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Originally Posted by Dougal
I can understand why they're not willing to combine diesel and hybrid in a pickup truck.
But for a diesel pickup they probably still don't have the engine ready. The 4.5 V8 diesel in the current landcruiser is two car engines (see toyota avensis diesel) moulded together. They'll need something more abuse resistant to go head to head with cummins and co.
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lol, Toyota won't ever produce a diesel engine that can touch a cummins - no matter what we all think, the cummins is a work engine, every engine toyota produces now isn't. The cummins is the only consumer availible diesel engine that is rated "medium heavy duty" versus the powerstroke or chevy (isuzu) "Light Heavy Duty"...
They may produce an engine that can compete in power in stock form but the cummins engine excels at absurd levels of torque production. In stock form they are under rated at 650ft/lb and with very slight modification can be well over 1000 ft/lb...
Don't get me wrong, I want a diesel LC just as much as the next guy, but it won't be a replacement for my work diesel truck that I routinely tow 20K lbs with.
-Z