Rivals Ram and Nissan are about to launch half-ton pickup trucks powered by heavy-duty turbodiesel engines built by VM Motori and Cummins, respectively.  The oil-burning trucks will return better gas mileage in exchange for a noticeable price increase over their gasoline-burning counterparts, a tradeoff that GM’s top brass believes will not be widely accepted by consumers.
Spokesman Tom Wilkinson claims GM is “in a position to respond quickly” if its analysts are wrong and sales of diesel-powered half-ton pickup trucks soar because the automaker owns 50 percent of Italy’s VM Motori and it initially commissioned the development of the 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V6 that will be bolted in the Ram’s engine bay.  Although GM has made it clear the Silverado and the Sierra will remain gas-only for the time being, it has unrestricted access to the 3.0-liter oil-burning mill.Â
GM is putting its diesel dollars in the compact pickup market.  Both its upcoming Chevrolet and GMC-badged compact pickup trucks will be available with a four-cylinder Duramax diesel engine in 2015, about a year after their gasoline-burning siblings bow.
Toyota is considering sending a Cummins diesel-powered Tundra to showrooms but it has not made a decision on the matter.<![CDATA[
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