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Posted by Paul Cook in Kempner, Texas [76.0.107.207] on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 14:10:13 :
In Reply to: Mitsubishi diesel - AllPAR.com posted by Will (in IL) [98.215.27.52] on Friday, December 21, 2012 at 13:07:07 :
When "Pickup, Van, and 4WD" was a decent magazine (before Petersons) it reported on a test fleet of diesel Dodge pickups at the California state highway department. They were very successful.
When it was first offered, I ordered a Dodge van with the diesel - paperwork and deposit. After several months of waiting, my order was cancelled and the deposit returned. It turned out that the diesel offered was a smaller version of the six cylinder that had been in the test fleet and lacked that engine's performance. Initial deliveries of the smaller diesel resulted in complaints and poor sales, and the option was no longer available. As reported by AllPAR above, a turbocharger would have helped.
There have been posts on various Dodge truck forums indicating that some folks got the diesel option before the remaining orders were cancelled. Some other folks got the California highway trucks at surplus.
There is a converted M37 dowm here in Texas that has a Mitsubishi diesel with turbo and nitrous that performs very well.
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