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Maybe that low torque is desirable for patient stability?
Then why not have a smaller engine? It's not like that huge 7.3 liter beast revs high either so it doesn't have much power either.
These engines are optimized for torque, the E450 just gets the weakest version of it. A modern diesel can have the same power and torque output with much better fuel economy at half the engine size.
It's not just the ambulances either, but any version of the E450. Why does a van need a petrol V8 anyway? Just for the engine sound? They all have inline 4 diesels where I come from. Because usually you don't need to race your van. Okay, they want more torque than that for the 5 ton towing capacity... But again, my 3 liter diesel has more torque than the Ford Godzilla.