Shopping for a new Light Truck
 

My Work is going to bite the bullet and buy a small tray truck/pickup/cab chassis for me to use instead of my disreputable looking one:)
What would be a Mini Truck in the USA.

So far I have specified that it be 2WD (no snow here) 4 cylinder 5 speed manual Turbo Diesel.
My preference is for an alloy tray cab chassis -which is the most practical for the type of work I do.
Can anyone think of something I've missed? My aim is to get the most efficient vehicle.
Are there any recommendations?

This vehicle would be for use in Australia? Kind of hard to make recommendations from the US. We only get crappy bloated guzzlers over here.

If ONLY we could get a turbo diesel mini-truck....

Yeah... a 4-cyl turbo deisel 5-spd truck would be so nice to have...

Could you link us up with the options so we could better evaluate them? :)

Its not a turbo diesel
 

But I have a 4 cyl. Ford Ranger which averages just over 28 MPG with the only mod being driving philosophy.

Good luck!

No Turbo Diesel mini Trucks there? Every maker offers one in Australia.
Ford Australia - Ranger 4x2 XL Single Cab Chassis
Navara D40 Homepage
Holden - Colorado Single Cab Chassis 4x2 LX TD
Toyota HiLux: SR 4x2 Single Cab Chassis specifications here
Mazda BT-50 | Mazda Australia Zoom Zoom

Nissan Navara is interesting - the 2wd 4cyl 2.5 ltr Turbo Diesel version claims 7 ltr/100 klm