On 08/08/2013 1:48 PM, Curt Raymond wrote:
I was thinking about diesel pickups yesterday. If VW can make a 2.0l 4cyl
diesel with 140hp and 250lb/ft of torque why can't somebody make a 4.0l v6 with
200hp 400lb/ft and put it in a 1/2 ton pickup?
The answer is that of course they can and a discussion at work on Monday
explains why they don't. My boss just bought a 2013 Passat TDI, he loves it and
on his long highway commute it makes perfect sense. A co-worker also has a long
highway commute and was thinking of buying a hybrid. We explained how her
thinking is exactly backwards of sense and how with a TDI she can have a
bigger, faster, more comfortable car that gets the same or slightly better
mileage. She was absolutely convinced that diesel = slow, smokey, won't start
cold until we took her for a ride in the Passat. Now she knows truth and will
probably buy one.
The interesting thing about the TDI is that one ride makes you a believer, low
down torque is awesome. Unfortunately American diesels are LOUD. The pickups
are absurdly loud to begin with and then the idiots dork them out with big
stacks and whatnot and just turn up the fuel until they belch black smoke...
-Curt
My recollection is that just before the economic collapse and the
bankruptcy of GM etc, there was talk of the NA big 3 producing a V6
diesel engine in 1/2 ton trucks.
All that sort of fell apart with the recession etc.
I was waiting for that to happen as, like I have said more than once, I
really do not need a 3/4 ton with a 7 liter engine.
Randy
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