Chrysler to launch diesel pickup trucks after 2009

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There isn't a diesel Ram already?

Or is that not considered "light duty?" Now I understand.

Okay! Let's explain.

Yes there are diesel pickup trucks and there have been since the early eighties, but they have always been available only in the 8501 gross vehicle weight rating and up. In other words, we have only had diesel choices only if you wanted or needed a 3/4-ton or one-ton pickup. Applying diesels to 1/2-ton and below is much, much tougher from an emissions standpoint.

But thanks to cleaner diesel fuel, which is about ten years behind the rest of the world; advanced engine technologies; and advanced exhaust-treatment systems; we will soon get diesel choices for 1/2-ton pickups and SUVs from Chevrolet, GMC, Dodge, and Ford. This will all happen no later than 2010. Not only will these new diesels be super efficient, but they will also come on par with comparable gas engines with respect to emissions. The diesels will actually do better in some categories and will emit about 15% less CO2, even more if biodiesel is used in the fuel blend.

Nissan and Toyota are also looking to put diesels in the Titan and Tundra, respectively.

It would be great if the big in-line six Cummins diesel found its way into the Dakota pickup.

The Dakota would break in half with the new 6.7 I-6 that gets 350 hp and 650 lbs of torque, and would be quite unnecessary for such a light-duty truck. If you want or need that much power or torque, you need a 3/4 ton to one-ton truck.

Cummins is designing, however, a 4.2 V-6 for the Durango that could find its way into the Dakota that would move a Dakota around quite nicely even loaded for bear. Cummins is also building a 5.6 V-8 for the Ram. The 4.2 and the 5.6 may both be fitted in the Ram to give consumers a choice of one fuel miser and one heavy hauler. The only thing we know for sure right now is that Cummins is building two diesel engines for trucks, vans, and SUVs below 8501 GVWR and their displacements will be a 4.2 V-6 and a 5.6 V-8. We also know, according to Cummins press releases, that both these engines will be in U.S. vehicles in 2010, and that Chrysler is the main customer.

BFD, a diesel in a gas hog.