Navistar V-8 Gone From Ford Vans, Pickups By January

摘要

The Navistar-built Power Stroke V-8 diesel will be gone as an option from Ford SuperDuty pickups and E-series vans by the end of this year, as part of the settlement of a two-year-old legal dispute between the two builders. They announced that they are dropping their suits against each other, and that the long-running supply agreement will be terminated.rnFord sued Navistar when problems with 2003- and later-model 6-liter Power Strokes caused high warranty claims; and Navistar countersued when it learned that Ford was developing its own diesels, allegedly in violation of their agreement. Ford still uses a revised 6-liter diesel in its vans, while a 6.4-liter replacement appeared in 2008 and is the current diesel option in F-250 through F-450 SuperDuty pickups and F-450/550 cab-chassis trucks.