Diesel Bronco possible for 2022?

[Wizard1183]

Gotta push the electric vehicle industrial complex's agenda. Passenger car diesels getting 50mpg and driving almost like a regular petrol car would reduce the EV take rate.

Yea....gotta lead the sheep to slaughter......

80% of americans are mindless

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[orion]

Yea....gotta lead the sheep to slaughter......

80% of americans are mindless

Are you sure it's only 80%, I think your being kind with that number!

 

[Escape Hatch]

The 2.7 is a rather torquy motor, not sure the need for the diesel. If it is for MPG I would think a hybrid would be added prior to a diesel allowing a bit more power and better mileage.

 

[pitter_patter]

I'll doubt they will ever put on in a 2D. If I could get the 2D Jeep with their diesel I would have done it yesterday.

 

[Buckleup45]

10 years ago I'd be all over it but modern diesel emissions standards just create a ticking time bomb for expensive repairs if you don't treat them tediously. Cost of entry is more expensive, fuel is more expensive, oil changes are more expensive, you have to add DEF every few thousand miles, etc. The ROI just doesn't pencil to me and these little ecoboost turbos put out gobs of torque at low RPM similar to diesels.

 

[etmccaus86]

Does Ford have a smallish state side diesel? The 3.0L used in the F150 isn't very compact and doesn't look like it would fit.

Not to my knowledge. Transit Connect was supposed to get a 1.5L diesel, and Transit was supposed to get a 2.0L mill in this market, but Ford's canceled both plans.

 

[Rayder]

10 years ago I'd be all over it but modern diesel emissions standards just create a ticking time bomb for expensive repairs if you don't treat them tediously. Cost of entry is more expensive, fuel is more expensive, oil changes are more expensive, you have to add DEF every few thousand miles, etc. The ROI just doesn't pencil to me and these little ecoboost turbos put out gobs of torque at low RPM similar to diesels.

Very true, diesel vehicles make up the largest category of "mechanical" repossessions for new vehicle loans. Basically the repairs are so expensive they exceed the value of the vehicle so the owners just abondon them and allow them to be repossessed.

 

[rotorwrench]

After VW dieselgate, I doubt you’ll ever see a small displacement Diesel in any US bred/EPA regulated grocery getter. Big oil likes selling gas.

 

[Spooled]

I don't think it'll ever happen. Although giving the Bronco the 3.0 PS would be a neat configuration. The take rate would be very low.

That being said, If they offered a diesel with a beefed up 7 speed, it would be the easy choice for me.

 

[The_Phew]

Yeah, I desperately want a SUV where one passenger plus a cooler of beer exceeds the payload rating because all of the heavy+delicate emissions equipment.

We had a VW Touareg TDI, and 30+ mpg in a vehicle that weighed 3 tons and could tow almost 4 was cool. But the emissions system was a Rube Goldberg contraption of pumps/sensors/filters that all liked to grenade and result in it sitting at the dealer for 3 weeks while they waited for some part to arrive by carrier pigeon from Germany, and that emissions system wasn't even doing anything.

I don't even blame the emissions regulations, because we don't have to imagine what America would be like without them. In the 1970s, the soot clouds were so bad you couldn't see the tops of skyscrapers in American cities.

Diesel has its place, but it's not in light-duty vehicles any more.

 

[Kramku1]

Ford Europe has them for the Ranger but I doubt we will get them.

They do and it's a good engine and not too heavy would be perfect ford are you listening

 

[330SMG]

Gotta push the electric vehicle industrial complex's agenda. Passenger car diesels getting 50mpg and driving almost like a regular petrol car would reduce the EV take rate.

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