How about putting that natural gas system now in the large GM van into the Yukons and Suburbans ET AL? They are large enough to carry the weight, and have the demographic to support the price. Some of us just won’t give up our large, comfortable SUV’s, but would like to see some progress with newer technology.
But please don’t “rush the job” and give us another “350 diesel conversion” fiasco like they did in the 1980’s. I had 3 of them in the fleet back then, and eventually put a gas 350 in one of them. The caper only cost GM the loss of Cadillas as the “Standard of the World,” and their customers literally ran away to Lincoln Town Cars, and to “real Mercedes diesels” that actually worked! Cadillac never recovered, even today.
And the E 85 idea wasn’t much better. I have an 03 Yukon I ordered in 2002 with that engine, and I still would have to drive over 600 miles to even find an E 85 fuel station. And replacing the Siemens fuel sensor, which rusted out, cost over $700. Shameful! It never had a tankful of E 85 in it! Then add in the rusted out motor for the air suspension, the rusted out brake baffles, and the defectively designed manifold bolts that should have been a recall, and you wonder why loyal GM owners for generations are mad, with many running away to Japanese and German vehicles. But the XM radio is great!
I would like to see the natural gas conversion engines in these vehicles, along with better rust prevention and other badly designed engineering issues fixed. Please see if you can get it right this time, and stop continuing to disappoint us. Loyal customers like me are dying off faster than they are being replaced!
