When President of GM North America Mark Reuss introduced the new 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and 2014 GMC Sierra to the world yesterday morning, interviews quickly followed.
Of course, just about every out-of-touch scribe in the crowd repeatedly questioned Reuss about how much the trucks would cost, which he would of course not comment on. Others asked mundane questions of current truck inventory, which is boring. Thankfully, there a few sharp minds among the media asked a little more advanced questions that people actually gave a care about. One such question surrounded the future powertrain offerings of the trucks; specifically, a diesel engine.
“There is, fundamentally, a place for diesel here,” Reuss noted to The Detroit Bureau, declaring his personal favor for the motors, which have a significant fuel economy and torque advantage over anything requiring a spark plug. Without giving much else away, he continued to say that there’s “more to come” and that there’s a place for diesels “in the future.”
We agree. This news also corroborates a recent story with Reuss hinting at diesel engines in future light-duty pickups. It’s still little to go off of, but it seems evidence is beginning to mount…
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Good!
Really hoping gm brings out a diesel. I think its a risk that gm should take, because it would make these trucks even better.
This absolutely needs to happen. Imagine the bragging rights if they could figure out how to make it happen with fuel economy in mind. I don’t think it’s crazy to think that GM could have a smaller displacement diesel which would set a new bar for light duty towing, and maybe, just maybe, be the first full size pickup to break the 30mpg barrier. And I bet it would still be less expensive than the hybrid one they had.
If GM will offer diesel for half tons, it’ll most likely be something smaller then that 4.5, maybe a 6 or even 4 cylinder and probably around 3 liters.
I agree, it will probably be a V-6 around 3 litres if they indeed do come out with a diesel.
I am really not convinced diesel has a future at this point. Many large commercial truck fleets are very actively searching for diesel alternatives, as the new emission controls on diesels are making the engines very expensive to purchase, very expensive to maintain and repair, and not as economical as diesels once were. Not to mention fuel is much more expensive in relation to gasoline. The economics of gas vs. diesel are changing more and more
I hope they put a smoke switch on the dash so it would be easier to “roll coal”. (just being silly)
there’s a place for diesels “in the future.”
Wrong, Reuss. There’s a place for diesels in the PRESENT. Just like there is a place for your trucks in the PRESENT. But you seem to have gotten your time machine so screwed up with these things that it isn’t even funny. Everything about these trucks is so yesterday.
Richard, I have seen all your insipid comments on all the other posts about these trucks and its getting a little old. Do you actually even drive a GM truck? If so, have you ever owned one of the competitions trucks? I’m going to guess that its just unsubstantiated opinions pouring over your keyboard. GM has a diesel in the present. It’s called the duramax. My 08 has over 220k miles on it (and the 6.2 just rolled over 190) and I still use them for work everyday, and have had minimal problems. The company trucks, Ford’s diesels, have had head gaskets fail, egrs failing, turbos cracking, transmissions burning out, and its not just one truck either. I see this happening over and over every day, but the boss still won’t see past his ford fanboy status to figure it out.
I couldn’t agree with Richard’s comments more. I’ve been saving up for 3 years for this???????? This looks like more of a restyle than a ground up rebuild! Come on GM. Get the ladies out of the truck division and build a man’s truck! Square chrome grill and square wheel wells! Looks like their “Fe-Fe” Edition!
I’m hoping for the 4.5 Duramax.. Wonder when they will offer the 10 speeds for the GM and Ford trucks. And have the 2.8 in the colorado.. That will be great.. I just wish they push it out already..
A 1/2-ton short bed regular cab with a small diesel would peak my interest. Like the blue on the Silverado. Guess they heard all the mundane gray complaints.
I’m with you on this!!!Chevy doesn’t seem willing to let the reg cab short bed people get the good stuff. I’ve a;ready made a call to Chevy asking if the 6.2 will be available in the reg cab short box…Put in a diesel in and I’ll be at the dealer the next day…
To be honest Baja.. It does look manly.. Both of them.. And maybe it’s not what I was thinking but it still does look nice.. The Sierra especially.. The Silverado’s grill may get sometime to get use to, but like the new ram when it came out the only thing I could tell the difference was the inward faced grill, but now it’s a great truck. Same with the now F-150, only thing really changed was the front grill and the tail gate from the outside. Lets just wait till they come out.. We haven’t seen it go toe to toe with the others..
I don’t really get what everyone is bitching about with these new trucks. The last ones wernt far behind in design. They WERE far behind in powertrains and interior quality/storage. So GM did a great job of bringing up the field in that regard. These trucks easily look more manly than the F150 but idk about the Ram. Either way these are the new highest tech trucks on the market.
After 2 days., I am warming up to the truck.. videos give a better view of the truck. If the powertrain holds true its a buy.