Considering most buyers of the turbodiesel go for the fuel-economy, while anyone looking for the bragging rights prefer a V8 gasser anyway, maybe both the Cummins ISF2.8 and the 4-cyl Duramax could still be reasonable powerplants for trucks within this class.
And since the ISF2.8 might be ultimately the most successful derivative of that project which resulted in the failed ISV5.0 V8, originally intended to be a 5.6L V8 which would have a 4.2L V6 counterpart, intended to replace both the 5.9L straight-6 and the 3.9L straight-4 B-series engines which ultimately were replaced by 6.7L and 4.5L versions of the B-series instead, maybe if could make sense as an option for the Ram 1500, considering how featuring a Cummins engine in the 2500 and larger models is widely credited to the success of Ram. Maybe with a less conservative tune than what I used to see more often before Euro-6 was implemented in my country.
