Toyota HD Diesel Pickup shown at SEMA

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Toyota's heavy-duty diesel truck rumblings are getting louder. At the Specialty Equipment Market Association show here last week, Toyota Motor Corp. quietly parked in its display of wild tuner cars the Tundra Diesel Dually, a concept truck that could be a template for Toyota's entry into heavy-duty pickups."

I've heard rumors about Toyota possibly striking a deal with Navistar. Given the current relationship problem between Ford and Navistar, it wouldn't surprise me....

Jim

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According to edmunds...


the 8.0-liter Hino inline-6 engine shoehorned under the hood of this CrewMax has been built to pull a 35,000-pound commercial truck to the dump, not get your pickup truck to Home Depot. It's rated at 256 horsepower at 2,500 rpm and 745-pound-feet of torque at 1,500 rpm. Unsurprisingly, the Tundra now uses an Eaton five-speed manual truck (a real truck) transmission, and the rear end from a Hino commercial truck.

http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/sema/2007/toyotatundradieselduallyprojecttruck.html