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American automakers, as well as foreign manufacturers selling in the US have a few full-size pickup trucks with diesel engines, but for years a small pickup with a diesel engine has not been available. That is set to change as Indian car maker Mahindra & Majindra has received EPA approval to sell its small pickups in the US.
The company is producing small pickups with a 2.2 liter common-rail turbo diesel engine that has 140 horsepower and gets up to 30 miles per gallon. Mahindra trucks have features including 6-speed automatic transmission, electronic stability control, traction control, active rollover mitigation, and 4 wheel ABS brakes. Although these are small pickups, the company claims a cargo capacity of 2,765 pounds (1,254 kilograms), which is greater than the cargo capacity of many other full-size pickups. The company has a two-door model, which has a 7.5 foot (2.29 meter) long cargo bed, as well as a four-door version of the pickup.
The price for the pickup is set to start around $22,000. The company expects to begin selling its trucks in the US by the end of the year, and plans to follow that with a diesel SUV in 2011 and a hybrid SUV in 2013.
via: 40mpg.org
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written by Washington Irving, August 27, 2010
Does this site receive funding for including these sorts of adverts!
Very bad form!
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written by Terry, August 27, 2010
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written by Jarko, August 27, 2010
OK jokes aside, the benefits of diesel are debatable, although Biodiesel makes it a little better. But running 100% bio has been shown to cause serious long term problems (as documented on the web by biodiesel fanatics who thought they were doing everything right).
But the real question is...would YOU really buy one of these? Unproven, and probably just squeaks by US safety and pollution regulations. And it's not even that cheap.
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written by Doc Rings, August 28, 2010
If you'd like more stringent diesel standards, then get involved politically.
About 50% to 70% of Europeans drive a fuel-efficient diesel (varies by country). Diesel is $1.50/gal cheaper in Europe, due to lower taxes on diesel to encourage buying fuel-efficient models.
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The vehicle is only a standard diesel. There is nothing special about it at all. These things pollute our air with poisonous nano-particles, get ordinary fuel economy, run on fossil fuel and are noisy. They should be kept out of cities.
We should be prohibiting these things from being imported into the USA rather than clapping.