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These videos support all the questions and doubts voiced on this and other forums about the continually escalating towing numbers for trucks that could/should be unrealistic. At the same time the manufacturers do their best to obfuscate the truth about what has been done to obtain/raise those numbers. As we seem to be seeing....nothing. They are just pulling numbers out of a hat to impress potential buyers and stay competitive with the other manufacturers to see who can pull out the biggest rabbit. Whether those numbers claims bear any resemblance to real life is immaterial to them and those that have no understanding of basic engine operations/requirements are going to get caught unaware, as we seem to see quite often. Hopefully tests such as these will generate pushback to the manufacturers and they can either straighten up their act or prove what they've done to substantiate the claimed numbers.