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...
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Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:ksss wrote:
I cant imagine a 4.5 baby Duramax making 310 and 520 when the LB7 was just 300 and 520. That would require 2500 sized running gear(in a 1500) and unless they found an efficiency Genie somewhere, marginal mileage. I believe in order for this diesel in a half ton thing to work. It has to be a good bit cheaper than the HD version, and get real close to 30 mpg. I think 500 foot pounds defies both of those criteria.
Putting a diesel in a compact pickup is a great idea. Your already buying a downsized pickup (your not looking to hook up to a 30'TH like many will with the 1500 diesels). So you put a moderately powered engine in it, that gets killer mileage, and watch them fly off the shelf. The fact that your the only player in that game right now certainly helps things.
I agree 100% and that is why the Ram will be a sales magnet.
Don
Yea I think it just might be. I think they got the hp/torque numbers right. It just needs to be fuel efficient, dependable with acceptable towing capacity. If they can establish a reputation for that in the first couple years of production, they will do well, and force GM and FORD to enter the market.
Where there is a fight for who has the biggest towing numbers in the HD market, I think this half ton diesel market will be a MPG race with towing capacity being less important. If they cant create significant mpg separation from the LD and HD pickups, their going to have a harder time selling them, even if they are cheaper.
