GM is going to offer a small truck diesel!
Gm announced it will offer a diesel option in its small trucks- http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/can-diesel-engines-revitalize-the-small-pickup.html/ Not designed as a big tow vehicle by any m...
Forum Discussion
Tystevens wrote:deweysmith5 wrote:
If I remember correctly it was a V6 but I have slept since then. (Can't imagine a 4.5L V8 anyway). All of the Big 3 were rushing to get the market on light duty diesels. I am sure they all were struggling with some issues. The "band aid" as I call it was an adequate fix but I am sure that any delay would nave seen an improvement in regards to the original problem.
The GM 4.5 diesel was (is?) a V-8. http://www.duramaxdieselspecs.com/duramax_4500.html Seems like a great engine for 1/2 ton use -- 310 hp and 520 tq puts it close to the original 6.6 Duramax in output. If GM will put the 4.5 in a 1500 Suburban, I'll be first in line to buy one!
Thanks for the clarification - memory must be failing with old age. I saw these in person but really couldn't remember. I had heard rumors that the engine was going to be "detuned" to lower the torque because the light duty truck couldn't handle the high torque even with beefier drivetrains. Understand, that was a rumor within the future products team and I really don't know the truth. At the time GM wasn't planning for the Suburbans to get them but I would hope that reasoning will change.
