They actually did make them I think it was 82 or 83. I saw one listed on craigs listlike 6 months ago. I didn't know they existed so I emailed the guy and asked about the conversaion. He replied it was a factory engine 4cyl. I think to find one it would be nationwide search.

 

yeah they had the 2.2 diesel ... my freind mom and dad had one and a lincoln diesel (v-6) awsome cars wish I had asked to buy them before they got rid of them..

 

I found one on ebay today, it's a little rough and it's from Oregon which is a little ways for me. It looked cool, if it weren't so beat up, too bad it's not turbo. I'm still thinking of bidding on it.

 

The Merc Lynx had a 2.0 from Mazda ... Mid '80s
VW Vanagons had a 1600 cc ... early '80s
The Jettas have had a 1.6 since the early '80s too ...

 

Here you go. Ram 1500 3.0 L diesel.

2014 RAM 1500 EcoDiesel V6 | Diesel Engine Truck | RAM Trucks

 

Sounds like some bad *** motors, would work awesome in a Lil truggy

 

wish Toyota would bring their hino built 4 banger powered down under land Tacoma here to force the usa builders to give us a USA built med sized diesel powered rig.
they had one here in the early to mid 80's with a turbo that I had as a demo when I was a dealer service manager for my use, one strong truck just it never got large enough sales numbers plus big uncle started up with tighter smog laws.

 

Hey Charlie!
Been a while mate. Hope you are doing well.

 

The '87 and '88 rangers came with the same 2.3 liter turbodiesel mitsubishi engine that the D50's had from '83 to '86. I have a '84 D50 with that engine and it's pretty nice... not really powerful, but better than your average 4 banger gas engine from 1984. I'm actually switching to it for my daily driver instead of my '94 diesel F250... way cheaper to keep running

 

looks like they all will have to play a game of catch up with dodge and Nissian going diesel in the 1/2 tons. dodge a v6 nissian a cummins 5.0 v8. another rummer is Toyota also using the very same cummins 5.0 as cummins told them we can supply 2 builders with the motor.
still a ranger sized truck with a nice 4 banger diesel would by great.

 

Any word on what the Ram 1500 diesel is going to cost?

 

$2850 upcharge from the Hemi.

 

Just gonna throw the VW Rabbit Truck that had a diesel option
It was slow as all hell and ive never seen one tow anything but id imagine with a car 4 speed manual it wouldnt really be that great
Still it was a domestically made (made in Westmoreland PA)
Diesel Pickup that got pretty good fuel millage as compared even to cars today
I am a member of some V-dub forms where guys say to usually get around 45mpg witch is typical of VW diesels

 

Bought my wife a new 2013 beetle TDI after 8k she is averaging 45mpg. the thing is quiet, and has plenty of power for a car. The one thing I wonder about is where is all the emission crap that is on all my Ford trucks? no def? no dpf? doesn't smoke at all? And just for the record If an American mfg made a decent car or a mini / mid size truck with a diesel I would have bought it.

 

You gotta consider a few things when asking that. First off the beetle only makes a quarter of the power of a ford v8 diesel. Vw also controls emissions diffrently than ford. The vw uses technology like the eurea injection (similar to the 6.7 powerstroke) and low ash synthetic oil amoung other diffrent methods.

Think about in europe how popular diesels are and you realize that in reality we shoukd be taking notes from the germans when it comes to diesels. The vw diesels that I have seen come through the shop at work are usually in pretty good shape. Get incredible fuel millage and with the right matinance make it to 300k regularly(I know of 20 mk 4 jettas with 250k+ that are still daily drivers