2013-07-14

The Ford Fiera used an older carburator-fed version of the Endura-E 1.3 petrol engine that was used in the Ford Bantam bakkie, that also had the option for the Endura-D 1.8 diesel while the Fiera had an outsourced Isuzu C-240. Ford didn't invest so much on light diesel engines before as it does now. But a truck without a diesel engine can be at last a half-truck, not a real truck. Even an ego-hauler F-350 with a petrol V8 or that boat-anchor V10 that has less torque than nearly any 4-cylinder heavy-duty turbodiesels above 4-litre is less worth than a non-turboed Toyota Dyna.

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