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Old 08-15-2013, 03:59 PM   #46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Arragonis View Post
The home of the pickup truck is really the US (or North America). Elsewhere it hasn't really caught on - the US car market is detached from the rest of the world for whatever reason you can think of - cheap petrol being one reason, legislation, import controls etc.
Even back here where US-style trucks were quite popular and started to decline only in mid-90s, they started to get different engine options more suited to South-American regional needs. 4-cylinder Diesels, no V8 at all, and manual transmissions were prevalent.


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Have you been aware of any manual transmission suitable for a swap into Hermann, while still retaining the V6 TDI?
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