I have always wondered why nobody has ever tried to get Catapillar to produce a diesel for the small truck market. They make good motors and people will check it out for the name. I would love to see ford have a Cat.

 

Low profit margin? Commercial vehicles are tax deductions, business expense, etc., and sold to people/companies who use them to make money, so can have a decent price markup. Could be that Cat does not feel the sales would pay for the R&D.

I've wondered the same thing though. They make several small industrial diesels that seem to be about the right output (don't know about physical size) for a pickup.

 

I've heard Cat has no interest in competing in the consumer level truck market. I can't find it, but it sounded like they basically didn't want a bunch of people who wouldn't give them proper maintenace, have problems, and then ruin their good name. Understandable.

 

cat is going to get out the truck engine busisness. there having trouble meeting epa requirments

 

Cat having trouble meeting epa requirements?? Where'd ya hear that?
Last I knew they were way ahead of them with their ACERT technology.
Take a read:
http://www.cat.com/cda/components/fu...2203&date=true

 

I would almost consider buying a dodge or chevy if it had a cat
in it man would it be tough to do so.

 

" I would almost consider buying a dodge or chevy if it had a cat "
It seems to me that it would sale really well. I think that it would pay off for them after all what is the diesel option cost 4000$ or something like that, yet i understand that it is the their name that they would be risking. i would love to see a yellow straight 6 in a ford. I would rob a bank to get one of those.... J/K

 

I wonder if you could find a little 350 cat and install it yourself ?

 

i1dery now that sounds like something to look into.

 

im in the proses of buyin a new pete and asked the salesman this ?he said it would be to heavy and cost way to much and cat wouldnt want to risk a big embaresment by making them light enuff for a pickup

 

It would be kind of nice if the big three would sell pickups the way they do the heavies... spec a motor we want installed, but then the trannies would have to go with a common type bell and all that, and they couldn't sell their parts for the premiums they do now with some of the garbage for trannies they sell...

 

Dosent the F-650's and up have Cat's in them? I would love to see them in a one-ton however.

 

they also have to go through a multi-million $$$ emissions certification process for each and every engine/transmission combination they offered- that's the real reason it ain't happening.

 

I betcha cats are popular enough that cat would make there R & D
money back in no time.

 

That would cost you so much money to try to do