Compact diesel trucks.

[rvaitor]

The Cummins press release in post #18 is a fairly long-winded article that talks about almost everything except the engine they are going to make.

Exactly my thoughts.

 

[QueBota]

More info here, it is from 2003 and a Cummins presentation.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/deer_2003/session8/2003_deer_stang.pdf


Here is a related document from 2005, once again a Cummins presentation.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/pdfs/deer_2005/panel2/2005_deer_stang.pdf

Dave

 

[dmccarty]

Wow, 25mpg on the highway out of a RAM 1500 and a Durango. Pretty impressive. If this was being sold I would consider the Durango for the wifey.

Later,
Dan

 

[SkyPup]

One of my good friends got a common-rail Mercedes turbodiesel panel van called a Sprinter for some landscaping work, it is the smaller model and it can tow up to 5,500 pounds and it gets fantastic mileage, dig this -->> 33 miles per gallon of ULSD!!!

This panel van with a pickup chassis would be totally AWESOME!!!!

Why they do NOT offer this in a pickup is beyond me, they'd sell like hotcakes.

Dodge - Sprinter - Cargo Vans - Passenger Wagon

 

[cp1969]

Wow, 25mpg on the highway out of a RAM 1500 and a Durango. Pretty impressive. If this was being sold I would consider the Durango for the wifey.

Later,
Dan

Some people claim their 3/4 and 1 ton Dodges get 24 (mine doesn't; it gets 21 empty). I'd rather have the 3/4 and pay the 4mpg penalty.

 

[chilly]

I get around 20 with my duramax unloaded. I would think a 1/2 ton could get close to 30. I think the VW cars get close to 50, so you would think one of the big 3 could get a 1/2 ton to get 30.

 

[cp1969]

Probably not. The aerodynamics of a 1/2 ton are the same as a 3/4. The only difference is weight which doesn't make as much difference as aerodynamic drag.

 

[_RaT_]

Some people claim their 3/4 and 1 ton Dodges get 24 (mine doesn't; it gets 21 empty). I'd rather have the 3/4 and pay the 4mpg penalty.

OK, thats great, but why drive around with an empty pickup when a great road handling car is so much more fun...?

 

[cp1969]

Economics. I need a truck from time to time; can't afford to have a car for just transportation and a truck just for hauling.

I look at it like this: Everybody needs a truck at some point, therefore if you can only afford one vehicle, it should be a truck (sized appropriately). If you can afford it, then you can add a car to the fleet.

 

[_RaT_]

Economics. I need a truck from time to time; can't afford to have a car for just transportation and a truck just for hauling.

I look at it like this: Everybody needs a truck at some point, therefore if you can only afford one vehicle, it should be a truck (sized appropriately). If you can afford it, then you can add a car to the fleet.

Good point, I agree.