[jzchev28]

Considering the engine is produced in Italy and has to be shipped across the Atlantic, I would think it's not that great. The Heavy Duty pickup diesels ask considerably more than V6 Ram.

Yeah, but, if it's selling that well I assume incentives should be low or non existent I'd hope and that would be a big chi-ching I bet.

This is one area where GM dropped the ball. Reading the article gives me a little hope the 4.5 will see life after all in some form.

 

[jzchev28]

I don't think putting a diesel in the GM LD trucks would be as easy as some think. First, the 4.5 is old technology and I don't think it would be competitive with the newer generation engines. I think it would suffer when compared to newer engines with a lack of power and/or poor fuel mileage.

Also, I think the Ram is selling well because their trucks have a long history of having dependable diesels. On the other hand, GM's attempt to put diesels in their LD trucks suffered greatly because their first attempt was a disaster because of a problem engine. I know many will say that the GM fiasco doesn't matter because it was so long ago but many of us lived through the disaster or our parents did when we were young. We're still buying trucks and many of us will wait a few years after GM has a diesel before we will take a chance on one. We didn't wait the first time and we were badly burned.

Ummmm are you confusing cars with trucks? Never heard of the Duramax?