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We had a diesel Excursion and loved it (when we weren't hating it).... Ours had a 7.3L diesel, got about 17 solo and about 11 towing. It was great for the front and second row passengers, but those "in the back" were almost in a different time zone.... I don't think there was an option (available at that time) which wasn't on that "land yacht" (or maybe better described as a passenger cruise ship). We'd still have it if it weren't for parking lot spaces shrinking over the years.

It weighed more than a 3/4 ton 4x4 crewcab pickup and was built on the same chassis. It's one "dinosaur" that wasn't killed by the ice age, but by sheer size and demand for smaller vehicles.

The V-10 got less mileage than the diesel, but at $.70/gallon, it was still "less painful to tow with the Excursion getting 6 MPG than paying $3.29/gallon and getting 9MPG on today's similar sized crew cab pickups with a smaller engine.