"Jeff Falkiner" > wrote in message
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> "Ted" > wrote in message
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> > Has anyone in the world ever done one? The Dakota is the right size of
> > truck for general use and a diesel in one would be really nice.
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If they wanted to do a diesel Dakota, I'm sure the engine that recently
became available in the Jeep Liberty would work. It wouldn't be fast, but
it would drive ok and get much better fuel economy than the gas engines.
> Call Roger Penske. Detroit Diesel had a Durango at the Detroit
> International Auto Show a few years back with a V6 diesel that they were
> trying to push Dodge into offering. They had run the thing to Florida &
> back and had gotten much better fuel mileage than the gasoline version
> (can't remember the exact numbers, just that they were impressive). Dodge
> was so upset at them that they had to display the thing OUTSIDE the show
in
> the lobby of COBO Hall.
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> Jeff Falkiner
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