Posted by LJD on June 08, 2012 at 10:14:55 from (75.213.163.149):
In Reply to: Diesel F150 posted by Howard H. on June 08, 2012 at 06:44:36:
GM made many 1/2 ton diesel trucks for over 10 years. Not great sellers. I still have over a dozen of them (diesel trucks, Suburbans, vans, and Blazers. Dodge also offered a 1/2 ton truck with a diesel for one year (1978). Also didn't sell.
Jeep offered SUVs and pickups with Perkins diesels in the 60s. Did not sell well.
Ford offered small diesels in Ranger pickups and Broncos. Also did not sell well.
Seems to me, why now - with gas cheaper per gallon then diesel, would a car company want to invest a fortune in a light-duty diesel? Diesel also has around 5% less energy then it used to. Ford did have one on the drawing board with Navistar which led to a law-suit when Ford backed out.
GM has been working a diesel engine that runs on gasoline which might be interesting. That's been in the works since 2008 but since GM went belly-up and became partly owned by several National Governments? Who knows.
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