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Diesel here is around 15 cents more. If diesel is 5-10% more but mileage is 20-25% better you still come out ahead. But mileage isn't guaranteed any more than fuel cost. I've heard the Jeep Liberty diesel is doesn't get a lot better mileage than the gas version. A lot depends on the price premium they would want. It seems like there's never a clear cut way to go.
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Doing a little research on the Liberty CRD real life I see people claiming 25 mpg combined. This is the 4X as it is only available in the 4x. The EPA numbers on the same models with the V6 are 19. I guess that is about 31%. The torque numbers of both engines are similar.
The number I calculated from the Australian and European combined numbers was 33 for the Hilux/Tacoma. US EPA numbers are about 23.5. I calculate that to be a 40.4% increase.
The Toyota engine is likely a more efficient design than the US Detroit Diesel in the Liberty.
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Peters, the local Jeep dealer I spoke with had numbers that are different than your research turned up. He said people were getting about 21/23 with the diesel. Doesn't matter to me since we aren't buying one.
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I have a friend at a local dealer, that sell a lot of trucks, they saw 1. He could tell me little about the performance as I don't believe they had seen it back.
I saw two people on the web with the 25 mpg, one auto reviewer on long term test and on customer with some miles.
With the Feds adding the additional 25 cents tax on diesel it makes it harder to justify the additional $1800 dollars cost for the truck. But with the increase in cost of fuel it is still just about 90,000 miles.
I can understand the additional tax on the road trucks as they are the ones distroying the roads, but for light cars and trucks in diesel to me makes no sense.
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The Jeep isn't the only Euro diesel to cross the big pond.
The all-new Land Rover TD will be here soon.
Also of note, the last paragraph of the linked article.
The DIESEL F-150 is just down the road folks.
Best of luck.
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The diesel price difference on the VW are about $1500. The mileage difference is closer to 50%. The payback point is a little over 70,000 miles. With diesel and gas prices at $2.20 and $2.40. As gas prices increase this changes.
Naturally with the differential being only 8-10 cents CDN, and prices higher our friend Murf has a much shorter pay back period than us. For example with the Golf he could pay off the $1500 dollar in 50,000 miles.
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2005 tacoma 6cyl 6 speed xtra cab 4wd average 17 and that is mostly highway ..... if you take it easy and limit speed at 65mph and below it gets almost 21
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Anyone know what the 2007 Tacoma models have in store? I'm leaning towards the 4 cylinder if I get a 2006 since they are rated at about 15% better mileage than the 6. The Toyota 4 has the same power as the v6 in the Ranger and the Ranger has plenty of power for my needs.
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I have a 1997 Toyota Tacoma xtra cab vr5 V6. It is an automatic and seems to get around 17-18 miles per gallon. It seems to be happiest just cruising along on country roads. On the highway at about 65-70 it will get about 19mpg. I have never gotten over 20 with the truck. A standard will supposedly get around 22mpg. Hope this helps.
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Just throwing in my 2 cents about toyota tacoma mileage, I have a 2001 toyota tacoma extra cab prerunner v6 automatic I also have the trd package so the larger tires so it looks like the 4x4 but it isnt since I have never needed the 4 wheel drive to get out or do any towing, I have towed boats, I had a car trailer 18 foot and towed a 69 nova, camaro and several cars on it without any problems, I dont recommend towing this much weight but I have done it several times and it towed everything down the road without any problems,As far as miles I have 68000 miles I run all synthetic oils, transmission, rear end ,and engine oil, The best mileage I have got on the highway is 22 mpg going around 60, when I go around 72 to stay with traffic it gets around 20.6 my all around mileage is around 19 since i am on the road a lot so hope this helps.
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