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Old 09-30-2007, 12:11 PM   #14 (permalink)
eaton53
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Re: GM to make 94,000 4.5L diesels per year

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Originally Posted by FordFan
Are you kidding me? 94K for all of the GMT-900 light trucks and SUVs? That's not remotely enough. Diesel will be a big hit in light trucks and SUVs, I think GM should make 3X that amount.
Depends on the price premium.

Here's another problem with diesels... they don't save any money. Where I live diesel is 60 cents a gallon more than gas and $1.40 more than E85. This is where hybrid beats diesel - much cheaper fuel.
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