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10-04-2010, 12:47 PM | #2 |
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I should have. A huge premium for the diesel takes away a lot of the allure, as does limited availability and highly questionable reliability.
I also absolutely hate FWD. There is not a single FWD vehicle in my household. RWD or AWD FTW. That's also part of the allure of a small truck- trucks put their power to the right set of wheels.
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I have seen Ford Rangers overseas with small turbodiesels and manual transmissions. I know that the EPA makes diesel production in the US a bitch, but is it really just not possible to get something like that over here without a ridiculous price tag?
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10-04-2010, 07:38 PM | #7 |
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Retards. That would sell here.
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10-04-2010, 08:02 PM | #8 |
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You may be right but I doubt it. I can't think of a single light duty diesel that has sold well in this country in the last 20 years. Add in the likelihood the price will be somewhere between the Jetta Sportwagon TDI (base $24k) and the Touareg TDI (base $44k) and you end up with a $30k+ four banger truck with 160hp. In my opinion that isn't a recipe for success.
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