1/2 Ton Diesels??
Anyone have any info on 1/2 ton pick ups going diesel? I read that more vehicles will have diesel engines. I'd like to get a diesel truck, but can't see buying a 3/4 or 1 ton as I don't a have a huge trailer to haul. Diesel is the way to go for fuel efficiency ,power, reliability etc.
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Ford has stated they will not buy another diesel from Navistar after the 6.0L Powerstroke introduction with thousands of engines with major problems.
I don't know if you're right or not. I'd heard the Ford/Navistar relationship was supposed to end with the end of the 7.3 liter production run. If you are right, I hope Ford will somehow weasle the Cummins contract from D-C. I think Ford has the better truck while the Cummins is the better engine.
Check out the diesel engines from Navistar. I attempted to buy a 2.8L Powerstroke. They will not sell them in North America for aftermarket use. It is used in Ranger in South America. I'd love to have one in a Ranger.
CrossLander USA was supposed to sell the CrossLander with the 2.8L Powerstroke starting Spring 2003 and they are not available. CrossLander will have the 4.0L six gasoline engine when introduced, if introduced.
Navistar International Corp. said it has reached a settlement with Ford Motor Co. over Ford's decision to cancel a V-6 diesel engine contract.
VT275 is lightly modifed version of the Ford V6 Powerstroke project engine. And it is being built at the Huntsville plant.
Rumor was that Nissan or Toyota were going to buy this engine for use in their USA only full size truck program to save on engine development cost. Not a lot of credibility in that rumor.
That was what I was trying to get out of Brazil. A crewcab Ranger drove from the tip of So America to the Arctic coast of Alaska. I talked to the two guys that drove it. They averaged with that diesel 45 mpg for the entire trip to that point. What a great little truck. I took lots of pictures and tried to get the local Ford dealer to look into them and he was not interested. There are midsized trucks that get great mileage. We are not given the opportunity to purchase them.
And some of the bone headed decisions that Ford has made in the past, this one ranks way up there. I think there is a sizable market for a 1/2 ton diesel truck.
This country in general equates diesels to the smoke belching trucks of 20 years ago and, to some extent, the GM diesel fiasco of the early '80s. I may be WAY off track, but diesels in the 3/4 and 1 ton market have really been successful. I see several moms hauling their kids around in them everyday. With the big three having good reputations with their diesels, I think it's only a matter of time before diesels make their way into the smaller vehicles. I wish someone would build a diesel hybrid. I bet that thing would get over 75mpg, maybe near 100mpg.
Chrysler has had this car since 1996. I think they are waiting for LiON batteries to get reasonable and clean diesel available everywhere in 2006.
The ESX3's mild hybrid electric (or "mybrid") powertrain combines a clean, efficient diesel engine, electric motor and state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery to achieve an average 72 miles per gallon
http://www.autointell.net/nao_companies/daimlerchrysler/dodge/dod- ge-esx3-01.htm